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Nursing Medical Emergency Patients

Philip Jevon (Author), Melanie Humphreys (Author), Beverley Ewens (Author)

9781405120555, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 24 October 2008

336 pages
18.7 x 12.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.399 kg

Nursing Medical Emergency Patients is a practical guide to the nursing care and management of patients with medical emergencies involving system failure. Following an initial chapter on assessment, the authors adopt a system-by-system approach, with an emphasis on the clinical features of medical emergencies, their assessment, diagnosis and treatment.

Nursing Medical Emergency Patients is a vital resource for all nurses working with medical emergency patients, and provides an essential companion to both Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient and Treating the Critically Ill Patient.

  • Accessible and reader friendly
  • Integrates theory with practice
  • Adopts an evidence based approach
  • Includes chapter objectives, 'best practice' boxes and case studies
  • Refers to National guidelines and key initiatives e.g. outreach teams
  • Includes legal and ethical issues

Contributors vii
Foreword ix
Acknowledgements xi

Chapter 1 Overview of the treatment of medical emergencies 1
Philip Jevon

Chapter 2 Respiratory emergencies 21
Kate Deacon

Chapter 3 Cardiac emergencies 51
Melanie Humphreys

Chapter 4 Cardiovascular emergencies 105
Melanie Humphreys

Chapter 5 Shock 136
Beverley Ewens

Chapter 6 Neurological emergencies 166
Anthony Batson and Christine Thompson

Chapter 7 Acute renal failure 199
Sue Talbot

Chapter 8 Gastrointestinal emergencies 228
Beverley Ewens

Chapter 9 Endocrine emergencies 249
Philip Jevon

Chapter 10 Poisoning 267
James Bethel

Chapter 11 Critical care outreach service 289
Kate Deacon

Chapter 12 Ethical and legal issues 302
Fiona Foxall

Index 321

Subject Areas: Nursing & ancillary services [MQ]
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