Advanced Life Support Group

Acute Medical Emergencies

The Practical Approach

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Acute Medical Emergencies is based on the popular Advanced Life Support Group course MedicALS (Medical Advanced Life Support) and is an invaluable resource for all doctors dealing with medical emergencies.
This comprehensive guide deals with the medical aspects of diagnosis and treatment of acute emergencies. Its structured approach teaches the novice how to assess and recognise a patient in an acute condition, and how to interpret vital symptoms such as breathlessness and chest or abdominal pain.

There are separate sections on interpretation of investigations, and procedures for managing the emergency. It covers procedures for acute emergencies occurring anywhere - on hospital wards or beyond. The clarity of the text, including simple line illustrations, ensure its tried and tested procedures provide clear, concise advice on recognition and management of medical emergencies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A727918540
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 295mm x 211mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1378g
• ISBN-13: 9780727918543
• ISBN-10: 0727918540
• Artikelnr.: 21425660

Autorenporträt

The Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG), Manchester UK, began life in 1990 and became a registered medical education charity in 1993. The organisation exists to "preserve life by providing training and education to the general public and in particular but not exclusively to doctors, nurses and other members of the medical profession, in life saving techniques". The book is written and edited by Emergency Medicine specialists who are Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) trainers.

Inhaltsangabe

Working Group. Contributors to first edition. Contributors to second
edition. Preface to second edition. Preface to first edition.
Acknowledgments. Part I: Introduction. Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2
Recognition of the medical emergency. Part II: Structured Approach. Chapter
3 A structured approach to medical emergencies. Chapter 4 Airway
assessment. Chapter 5 Breathing assessment. Chapter 6 Circulation
assessment. Chapter 7 Disability assessment. Part III: Presenting
Complaints. Chapter 8 The patient with breathing difficulties. Chapter 9
The patient with shock. Chapter 10 The patient with chest pain. Chapter 11
The patient with altered conscious level. Chapter 12 The 'collapsed'
patient. Chapter 13 The overdose patient. Chapter 14 The patient with a
headache. Chapter 15 The patient with abdominal pain. Chapter 16 The
patient with hot red legs or cold white legs. Chapter 17 The patient with
hot and/or swollen joints. Chapter 18 The patient with a rash. Chapter 19
The patient with acute confusion. Part IV: Organ Failure. Chapter 20 Organ
failure. Part V: Special Circumstances. Chapter 21 The elderly patient.
Chapter 22 Transportation of the seriously ill patient. Chapter 23 The
pregnant patient. Chapter 24 The immunocompromised patient. Chapter 25 The
patient with acute spinal cord compression. Part VI: Interpretation of
Emergency Investigations. Chapter 26 Acid-base balance and blood gas
analysis. Chapter 27 Dysrhythmia recognition. Chapter 28 Chest X-ray
interpretation. Chapter 29 Haematological investigations. Chapter 30
Biochemical investigations. Part VII: Practical Procedures. Chapter 31
Practical procedures: airway and breathing. Chapter 32 Practical
procedures: circulation. Chapter 33 Practical procedures: medical. Part
VIII: Appendix. Appendix: Drugs commonly used in the management of medical
emergencies. Answers to time out questions. Index.

Rezensionen

"Nevertheless, senior nurses with training responsiblitiies will find this book an invaluable reference source and, on this basis, copies should be kept in emergency departments as well as university and hospital libraries". (Emergency Nurse, 1 March 2011)