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Title Initial management of acute medical patients : a guide for nurses and healthcare practitioners / edited by Ian Wood, Michelle Garner.
Publication Info Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
Edition 2nd ed.



Descript x, 310 p. : ill.
Edition 2nd ed.
Note Previous ed.: published as Medical assessment units. London: Whurr, 2003.
Contents List of Contributors iv Preface vi Acknowledgements vii Introduction viii Normal Clinical Values ix 1 Initial Assessment of the Acute Medical Patient 1 Judith Morgan and Ian Wood 2 Vulnerable Adults 23 Louise Nelson, Scott Inglis, Fiona Howell, Michael Gibbs and Judi Thorley 3 Sudden Death 56 Sue Read and Jane Jervis 4 Cardiac Arrest 80 Carole Donaldson 5 Shock 108 Judith Morgan and Ian Wood 6 Altered Consciousness 133 Ian Wood and Carole Donaldson 7 Shortness of Breath 170 Michelle Garner, Susan Hope and Ian Wood 8 Chest Pain 221 Michelle Garner 9 Abdominal Pain and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding 262 Toni Jordan, Ruth Harris and Terry Wardle 10 Extremity Pain and Swelling 288 Ian Wood Index 300
Note 200 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781444361278 (e-book)
9781444337167 (pbk.)
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Subject Nursing assessment.
Emergency nursing.
Alt author Wood, Ian, 1962-
Garner, Michelle.
Descript x, 310 p. : ill.
Edition 2nd ed.
Note Previous ed.: published as Medical assessment units. London: Whurr, 2003.
Contents List of Contributors iv Preface vi Acknowledgements vii Introduction viii Normal Clinical Values ix 1 Initial Assessment of the Acute Medical Patient 1 Judith Morgan and Ian Wood 2 Vulnerable Adults 23 Louise Nelson, Scott Inglis, Fiona Howell, Michael Gibbs and Judi Thorley 3 Sudden Death 56 Sue Read and Jane Jervis 4 Cardiac Arrest 80 Carole Donaldson 5 Shock 108 Judith Morgan and Ian Wood 6 Altered Consciousness 133 Ian Wood and Carole Donaldson 7 Shortness of Breath 170 Michelle Garner, Susan Hope and Ian Wood 8 Chest Pain 221 Michelle Garner 9 Abdominal Pain and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding 262 Toni Jordan, Ruth Harris and Terry Wardle 10 Extremity Pain and Swelling 288 Ian Wood Index 300
Note 200 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781444361278 (e-book)
9781444337167 (pbk.)
Subject Nursing assessment.
Emergency nursing.
Alt author Wood, Ian, 1962-
Garner, Michelle.

Subject Nursing assessment.
Emergency nursing.
Descript x, 310 p. : ill.
Note Previous ed.: published as Medical assessment units. London: Whurr, 2003.
Contents List of Contributors iv Preface vi Acknowledgements vii Introduction viii Normal Clinical Values ix 1 Initial Assessment of the Acute Medical Patient 1 Judith Morgan and Ian Wood 2 Vulnerable Adults 23 Louise Nelson, Scott Inglis, Fiona Howell, Michael Gibbs and Judi Thorley 3 Sudden Death 56 Sue Read and Jane Jervis 4 Cardiac Arrest 80 Carole Donaldson 5 Shock 108 Judith Morgan and Ian Wood 6 Altered Consciousness 133 Ian Wood and Carole Donaldson 7 Shortness of Breath 170 Michelle Garner, Susan Hope and Ian Wood 8 Chest Pain 221 Michelle Garner 9 Abdominal Pain and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding 262 Toni Jordan, Ruth Harris and Terry Wardle 10 Extremity Pain and Swelling 288 Ian Wood Index 300
Note 200 annual accesses. UkHlHU
Alt author Wood, Ian, 1962-
Garner, Michelle.
ISBN 9781444361278 (e-book)
9781444337167 (pbk.)

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