TY - BOOK AU - Robert Crouch (OBE) AU - Alan Charters AU - Mary Dawood AU - Paula Bennett TI - Oxford Handbook of Emergency Nursing T2 - Oxford handbooks in nursing SN - 0199688869 U1 - 616.025 CRO PY - 2016/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - N1 - Contents: 3 Investigations 4 Emergency care of the infant and child 5 Obstetric emergencies 6 Neurological emergencies 7 Respiratory emergencies 8 Cardiovascular emergencies 9 Musculoskeletal injuries 10 Gastrointestinal emergencies 15 Major trauma 16 Endocrine and metabolic emergencies 17 Haematological emergencies 18 Overdose and poisoning 19 Mental health emergencies 20 Emergencies in older patients 21 Skills reminder 11 Genitourinary emergencies 12 Skin emergencies 13 Ophthalmological emergencies 14 ENT emergencies IFC IBC Index N2 - Emergency nursing requires rapid assessment and decision-making. Often nurses are required to make sense of considerable amounts of information and act on it. The Oxford Handbook of Emergency Nursing provides an essential resource when time is short and the need for practical clinical guidance is paramount. This second edition has been fully updated to reflect new guidelines and approaches which have impacted emergency nursing in recent years. This handbook provides clear, focussed information that will aid all areas of patient assessment and management in emergency care. The concise format will enable the reader to quickly locate the information needed and provides alerts regarding critical 'must-dos' for ill adults and children. The skills section provides a quick summary of the many clinical skills needed in emergency care, ideal as an introduction for the uninitiated and as a refresher for skills performed infrequently. Additionally, this second edition has been expanded to cover nursing in major trauma and emergencies in the elderly. This handbook will empower nurses to deliver excellence in emergency care. Written by practising nurses and subject experts, the Oxford Handbook of Emergency Nursing is a unique and invaluable companion for qualified and student nurses, and to all health care professionals working in the emergency care setting ER -