Natalie Holbery, Paul Newcombe

Emergency Nursing at a Glance (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118867655
• Artikelnr.: 44691025

Autorenporträt

Natalie Holbery, Lecturer/Practitioner Emergency Care, St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Kingston University and St George's, University of London Paul Newcombe, Associate Professor, Kingston University and St George's, University of London

Inhaltsangabe

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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1. The context of emergency nursing

Part 1: Initial patient assessment

2. Pre-hospital care

3. Triage

4. ABCDE approach

5. Track and trigger systems

6. Pain

Part 2: Airway and breathing

7. Airway assessment and management

8. Assessment of breathing

9. Oxygen therapy

10. Respiratory conditions

Part 3: Circulation

11. Assessment of circulation

12. Circulation interventions

13. Shock

14. 12-lead ECG

15. Cardiac arrhythmias

16. Acute coronary syndromes

17. Heart failure

18. Advanced life support

Part 4: Disability

19. Assessment of neurological function

20. The unconscious patient

21. Stroke

22. Seizures

23. Headache

Part 5: Emergency presentations and conditions

24. Abdominal pain

25. Gastrointestinal bleed

26. Genitourinary conditions

27. Acute kidney injury

28. Diabetic emergencies

29. Obstetrics and gynaecology

Part 6: Poisoning and overdose

30. Poisoning: Assessment and management

31. Poisoning: Prescription and non-prescription drugs

32. Poisoning: Other substances

33. Alcohol misuse

Part 7: Infectious diseases

34. Infectious diseases

35. Notifiable diseases

36. Sexually transmitted infections

Part 8: Vulnerable patient groups

37. Domestic abuse

38. Sexual assault

39. The mental health patient in the ED

40. Risk assessment, self-harm and suicide

41. Common mental health problems

42. The patient with dementia

43. The patient with an intellectual disability

Part 9: Children in the emergency department

44. Children in the ED

45. Safeguarding children

46. Recognising the sick child

47. Common illnesses in children

48. Paediatric advanced life support

Part 10: Minor injuries and conditions

49. Minor injuries in children

50. Lower limb injuries

51. Upper limb injuries

52. Wounds

53. Eye conditions

54. Ear, nose and throat conditions

Part 11: Trauma

55. Trauma in context

56. Primary survey

57. Head and spinal trauma

58. Chest trauma

59. Limb trauma

60. Abdominal and pelvic trauma

61. Massive haemorrhage

62. Burns

63. Special circumstances in trauma

64. Trauma in children

65. Major incident

Part 12: Patient transfer and end-of-life care

66. Patient transfer

67. End-of-life care