A Nurse's Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies

By Lynda Daly and Richard N. Harrison

Are you working in an acute or emergency unit?

This is an indispensable pocket guide to caring for patients with acute medical conditions.

This book will help you to:

Care for patients within the critical first 24 hours of admission

Manage patients using the most up-to-date, evidence-based approach

Understand the most-common emergency medical conditions and their underlying disease mechanisms

Handle the patient's assessment, understand the observations and manage their disease

Easily obtain practical advice in a clear style

Explains 'what to tell the patient and relatives' in jargon-free language Access information on SARS, avian influenza and bio-terrorism

Improved sections on Acute Coronary Syndromes, non-invasive ventilation, acute stroke care, acute kidney injury and emergency oxygen treatment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0702040444
• ISBN13: 9780702040443
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Length: 437 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.3"