Smith, Sally
Ward-Based Critical Care: a guide for health professionals
Contents include:
ABCDE approach throughout • Up-to-date guidelines and policies • Initial physiological observations at admission and assessment • Treatment plans based on diagnosis and past medical history • Guidance on frequency of physiological observations • Use of ‘track and trigger’ systems • Graded response strategies • Effective handover during patient transfer • Physiological and psychosocial needs of the patient
Keywords: critical care, intensive care, early warning system
- Author(s)
- Smith, Sally
- Challinor, Alistair
- Price, Ann M
- Publisher
- M&K Update Ltd
- Publication year
- 2010
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 392 pages
- Category
- Medicine, Health Care, Mode
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781907830037
- Printed ISBN
- 9781905539031