Emergency Care And First Aid For Nurses

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This portable, quick reference provides comprehensive coverage of first aid procedures and is highly illustrated. Its aim is to enable nurses to effectively and safely provide first aid outside their clinical working environment. However, the principles described will also be useful within the hospital setting and a section at the end of each chapter will describe the appropriate treatment once the patient reaches A&E.

This book aims to present a concise survey of the concepts and principles which is essential to the first nursing course in first aid. First aid is, like medicine, an art and science. It is prepared in a lucid manner, so that even a common man, who is not highly educated, could easily understand the concept of First Aid, for that a lot of effort has been put in. Now a days, everybody should have a basic knowledge of first aid not only for nurses, health workers, Policemen, Ambulance crew, Fire and safety officers, but for common men also. Learning of this book will be of great help for them. This book covers: • Anatomy and Physiology of the human body to understand the care of victim • Applications of wound dressings and bandaging • Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) • Medical emergencies including signs & symptoms and First Aid Treatment • Disaster preparedness and its management are also included. • More than 100 illustrations and tables, which will help anybody to learn First Aid in a practical way.

First aid is one of the very important subjects in the training of nurses. This book aims to present concise concepts and principles, which are the essentials of nursing course. The attempt has been made to present both essential angles of subject and needs of nurses, members of voluntary aid societies, police, ambulance and fire services, and anyone who is interested in to provide first aid. Book jacket.

"Designed for use by persons who are responsible for giving emergency care to the sick and injured. It provides the essential information for developing the functional first aid capabilities required by policemen, firemen, emergency squad members, and ambulance attenants."--Preface.

Accident & Emergency: Theory into Practice is the comprehensive textbook for emergency nurses, covering the full range of emergency care issues, including trauma management and trauma care, the lifespan, psychological issues, physiology for practice, practice and professional issues. This book is about more than what a nurse should do; it is about why it should be done, leading to sustainable and safer practice. The third edition of this ever-popular text expands its horizons to include contributions from emergency care professionals in New Zealand, Australia and the Republic of Ireland, as well as the United Kingdom. Applied anatomy and physiology and how it changes in injury and ill health Treatment and management of a wide range of emergency conditions Includes emergency care across the life continuum, trauma management, psychological dimensions and practice and professional issues. ‘Transportation of the critically ill patient’ chapter outlines the nursing and operational considerations related to transportation of the acutely ill person. ‘Creating patient flow’ chapter overviews the concepts behind patient flow across the wider health system and introduces the key concept of staff and patient time. It explores some of the techniques used in manufacturing and service industries and its application to health system, illustrating how to reduce the waste of patient and staff time. ‘Managing issues of culture and power in ED’ chapter demonstrates that cultural awareness is about much more than recognising the different religious needs of patients and their families; it’s also about recognising culture, diversity, stereotyping and expressions of power. Updated to reflect the latest practice and guidelines in this fast-changing field of practice.

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.