Initial management of acute medical patients : a guide for nurses and healthcare practitioners /
edited by Ian Wood and Michelle Garner.
- United Kingdom : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012
- 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Initial assessment of the acute medical patient -- Vulnerable adults -- Sudden death -- Cardiac arrest -- Shock -- Altered consciousness -- Shortness of breath -- Chest pain -- Abdominal pain and upper gastrointestinal bleeding -- Extremity pain and swelling.