The Emergency Practitioner's Handbook: For All Front Line Health Professionals - Softcover

Dawood, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846194040 ISBN 13: 9781846194047

Publisher: CRC Press, 2012

Synopsis

The development of urgent care centres within emergency departments and the proliferation of minor injury units and walk in centres in recent years has led to a parallel rise in Emergency Practitioners (EPs) whose professional backgrounds range between nursing, physiotherapy and paramedical sciences with nurses being the predominant group. These hybrid groups of clinicians combine nursing and medical knowledge to deliver timely effective care to patients presenting with a wide range of injuries and illness. This handbook is an ideal companion and aide memoire for daily practice, and an essential tool for EPs - enabling them to assess, diagnose, treat and discharge or refer the patient effectively. Written by emergency nurse practitioners who understand the thought processes and complexities of clinical decision making, this guide offers straightforward practical advice, particularly for those in isolated nurse led units or those working in a pressurised environment of the emergency department. General Practitioners and foundation year 2 doctors also increasingly work in emergency/urgent care settings and will find this guide invaluable for current, easy to access information.

About this title

About the Author:

Mary Dawood Nurse Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare Trust London

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1846194040
• ISBN 13: 9781846194047
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192