Initial management of acute medical patients a guide for nurses and healthcare practitioners / [electronic resource] : edited by Ian Wood, Michelle Garner. - 2nd ed. - Chichester [England] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. - x, 310 p. : ill.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Critical care medicine.
Emergency nursing--Methodology.
Nursing assessment--Methodology.
Triage (Medicine)


Electronic books.

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