Description
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAbout the Editors viii
Notes on Contributors xi
Preface xxiii
Acknowledgements xxv
How to Use Your Text Book xxvii
Unit 1 Continuous Professional Development, Appraisal and Revalidation 1
Chapter 1 Governance 3
Ollie Phipps
Chapter 2 Continuous Profession Development (CPD), Appraisal and Revalidation 19
Vikki-Jo Scott
Unit 2 Complex Decision Making 35
Chapter 3 Ethics and Legal Principles 37
Nick Fox
Chapter 4 Communication Skills and Breaking Bad News 50
Phil Broadhurst and Emma Underdown
Chapter 5 Advanced Clinical Decision-making and End-of-life Care 63
Rachel Allen-Ashcroft and Victoria Metaxa
Unit 3 History Taking and Physical Examination Skills in Acute, Emergency, and Critical Care 75
Chapter 6 Consultation Models and Diagnostic Reasoning 77
Sadie Diamond-Fox, Rebecca Connolly, Alexandra Gatehouse, John Wilkinson, Angela Roberts, Caroline McCrea, and Sonya Stone
Chapter 7 Respiratory Presentations 106
Andrew Lee, Rebecca Chamoto, Rebecca Kurylec, Kirsty Laing, Kathryn Thomas, Emma Toplis, Padma Parthasarathy, and Rebecca Stacey
Chapter 8 Cardiac Presentations 136
Rachel Wong
Chapter 9 Neurological and Endocrine Presentations 169
Rebecca Connolly and Sonya Stone
Chapter 10 AECC Renal and Genitourinary Presentations 196
Rachel Allen-Ashcroft and Sonya Stone
Chapter 11 Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary 222
Angela Roberts
Chapter 12 Haematological and Oncological Presentations 240
Barry Hill
Chapter 13 Rheumatological and Immunological Presentations 263
Caroline McCrea, Barry Hill, Sonya Stone, and Sadie Diamond-Fox
Chapter 14 Mental Health Presentations 283
Clare Allabyrne
Unit 4 Diagnosis and Management in Acute, Emergency, and Critical Care 303
Chapter 15 Radiology 305
Joe Wood, Stephanie Shea, and Tracey Maxfield
Chapter 16 Principles of Point of Care Ultrasound 327
Hannah Conway
Chapter 17 Laboratory Tests 359
Sarah Henry and Natalie Gardner
Chapter 18 Pharmacology and Prescribing for the Acute, Emergency, and Critical Care Populations 391
Jill Bentley, David Thom, and Joseph Tooley
Chapter 19 Advanced and Extended Procedures for AECC Populations 414
Phil Evans and Sean Buchanan
Unit 5 Resus & 1st Stage MX of the Critically Unwell 445
Chapter 20 Advanced Life Support 447
Sadie Diamond-Fox and Alexandra Gatehouse
Chapter 21 Shock 483
Francesca Riccio and Phil Broadhurst
Chapter 22 Intra/Inter Hospital Transfers 508
Mark Cannan, Stuart Cox, and Kirstin Geer
Chapter 23 Organ Donation and Optimisation 521
Jill Featherstone and Stevie Park
Prefixes and Suffixes 532
Normal Values 545
Index 549
