<p>Are you working in an acute or emergency unit?</p> <p>This is an indispensable pocket guide to caring for patients with acute medical conditions.</p><br><br><p>This book will help you to:</p> <ul> <li>Care for patients within the critical first 24 hours of admission</li> <p> <li>Manage patients using the most up-to-date, evidence-based approach</li> <p> <li>Understand the most-common emergency medical conditions and their underlying disease mechanisms</li> <p> <li>Handle the patient's assessment, understand the observations and manage their disease</li> <p> <li>Easily obtain practical advice in a clear style</li> <p> <li>Explains 'what to tell the patient and relatives' in jargon-free language</li> </ul> <ul> </ul><br><br><li>Access information on SARS, avian influenza and bio-terrorism</li> <p> <li>Improved sections on Acute Coronary Syndromes, non-invasive ventilation, acute stroke care, acute kidney injury and emergency oxygen treatment.</li>