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Emergency Nursing at a Glance

Emergency Nursing at a Glance

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From the publishers of the market-leading at a Glance series comes a wide-ranging and succinct overview of the key concepts of emergency care.  Emergency Nursing at a Glance uses the unique and highly visual at a Glance format to convey vital information quickly and efficiently, ensuring that nursing students have access to all the important topics they need for an emergency care placement.  This highly visual, easy-to-read guide is the ideal companion for anyone entering fields involving urgent or unscheduled care.

•Includes all aspects of emergency care, including trauma, minor injury, triage processes, patient assessment, common emergency presentations, as well as legal, ethical and professional issues.
•Covers care of adults, children, and those with learning disabilities and mental health conditions
•Presented in the bestselling at a Glance format, with superb illustrations and a concise approach

Emergency Nursing at a Glance is an invaluable resource for nursing students, newly qualified nurses and other healthcare professionals working in emergency departments, urgent care centres, minor injury units and walk-in centres.

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John Wiley and Sons
79152
9781118867679
9781118867679

Data sheet

Publication date
2016
Issue number
1
Cover
paperback
Pages count
182
Dimensions (mm)
223.00 x 273.00
Weight (g)
538


  • Contributors vii
    Preface viii
    Acknowledgements viii
    About the Companion Website ix

    Part 1 Initial patient assessment 1

    1 The context of emergency nursing 2

    2 Pre-hospital care 4

    3 Triage 6

    4 The ‘ABCDE’ approach 8

    5 Track and trigger systems 10

    6 Pain 12

    Part 2 Airway and breathing 15

    7 Airway assessment and management 16

    8 Assessment of breathing 18

    9 Oxygen therapy 20

    10 Respiratory conditions 22

    Part 3 Circulation 25

    11 Assessment of circulation 26

    12 Circulation interventions 28

    13 Shock 30

    14 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) 32

    15 Cardiac arrhythmias 34

    16 Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) 36

    17 Heart failure 38

    18 Advanced life support (ALS) 40

    Part 4 Disability 43

    19 Assessment of neurological function 44

    20 The unconscious patient 46

    21 Stroke 48

    22 Seizures 50

    23 Headache 52

    Part 5 Emergency presentations and conditions 55

    24 Abdominal pain 56

    25 Gastrointestinal bleed 58

    26 Genitourinary conditions 60

    27 Acute kidney injury (AKI) 62

    28 Diabetic emergencies 64

    29 Obstetrics and gynaecology 66

    Part 6 Poisoning and overdose 71

    30 Poisoning: Assessment and management 72

    31 Poisoning: Prescription and non-prescription drugs 74

    32 Poisoning: Other substances 76

    33 Alcohol misuse 78

    Part 7 Infectious diseases 81

    34 Infectious diseases 82

    35 Notifiable diseases 84

    36 Sexually transmitted infections (STI) 86

    Part 8 Vulnerable patient groups 89

    37 Domestic abuse 90

    38 Sexual assault 92

    39 The mental health patient in the emergency department (ED) 94

    40 Risk assessment, self-harm and suicide 96

    41 Common mental health problems 98

    42 The patient with dementia 100

    43 The patient with an intellectual disability 102

    Part 9 Children in the emergency department 105

    44 Children in the emergency department (ED) 106

    45 Safeguarding children 108

    46 Recognising the sick child 110

    47 Common illnesses in children 112

    48 Paediatric advanced life support 114

    Part 10 Minor injuries and conditions 117

    49 Minor injuries in children 118

    50 Lower limb injuries 120

    51 Upper limb injuries 122

    52 Wounds 124

    53 Eye conditions 126

    54 Ear, nose and throat conditions 128

    Part 11 Major Trauma 131

    55 Trauma in context 132

    56 Primary survey 134

    57 Head and spinal injury 136

    58 Chest trauma 138

    59 Limb injuries 140

    60 Abdominal and pelvic trauma 142

    61 Massive haemorrhage 144

    62 Burns 146

    63 Trauma: Special circumstances 148

    64 Trauma in children 150

    65 Major incident 152

    Part 12 Patient transfer and end of life care 155

    66 Patient transfer 156

    67 End of life care 158

    Further reading/references 161

    Index 165

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