Product Description

A comprehensive step-by-step colour guide to nearly 100 procedures carried out in a modern accident & emergency department, updated text and 250 colour photographs. The procedures are grouped into five categories. Each procedure is described in a straightforward fashion, starting with a consideration of its uses, followed by the equipment needed, the carrying out of the procedure itself, and finishing with pertinent advice to give to patients who have undergone the procedure. Practical Procedures in the Emergency Department will be invaluable to all those who carry out emergency patient procedures whether in a hospital, hospice, GP practice or home setting. It will also be of special interest to paramedics and ambulance crew.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #240051 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 186 pages

Customer Reviews

superb book
this is a great book to own for all those nurses and students in accident and emergency. it explains all the minor injuries and how they can be dressed e.g. steri strips, plastering, tubi grip, suturing and many more. it gives a step by step procedure on how to dress the wound and also what advice to give the paitent. The book also explains how to perform a log roll and resus. As a newly qualified nurse on a&e i would not be without this book. its my bible.

recommended buy for all

good
good book for newly qualified. pictures are very useful and compliment the text. explains many procedures seen in a and e like steristrips, bandaging and more complex procedures.

A good pocketguide on basic emergency procedures.
A handy booklet presenting a chosen emergency procedures. Easy to follow, nice pictures, many important clues.
My impression generally positive, however its very basic and concise, lacking many important procedures. Good choice for start.