The Unofficial Guide to Medical and Surgical Emergencies - E-Book
- English
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The Unofficial Guide to Medical and Surgical Emergencies - E-Book
About This Book
The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice â as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide.
The Unofficial Guide Medical and Surgical Emergencies offers a collection of common clinical emergency scenarios. It walks you through the practical steps of the decision-making process, from taking a referral through to making a management plan and prescribing â all designed to ensure safe and best practice.
With plenty of tips to support your clinical reasoning, real time examples, and a focus on initial management before a diagnosis is clear, this book is ideal for medical students as well as junior doctors wanting a quick reference guide or revision aid.
- Clear, simple, practical tips for managing common emergency scenarios
- Describes patient management through real time thought processes of a doctor making decisions
- Key clinical and prescribing tips to improve safety
- Covers a wide range of cases, including fluid prescriptions, interpreting blood test results and acute management of emergencies
- Covers practical essentials such as clerking, effective communication and handover tips
- High quality images to illustrate important clinical findings
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Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Series Editor Foreword
- Foreword
- Introduction
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- 1. Starting the Job
- 2. Data Interpretation
- 3. Prescribing
- 4. Radiology
- 5. Recognition and Assessment of the Acutely Unwell Patient
- 6. Cardiology
- 7. Respiratory
- 8. Gastroenterology
- 9. Endocrinology
- 10. Neurology
- 11. Elderly Care Medicine
- 12. Haematology and Oncology
- 13. Toxicology
- 14. Dermatology
- 15. Psychiatry
- 16. Palliative Care
- 17. General Surgery
- 18. Renal and Urology
- 19. Vascular
- 20. Orthopaedics
- 21. Ear, Nose and Throat
- 22. Ophthalmology
- Index