Initial management of acute medical patients : a guide for nurses and healthcare practitioners /
edited by Ian Wood, Michelle Garner
- 2nd ed
- X, 310p.: 24cm.
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Rev. ed. of: Medical assessment units / edited by Ian Wood and Michelle Rhodes. London : Whurr, 2003
Includes bibliographical references and index
Initial assessment of the acute medical patient -- Vulnerable groups -- Sudden death -- Cardiac arrest -- Shock -- Altered consciousness -- Shortness of breath -- Chest pain -- Abdominal pain and upper gastrointestinal bleeding -- Extremity pain and swelling