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Critical care nursing in resource limited environments /
All hospitals have critically ill patients, and their management depends upon the resources available. In many low income countries, critically ill patients may be admitted to a critical care unit; however, many are nursed on wards due to a lack of critical care beds or simply die before they reach...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Reference; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Chapter 2: Global health and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals; The impact of colonialism; Policy; Cold War and geo-politics; Views of healthcare workers; Access to healthcare workers and outbreaks; Global health today; References; Chapter 3: Surgical care; Case study 1: Accessing surgical care; Case study 2: 'You can't fix it without data' (Weiser et al., 2015); Case study 3: Surgical workload in critical care; Case study 4: Stoma care in LICs or LMICs
- Lancet Commission on Safe SurgeryReferences; Chapter 4: Choosing to work internationally; Professional and ethical issues; Looking after yourself; References; Chapter 5: Project management; Theory of change; Monitoring and evaluation; Evidence-based practice; 'Train the trainer' programmes; References; Chapter 6: Critical care in resource limited environments; Staffing; Critical care unit; Equipment care; References; Chapter 7: Military critical care; Resources; Care of local nationals; Wanting to do more; Working with Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs); Skills of healthcare professionals
- Chapter 11: Medicines management and useful calculationsMedication errors; Preparing to give a medication; Commonly used abbreviations; Converting units of weight and volume; Calculating oral doses in tablets; Calculating intravenous drug doses; Calculating infusion rates for infusion devices; Syringe pumps, volumetric pumps and gravity giving sets; Inotropes; Potential complications; References; Chapter 12: In-hospital resuscitation; Vascular access; Drugs; Adrenaline; Amiodarone; Cardiac arrest rhythms; Principles of safe defibrillation; References; Chapter 13: Airway management
- Basic techniquesAirway adjuncts; Advanced airway management; Humidification; Extubation; Tracheostomy; Care of a tracheostomy tube; Blocked tracheostomy; Discharge planning; Suctioning; Saline and suctioning; References; Chapter 14: Oxygen and mechanical ventilation; Clinical assessment; Hypoxia; Arterial blood gases; Mechanical ventilation; Ventilator associated pneumonia; Weaning from ventilation; Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); References; Chapter 15: Cardiac monitoring and arrhythmias; Interpreting a cardiac rhythm; First degree atrioventricular block