Accident and emergency medicine

For nearly three decades, Sandra Bertman has been exploring the power of the arts and belief--symbols, metaphors, stories--to alleviate psychological and spiritual pain not only of patients, grieving family members, and affected communities but also of the nurses, clergy and physicians who minister to them.

Nurses must deliver up-to-date, clinically effective, evidence-based care across a range of settings and develop nursing services to meet changing demands.

This book is designed to offer the reader first-rate guidance on shock management in the real world.

Thoroughly updated to reflect best current practice, this book guides the trainee through every aspect of a challenging clinical scenario.

The goal of this book is not to follow a traditional systems or organ-based approach but rather to encourage our readers to think of the patients as complex biochemical systems.

Antworten auf Fragen, die Pflegefachpersonen auf Intensivstationen wirklich beschäftigen und die man sonst nirgends findet!

Acute Stroke Management in the First 24 hours bridges the clinical application gap by offering a practice-based approach to treating ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.

'A remarkably honest memoir of a life spent pulling people back from death' - Adam KayIn these stories, Dr Jim Down brings us to the very heart of the intensive care unit - the section of the hospital where the sickest patients are brought to be cared for until their condition improves.

This clinical casebook provides a comprehensive yet concise state-of-the-art review of adult critical care medicine.

Disaster Mental Health Case Studies is a riveting collection of case studies by master clinicians that reveal how disaster mental health interventions must be tailored to meet the needs of survivors.

The new edition of Major Incident Medical Management and Support is a vital component in the blended learning course from Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG), which aims to provide hospital staff at all levels with essential information on the preparation, management and support elements of dealing with casualties in a major incident.

Emotional Labour in Oral History Research critically appraises the many complex ways in which emotion management features in oral history research and its specific implications for the researcher.

Post-traumatic stress disorder is everywhere.

The best dermatopathology book for clinical practice, featuring ample tables and detailed guidance for differential diagnosis

The expanded second edition of this key clinical reference provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive review of oncologic emergencies.

Trauma in Schools and Communities uses the power of first-hand, autobiographical narratives to illustrate the advantages and pitfalls of specific interventions implemented in the wake of tragedies.

A career in emergency medicine can be truly rewarding, despite the long hours and adverse conditions.

Das Multiorganversagen stellt eine der größten Herausforderungen in der Intensivmedizin dar.

In recent years, considerable research, as well as clinical guidelines based on study findings, has been published on the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

"e;Cross-Cultural Communication"e; is a collection of essays that examines how practitioners can improve the acceptance of their documentation when communicating to cultures other than their own.

This volume explores intergenerational trauma among refugee communities displaced throughout the world.

Focusing on the trafficking of women and girls from a feminist perspective, this book examines how social structures and gender influence human trafficking.

Identity Transformation and Posttraumatic Growth Following Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder provides an autoethnographic qualitative study that portrays the author's recovery from a devastating life-changing event - a car crash resulting in the hybrid diagnosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), leading to posttraumatic growth (PTG) and identity transformation over a ten-year recovery period.

Art Therapy and the Neuroscience of Trauma, 2nd edition, lays out a unified framework of neural plasticity and resilience and places it within a broader social context.

The most thorough text available on providing patients and families with quality end-of-life care"e;The study/learning questions at the end of each chapter make this book an excellent resource for both faculty who wish to test knowledge, and individual learners who wish to assess their own learning.

This revised fourth edition provides a concise guide to the clinical and operational issues surrounding the management of the ballistic casualty.

This book is designed to meet the continued need to re-learn the principles of treatment of complex war injuries to the extremities in order to minimize post-traumatic and post-treatment complications and optimize functional recovery.

Le situazioni critiche in medicina d’urgenza e in terapia intensiva rappresentano una tra le sfide più difficili nella pratica clinica.

Americans have long been asked to support the troops and care for veterans' psychological wounds.

This book serves as a unique, comprehensive resource for physicians and scientists training in pulmonary medicine and learning about pulmonary function testing.

Decipher the complex interplay of neurology, psychology, trauma, and memory!

Certain organ toxicities can be severe and life-threatening.

During the 1970s and 1980s, a hazardous waste management industry emerged in the U.

The present book is intended as a reference guide for emergency and ambulatory care medicine, providing essential information on the most important problems and incidents caused by venomous, poisoning and traumatic marine and freshwater animals.

The toll of America's gun violence epidemic is usually measured in lives lost-more than 35,000 each year.

To be asked to prepare a second edition of a book is heartening for any author or editor.

The methodology of "e;Reflections on Death, Dying and Bereavement"e; is mainly philosophical.

Transforming Emotional Pain presents an accessible self-help approach to mental health based on Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT).

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) continues to be one of the greatest challenges to critical care practitioners and one of the greatest threats to the survival of our patients.

Derived from the definitive guide to medical toxicology, this hands-on companion provides accurate information for diagnosing and treating poisoned patients on the spotA Doody's Core Title for 2024!

Trauma and Primitive Mental States: An Object Relations Perspective offers a clinically based framework through which adult survivors of early childhood trauma can re-engage with painful past events to create meaningful futures for themselves.