Description
Book SynopsisThis handbook provides guidance on the particular issues faced by emergency nurses. Taking a systems-based approach, practical guidance is given on common and rarer occurrences encountered in the emergency setting. Immediate management, investigations, onward referral, and practical skills are covered in a succinct format.
Trade ReviewOxford Handbooks are always useful, but this one is particularly good. . In the nuggets of wisdom it offers from old hands to new recruits, the weight of experience comes across clearly. * Jeanette Welsh, Emergency Nursing, Vol 24, No 10 *
Table of Contents1: General principles of emergency nursing 2: First principles 3: Investigations 4: Emergency care of the infant and child 5: Obstetric emergencies 6: Neurological emergencies 7: Respiratory emergencies 8: Cardiovascular emergencies 9: Musculoskeletal injuries 10: Gastrointestinal emergencies 11: Genitourinary emergencies 12: Skin emergencies 13: Ophthalmological emergencies 14: ENT emergencies 15: Major trauma 16: Endocrine and metabolic emergencies 17: Haematological emergencies 18: Overdose and poisoning 19: Mental health emergencies 20: Emergencies in older patients 21: Skills reminder
