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Emergency Nursing at a Glance
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2016.
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| Colección: | New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Front matter
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- About the companion website
- Part 1 Initial patient assessment
- 1 The context of emergency nursing
- 2 Pre-hospital care
- 3 Triage
- 4 The 'ABCDE' approach
- 5 Track and trigger systems
- 6 Pain
- Part 2 Airway and breathing
- 7 Airway assessment and management
- 8 Assessment of breathing
- 9 Oxygen therapy
- 10 Respiratory conditions
- Part 3 Circulation
- 11 Assessment of circulation
- 12 Circulation interventions
- 13 Shock
- 14 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG)
- 15 Cardiac arrhythmias
- 16 Acute coronary syndromes (ACS)
- 17 Heart failure
- 18 Advanced life support (ALS)
- Part 4 Disability
- 19 Assessment of neurological function
- 20 The unconscious patient
- 21 Stroke
- 22 Seizures
- 23 Headache
- Part 5 Emergency presentations and conditions
- 24 Abdominal pain
- 25 Gastrointestinal bleed
- 26 Genitourinary conditions
- 27 Acute kidney injury (AKI)
- 28 Diabetic emergencies
- 29 Obstetrics and gynaecology
- Part 6 Poisoning and overdose
- 30 Poisoning: Assessment and management
- 31 Poisoning: Prescription and non-prescription drugs
- 32 Poisoning: Other substances
- 33 Alcohol misuse
- Part 7 Infectious diseases
- 34 Infectious diseases
- 35 Notifiable diseases
- 36 Sexually transmitted infections
- Part 8 Vulnerable patient groups
- 37 Domestic abuse
- 38 Sexual assault
- 39 The mental health patient in the emergency department (ED)
- 40 Risk assessment, self-harm and suicide
- 41 Common mental health problems
- 42 The patient with dementia
- 43 The patient with an intellectual disability
- Part 9 Children in the emergency department
- 44 Children in the emergency department (ED)
- 45 Safeguarding children
- 46 Recognising the sick child
- 47 Common illnesses in children
- 48 Paediatric advanced life support
- Part 10 Minor injuries and conditions
- 49 Minor injuries in children
- 50 Lower limb injuries
- 51 Upper limb injuries
- 52 Wounds
- 53 Eye conditions
- 54 Ear, nose and throat conditions
- Part 11 Major Trauma
- 55 Trauma in context
- 56 Primary survey
- 57 Head and spinal injury
- 58 Chest trauma
- 59 Limb injuries
- 60 Abdominal and pelvic trauma
- 61 Massive haemorrhage
- 62 Burns
- 63 Trauma: Special circumstances
- 64 Trauma in children
- 65 Major incidents
- Part 12 Patient transfer and end of life care
- 66 Patient transfer
- 67 End of life care
- Further reading/references
- Index
- EULA