Product Description

This is an essential pocket guide for nurses caring for patients with acute medical conditions. It focuses on events within the first critical twenty-four hours of admission and provides an up-to-date, evidence-based guide to the management of these patients. The most common emergency medical conditions are described and explained in terms of the underlying disease mechanisms. The book also describes the assessment, observations and management in relation to disease processes. The text has been completely updated in line with the latest guidelines and protocols including the UK Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2005.

Acute Medical Emergencies bridges the gap between a pure nursing text and a medical guide to emergency admissions. Practical advice is laid out in a clear, accessible style with extensive use of lists, tables and boxes to highlight critical nursing tasks and enable quick location of vital information. Case studies help link theory to practice. The second edition has been fully updated throughout and now contains information concerning SARS, avian influenza and bio-terrorism. It provides the knowledge base for a multidisciplinary approach to emergency medicine and will be invlauable to Emergency Care Practitioners and 'Hospital at Night' teams.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37454 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 456 pages

Customer Reviews

Must Have A&E Book
This book arrived yesterday and I've read through it briefly and now started to read through thoroughly. I've only got about three quarters of the way through the first section, on cardiology, and I can already see that it will be threadbare by this time next year through severe over use. It's written in English, not jargon, and is easy to understand. There's clear explanations of how/when/why each nurisng intervention is required, what you need to think about given certain scenarios. There are case studies and a quick, concise and easy reference of the ABCDE guide which I will be adopting into my practice tomorrow.

No matter what level of nurse you are, whether you're a student or an RN who's been qualified for years, you'll find this book invaluable. I think, for me, it's definitely going to be a case of "why didn't I buy this before now?" and I'm sure you'll find the same.

Emergency 101
Great book to enable the carrying out of basic but essential emergency interventions for a wide variety of life threatening situations.
I highly recommend this to all student nurses learning ABCDEFG alert responses, I found it invaluable.