Emergency Nursing at a Glance
Samenvatting
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.
Specificaties
Inhoudsopgave
<p>Preface viii</p>
<p>Acknowledgements viii</p>
<p>About the companion website ix</p>
<p>Part 1 Initial patient assessment 1</p>
<p>1 The context of emergency nursing 2</p>
<p>2 Pre–hospital care 4</p>
<p>3 Triage 6</p>
<p>4 The ABCDE approach 8</p>
<p>5 Track and trigger systems 10</p>
<p>6 Pain 12</p>
<p>Part 2 Airway and breathing 15</p>
<p>7 Airway assessment and management 16</p>
<p>8 Assessment of breathing 18</p>
<p>9 Oxygen therapy 20</p>
<p>10 Respiratory conditions 22</p>
<p>Part 3 Circulation 25</p>
<p>11 Assessment of circulation 26</p>
<p>12 Circulation interventions 28</p>
<p>13 Shock 30</p>
<p>14 12–lead electrocardiogram (ECG) 32</p>
<p>15 Cardiac arrhythmias 34</p>
<p>16 Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) 36</p>
<p>17 Heart failure 38</p>
<p>18 Advanced life support (ALS) 40</p>
<p>Part 4 Disability 43</p>
<p>19 Assessment of neurological function 44</p>
<p>20 The unconscious patient 46</p>
<p>21 Stroke 48</p>
<p>22 Seizures 50</p>
<p>23 Headache 52</p>
<p>Part 5 Emergency presentations and conditions 55</p>
<p>24 Abdominal pain 56</p>
<p>25 Gastrointestinal bleed 58</p>
<p>26 Genitourinary conditions 60</p>
<p>27 Acute kidney injury (AKI) 62</p>
<p>28 Diabetic emergencies 64</p>
<p>29 Obstetrics and gynaecology 66</p>
<p>Part 6 Poisoning and overdose 71</p>
<p>30 Poisoning: Assessment and management 72</p>
<p>31 Poisoning: Prescription and non–prescription drugs 74</p>
<p>32 Poisoning: Other substances 76</p>
<p>33 Alcohol misuse 78</p>
<p>Part 7 Infectious diseases 81</p>
<p>34 Infectious diseases 82</p>
<p>35 Notifiable diseases 84</p>
<p>36 Sexually transmitted infections (STI) 86</p>
<p>Part 8 Vulnerable patient groups 89</p>
<p>37 Domestic abuse 90</p>
<p>38 Sexual assault 92</p>
<p>39 The mental health patient in the emergency department (ED) 94</p>
<p>40 Risk assessment, self–harm and suicide 96</p>
<p>41 Common mental health problems 98</p>
<p>42 The patient with dementia 100</p>
<p>43 The patient with an intellectual disability 102</p>
<p>Part 9 Children in the emergency department 105</p>
<p>44 Children in the emergency department (ED) 106</p>
<p>45 Safeguarding children 108</p>
<p>46 Recognising the sick child 110</p>
<p>47 Common illnesses in children 112</p>
<p>48 Paediatric advanced life support 114</p>
<p>Part 10 Minor injuries and conditions 117</p>
<p>49 Minor injuries in children 118</p>
<p>50 Lower limb injuries 120</p>
<p>51 Upper limb injuries 122</p>
<p>52 Wounds 124</p>
<p>53 Eye conditions 126</p>
<p>54 Ear, nose and throat conditions 128</p>
<p>Part 11 Major Trauma 131</p>
<p>55 Trauma in context 132</p>
<p>56 Primary survey 134</p>
<p>57 Head and spinal injury 136</p>
<p>58 Chest trauma 138</p>
<p>59 Limb injuries 140</p>
<p>60 Abdominal and pelvic trauma 142</p>
<p>61 Massive haemorrhage 144</p>
<p>62 Burns 146</p>
<p>63 Trauma: Special circumstances 148</p>
<p>64 Trauma in children 150</p>
<p>65 Major incident 152</p>
<p>Part 12 Patient transfer and end of life care 155</p>
<p>66 Patient transfer 156</p>
<p>67 End of life care 158</p>
<p>Further reading/references 161</p>
<p>Index 165</p>