ISBN: 9781905539925
January 2016 • M&K Publishing • 416pp
EDITORS:
Ann Price, MA, MSc, BSc (Hons), PGCE, ENB 100, RN, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, Canterbury Christ Church University
Dr Sally A Smith, Chief Nurse & Director of Quality, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Alistair Challiner, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
‘a useful addition to any ward book shelf or student’s reading list’ Journal of the Intensive Care Society
Like the original Ward-based Critical Care, this second edition aims to guide practitioners in the initial management of critically ill adult patients within the ward setting. It should be of value to a wide range of healthcare professionals, including junior doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and students. It will also be relevant to practitioners who are moving into any setting that cares for acutely ill patients.
This volume has been slightly reorganised since the first edition to ensure that practical aspects are incorporated within the relevant sections. The book is still structured around the ABCDE approach to assessing and managing patients, as this is promoted in critical care and resuscitation care training. The focus on practical examples and ‘hot tips’ to aid memory of key points continues. All the chapters have been updated with the most recent guidance, as available at the time of writing. This has meant that some chapters have required major revisions, while others have remained relatively unchanged. Some new chapters have been included, such as the ones on anaphylactic shock, patient safety, dealing with pregnant women in the ward setting, and massive blood transfusion. In addition, each section now starts with a chapter giving an overview of the A–E approach in order to provide more detail about assessing and managing those aspects of patient care.
This informative book contains many useful features such as clinical scenarios, hot tips and practical skills, and the text is richly illustrated and cross-referenced throughout.
Contents include:
Introduction
Critical care outreach
Overview of assessing and monitoring the acutely ill ward patient
Examination of the sick ward patient
Respiratory physiotherapy and rehabilitation
Patient safety
Airway
Assessing and managing the airway
Temporary tracheostomies
Suctioning a tracheostomy
Changing tracheostomy tubes
Breathing
Obtaining and interpreting arterial blood gases
Oxygen therapy
Pleural chest drains
Pulmonary oedema in acute heart failure
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Asthma
Non-invasive ventilation in type 2 respiratory failure
Pulmonary embolism
Pneumonia
Neurological disease
Cardiovascular
Assessing and managing the cardiovascular system
Sepsis
Hypvoleamic
Cardiogenic shock
Anaphylactic shock
Management of critically ill patients with malignancy
Tachyarrhythmias in the acutely ill
Cardiac chest pain
Acute abdomen
Oesophageal varices
Electrolytes
Renal failure
Emergency and massive blood transfusion
Pregnancy related conditions
Disability
Assessing and managing aspects of consciousness and disability
Neurological compromise secondary to electrolyte imbalance
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Neurogenic shock Severe acute pain
Nutrition in the acutely unwell patient
Placement of a nasogastric tube
Exposure
Exposure, examination and evaluation
Compartment syndrome
Organ and tissue donation
Patient transport
Psychosocial aspects of acute illness
The post-ICU patient
The ethics of acute care
Communication Family care
Caring for the suddenly bereaved in the acute care setting