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Soins infirmiers en situation d'urgence ; Triage (Médecine)

Provides critical information to help healthcare providers ensure patient safety by preventing "misses" or "near-misses" Newly updated, this life-saving pocket-sized clinical manual guides triage nurses to rapidly recognize life-threatening or life- altering conditions. The second edition delivers new chapters on endocrine emergencies, hematologic and oncologic emergencies, sexual assault and intimate partner violence, and human trafficking. Pediatric and older adult chapters offer extensive new information on assessment, triage pearls, and key tips for age- related emergencies. Also included is updated STEMI, Stroke, and Sepsis guidelines. Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers. Focusing on patient-driven chief complaints, this resource provides a wealth of concise information covering each body system along with first-line questions, assessments, and interventions to determine the patient's level of urgency, sick versus not sick. Prominent icons denote critical signs and symptoms and deliver invaluable information from experienced triage/ED nurses. Content encompasses triage, waiting room and legal issues, high-risk medical conditions, and special issues in emergency care. Including action steps to aid in prioritizing during a crisis, the resource covers trauma, burns, active shooter/active threat, and emergency management during a disaster. Reference tables and checklists facilitate at-a-glance retrieval of crucial information. Opportunities for customization include space for taking notes, inscribing important phone numbers, and pasting facility-specific policies/procedures.

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- xiv, 336 p. : ill.
Cote : WQ 240 O14 2013

Grossesse - Complications ; Service des urgences médicales ; Triage (Médecine)

This up-to-date pocket guide for use in obstetric triage and emergency settings provides speedy access to critical information needed by healthcare providers in obstetrics, midwifery, emergency medicine, and family care medicine. It includes practice protocols that offer point of service management guidelines, diagnostic parameters for robust diagnostic imagery, ultrasound and other diagnostic modalities, and easy to follow algorithms and protocols in each chapter.

This information will enable practitioners to easily recognize and understand symptomatology, lab results, diagnostic imagery and clinical workings. Chapters address over 30 clinical conditions and are consistently organized to include presenting symptomatology, patient history and data collection, physical exam findings, lab and imagery studies, differential diagnosis and clinical management protocol and follow up, and clinical management follow up. The book disseminates the contributions of expert midwives, nurse practitioners, obstetricians, gynecologists, and radiologists who evaluate more than 30,000 OB visits each year.

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