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Rapid response to everyday emergencies : a nurse's guide.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emergency nursing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Emergency nursing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (480 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ambler, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2006]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Designed for quick reference, this portable handbook provides practical, step-by-step guidance on how to respond to over 170 emergency situations that can arise in every unit of a healthcare facility. Coverage of each emergency begins with bulleted, quick-scanning, action-oriented rapid response instructions and then proceeds to explanations of what caused the emergency and preventive strategies. Tables and checklists provide vital information at a glance. Numerous sidebars and more than 200 illustrations describe and demonstrate key procedures. Icons highlight complications and potential dangers that can arise during and after the initial response.
- Contents:
- Emergency essentials
- Cardiovascular emergencies
- Respiratory emergencies
- Gastrointestinal emergencies
- Neurologic emergencies
- Musculoskeletal emergencies
- Endocrine and metabolic emergencies
- Obstetric and gynecologic emergencies
- Genitourinary emergencies
- Hematologic emergencies
- Eye, ear, nose, and throat emergencies
- Dermatologic emergencies
- Environmental emergencies
- Medication toxicity and overdose
- Psychiatric emergencies.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4698-8595-6
- OCLC:
- 908511442
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