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)