Full Description
Awarded third place in the 2023 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Critical Care-Emergency Nursing.
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.
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.
New to the Second Edition:
New chapters addressing endocrine emergencies, hematologic and oncologic emergencies, sexual assault and intimate partner violence, and human trafficking
Expanded content in the triage, pediatric, and older adult chapters
Enhanced red flags, triage considerations, and key tips, along with updates to the screening tools
Reformatted and condensed chief complaint layout throughout the book to increase accessibility of information
Worst-case scenarios to consider throughout each body system chapter
Access to the Pediatric Assessment Triangle and pediatric vital signs and detailed information for performing the A-B-C-D-E assessment
Key Features:
Expedites critical decision-making with quick access to key reference material
Delivers information honed from decades of combined emergency nursing experience
Uses icons to quickly direct the user to relevant content areas
Enhances clinical judgment with essential tips regarding common chief complaints
Sheds light on complex issues with unique patient presentations
Highlights key pediatric and older-adult considerations
Covers disaster response and active shooter/violent situation action steps
Access to blank pages for customizing the book to meet individual needs
Contents
Contributors and Reviewers
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO TRIAGE AND EMERGENCY CARE
Chapter 1. The Secrets to Using This Guide
Chapter 2. Triage
PART II: NURSING ESSENTIALS IN EMERGENCY NURSING
Chapter 3. Screening Tools and Checklists
Chapter 4. Pediatric Considerations
Chapter 5. Older Adult Considerations
Chapter 6. Waiting Room Issues
Chapter 7. Legal Issues
PART III: HIGH-RISK PRESENTATIONS BY BODY SYSTEM
Chapter 8. Introduction to High-Risk Presentations
Chapter 9. Respiratory Emergencies
Chapter 10. Cardiac Emergencies
Chapter 11. Neurologic Emergencies
Chapter 12. Abdominal Emergencies
Chapter 13. Endocrine Emergencies
Chapter 14. Obstetric Emergencies
Chapter 15. Gynecologic Emergencies
Chapter 16. Male Reproductive Emergencies
Chapter 17. Ocular Emergencies
Chapter 18. Dental, Ear, Nose, Throat, and Facial Emergencies
Chapter 19. Musculoskeletal Emergencies
PART IV: SPECIAL ISSUES IN EMERGENCY CARE
Chapter 20. Infectious and Communicable Disease Emergencies
Chapter 21. Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies
Chapter 22. Toxicology Emergencies
Chapter 23. Bite and Sting Emergencies
Chapter 24. Behavioral Health Emergencies
Chapter 25. Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence
Chapter 26. Human Trafficking
PART V: TRAUMA CARE
Chapter 27. Trauma Emergencies
Chapter 28. Burn Emergencies
PART VI: DISASTER EMERGENCIES
Chapter 29. Active Shooter/Active Threat
Chapter 30. Emergency Management During a Disaster
References
Additional Reading
Index
Pediatric Vital Signs, Pediatric Assessment Triangle, Rulers
