This book develops your ability to manage the care of critically and acutely ill patients, and to recognise and deal with the early signs of deterioration. Taking a practical, real-life approach to care, each chapter focuses on a patient with a particular issue - from chest pain to sepsis. You'll consider the primary symptoms before working through the knowledge and skills needed to care for that patient. The book focuses on developing clinical assessment and decision-making skills, leaving you confident and competent in caring for patients who are unstable, deteriorating or critically ill.
Key features
• Each chapter is mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards
• Packed with engaging real-life practice examples and activities.
• Includes new coverage of Sickle Cell, chronic pain, bias and major trauma across the age spectrum.
• Provides robust evidence-based tools and frameworks to use in practice, such as ABCDE assessments.
Chapter 1: Assessing, recognising, and responding to acute and critical illness - Desiree Tait and Mark Gagan
Chapter 2: The breathless person - Desiree Tait
Chapter 3: The person who needs respiratory support - Desiree Tait and Helen Aldridge
Chapter 4: The person with chest pain - David Barton and Desiree Tait
Chapter 5: The person in pain - Catherine Norris
Chapter 6: The person in shock - Desiree Tait and Helen Aldridge
Chapter 7: The person with sepsis and septic shock - Desiree Tait and Helen Aldridge
Chapter 8: The person with delirium - Desiree Tait and Helen Aldridge
Chapter 9: The person with acute kidney injury - Desiree Tait
Chapter 10: The person with physiological trauma - Catherine Norris
Chapter 11: The person with altered consciousness - Desiree Tait
Chapter 12: The person with an endocrine disorder - Desiree Tait
Chapter 13: Conclusion: lessons learned - an action plan for practice - Desiree Tait
