Written and edited both by infectious disease experts and practicing emergency physicians, this textbook is a comprehensive, evidence-based, state-of-the-art resource for the busy clinician who diagnoses and treats infectious disease. It provides comprehensive coverage of infections ranging from the routine to rare and life-threatening.
The Manchester Triage System (MTS), the most widely used emergency medical triage system in the UK and Europe, is employed to prioritise the treatment of tens of millions of patients each year. MTS utilises an easy-to-understand and safe, risk-based system of prioritisation. This title contains all the information necessary for an MTS user.
Acute Medicine offers an accessible and concise guide to the practical management of all acute medical problems likely to be encountered in the emergency department, ambulatory care centre, acute medical unit or on the wards.
* Provides essential evidence-based procedures for all critical care practitioners * Includes a robust competency framework that can be used by all disciplines * Underpins best practice by drawing on the best available evidence * Follows a systematic approach to providing care.
First Responder Care Essentials is the ideal resource for Community First Responders. Grounded in practice and covering the full remit of the CFR role, the book takes you through the skills that you need when working with patients. Topics range from communication skills to manual handling, trauma care and cardiac arrest.
This second edition of Ambulance Care Essentials offers a complete guide to the skills, knowledge and understanding required to work as a support worker or similar within the ambulance service.
On Call in Trauma and Orthopaedics is aimed at junior trainees working with the specialty of Trauma and Orthopaedics. It is written in a clear and concise method, covering all common injuries that a junior trainee would expect to see during their shifts.