| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 590 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Emergencies in-- series |
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Emergencies in-- series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Contributors; Symbols and abbreviations; 1 Assessment and stabilization; 2 Airway; 3 Breathing; 4 Circulation; 5 Neurology; 6 Metabolic, endocrine, and environmental injury; 7 Renal; 8 Gastrointestinal and hepatic; 9 Haematology and oncology; 10 Infections; 11 Surgical patients; 12 Trauma, burns, and skin injury; 13 Obstetric and fertility patients; 14 Poisoning and overdose; 15 Incidents and adverse events; 16 Communication and organ donation; 17 Common emergency procedures; Appendix; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
This essential handbook provides a practical, accessible guide to all emergency situations encountered in the critical care setting. Emergencies are very common in the critical care setting and this book helps critical care staff identify patients at risk, how to manage them, and be prepared. To help the reader find advice quickly, most chapters begin with a generic description of how to manage emergencies affecting that system, or patient group. This is followed by details ofspecific diagnoses and how they should be managed. The author team, where possible, follow the 'ABC' approach, which is |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Critical care medicine.
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Emergency medicine.
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Medical emergencies.
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Intensive care units.
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Critical Care -- methods
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Emergencies
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Emergency Treatment -- methods
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Intensive Care Units
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Critical Care
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Emergency Medicine
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intensive care units.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Medical emergencies
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Intensive care units
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Critical care medicine
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Emergency medicine
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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manuals (instructional materials)
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Beed, Martin, editor
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Sherman, Richard (Consultant in critical care and anaesthesia), editor.
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Mahajan, Ravi P., editor
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| ISBN |
9780191004131 |
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0191004138 |
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1299781748 |
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9781299781740 |
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