Title: Initial management of acute medical patients : a guide for nurses and healthcare practitioners
Abstract: List of Contributors iv Preface vi Acknowledgements vii Introduction viii Normal Clinical Values ix 1 Initial Assessment of the Acute Medical Patient 1 Judith Morgan and Ian Wood 2 Vulnerable Adults 23 Louise Nelson, Scott Inglis, Fiona Howell, Michael Gibbs and Judi Thorley 3 Sudden Death 56 Sue Read and Jane Jervis 4 Cardiac Arrest 80 Carole Donaldson 5 Shock 108 Judith Morgan and Ian Wood 6 Altered Consciousness 133 Ian Wood and Carole Donaldson 7 Shortness of Breath 170 Michelle Garner, Susan Hope and Ian Wood 8 Chest Pain 221 Michelle Garner 9 Abdominal Pain and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding 262 Toni Jordan, Ruth Harris and Terry Wardle 10 Extremity Pain and Swelling 288 Ian Wood Index 300
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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