1st Edition
The Emergency Practitioner's Handbook For All Front Line Health Professionals
By Mary Dawood
Copyright 2012
192 Pages
by
CRC Press
192 Pages
by
CRC Press
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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... Read more
About the author. List of contributors. Acknowledgements. Foreword. Introduction. Chapters. Section 1: General issues. Practice advice. Avoiding pitfalls. Prescribing. X-rays. Documentation. Police statements. Paediatric considerations. Section 2: Musculo-skeletal. Assault. Head. Face. Neck. Chest. Back. Shoulder. Upper arm. Elbow. Wrist and forearm. Hand. Hip and pelvis. Knee. Ankle. Foot. Toes. Paediatric fractures. Limping child. Section 3: Skin. Skin trauma. Burns and scalds. Animal and human bites. Skin infection. Section 4: Ophthalmology. Eyes. Section 5: Primary care. Respiratory Sore throat. Nose. Ears. Urinary infection. Emergency contraception. Suspected deep venous thrombosis.
Biography
Mary Dawood Nurse Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare Trust London
