Andrew Stewart

Pocket On Call (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A truly pocket-sized guide for preparing for and being on call, this book is ideal for use in the busy clinical setting. Convenient and portable, it puts everything students or junior physicians need at their fingertips.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 151
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429586484
• Artikelnr.: 55374412

Autorenporträt

Andrew Stewart, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine, Sheffield, UK

Inhaltsangabe

'Getting set'. General introduction. Introduction to on call. Preparing for
on-call work. Acutely unwell patients. Being alerted to unwell patients.
Remembering the alphabet... the 'A, B, C, D, E' assessment. The patient
with chest pain. The patient with shortness of breath. The patient with an
upper GI bleed. The acutely collapsed patient. The fitting patient. The
patient with acute abdominal pain. The patient with sepsis. The patient in
cardiac arrest. The fallen patient. The patient with a transfusion
reaction. The patient with hyperkalaemia. The patient with an acute stroke.
The patient with low urine output. Situations and communication. Talking to
micro .... Presenting to seniors. Ordering portable plain chest radiographs
(CXRs). Certifying the deceased patient. The post-take ward round. Blood
bank, blood products, and massive haemorrhage protocols. Needlestick
injury. Prescribing. Safe prescribing. Analgesia. Anti-emetics. Fluid
prescribing. Bibliography. Index.