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Saunders Nursing Survival Guide: Critical Care and Emergency Nursing

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ISBN-10: 141606169X

ISBN-13: 9781416061694

Edition: 2nd 2009

Authors: Lori Schumacher, Cynthia C. Chernecky

List price: $49.95
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Part of the popular Saunders Nursing Survival Guide series, this book prepares you to manage the most common health care problems you'll see in critical care, trauma, or emergency settings. Each chapter is organized from the most immediate and life-threatening conditions to less emergent critical care conditions. Its lighthearted, cartoon-filled approach simplifies difficult concepts, covering each body system in terms of current practice standards. Consistent headings break content into four succinct areas of review: What (subject) IS, What You NEED TO KNOW, What You DO, and Do You UNDERSTAND? Clinical terms and shorthand expressions are highlighted, exposing you to terminology used in the…    
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Book details

List price: $49.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 6/30/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.21" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English

Lori Schumacher, PhD, RN, CCRN, Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing, Augusta, GA.

Review of Hemodynamics
Shock Trauma
Anaphylaxis and Anaphylactic Shock
Cardiogenic Shock
Hypovolemic Shock
Neurogenic Shock
Septic Shock
Trauma and Emergency Care
Rapid Sequence Intubation
Increased Intracranial Pressure
Traumatic Brain Injury
Acute Hemmorrhage/Penetrating Trauma
Cardiac Tamponade
Hypothermia
Near Drowning
Overdose
Disaster Preparedness
Cardiovascular System
Angina
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Heart Failure
Respiratory System
Non-invasive Ventilation
Mechanical Ventilation
Pulmonary Embolus
Acute Respiratory Distress
Nervous System
Seizure
Status Epilepticus
Meningitis
Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal Cord Compression
Gastrointestinal System
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Bowel Obstruction
Pancreatitis
Liver Failure
Renal System
Acute Tubular Necrosis
Chronic Renal Failure
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Endocrine System
Hyperglycemia
Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone
Diabetes Insipidus
Cerebral Salt Wasting
Hematolgic System
Thrombocytopenia
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Integumentary System
Burns
Necrotizing Fascitis
Mutlisystem
Code Management (New ACLS Guidelines; Rapid Response Teams)
Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome