Nursing Medical Emergency Patients

Nursing Medical Emergency Patients is a practical guide to the nursing care and management of patients with medical emergencies involving system failure. Following an initial chapter on assessment, the authors adopt a system-by-system approach, with an emphasis on the clinical features of medical emergencies, their assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
Nursing Medical Emergency Patients is a vital resource for all nurses working with medical emergency patients, and provides an essential companion to both Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient and Treating the Critically Ill Patient.
Accessible and reader friendly
Integrates theory with practice
Adopts an evidence based approach
Includes chapter objectives, 'best practice' boxes and case studies
Refers to National guidelines and key initiatives e.g. outreach teams
Includes legal and ethical issues

Philip Jevon is Resuscitation Officer/Clinical Skills Lead and Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Manor Hospital Walsall.

Melanie Humphreys is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton.

Beverley Ewens is Staff Development Nurse, Critical Care Unit, Joondalup Health Campus, Western Australia.

Contributors.
Foreword.
Acknowledgements.
Chapter 1 Overview of the treatment of medical emergencies (Philip Jevon).
Chapter 2 Respiratory emergencies (Kate Deacon).
Chapter 3 Cardiac emergencies (Melanie Humphreys).
Chapter 4 Cardiovascular emergencies (Melanie Humphreys).
Chapter 5 Shock (Beverley Ewens).
Chapter 6 Neurological emergencies (Anthony Batson and Christine Thompson).
Chapter 7 Acute renal failure (Sue Talbot).
Chapter 8 Gastrointestinal emergencies (Beverley Ewens).
Chapter 9 Endocrine emergencies (Philip Jevon).
Chapter 10 Poisoning (James Bethel).
Chapter 11 Critical care outreach service (Kate Deacon).
Chapter 12 Ethical and legal issues (Fiona Foxall).
Index.