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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
Foreword
Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Overview of the treatment of medical emergencies
Philip Jevon

Chapter 2 Respiratory emergencies
Kate Deacon

Chapter 3 Cardiac emergencies
Melanie Humphreys

Chapter 4 Cardiovascular emergencies
Melanie Humphreys

Chapter 5 Shock
Beverley Ewens

Chapter 6 Neurological emergencies
Anthony Batson and Christine Thompson

Chapter 7 Acute renal failure
Sue Talbot

Chapter 8 Gastrointestinal emergencies
Beverley Ewens

Chapter 9 Endocrine emergencies
Philip Jevon

Chapter 10 Poisoning
James Bethel

Chapter 11 Critical care outreach service
Kate Deacon

Chapter 12 Ethical and legal issues
Fiona Foxall

Index

Subject Areas: Nursing & ancillary services [MQ]
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