Accident and emergency medicine

This third edition of the Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants is designed to assist the clinician in the initial response to the needs of a child or adult exposed to a poisonous or injurious plant.

First responders confronted by forensic cases are forced to consider the competing concerns of administering proper medical treatment while at the same time safeguarding vital evidence.

THE ULTIMATE PRIMER FOR THE CORE CLERKSHIPS, NOW IN FULL COLOR!

This book examines violence.

The evolution of Antimicrobial Resistance is outpacing the ability to create novel antibiotics, which is proving to be a global problem in the fact of climate change, population growth, demographic shifts toward aging populations, emerging infections, and other crises.

This book pulls together a definitive collection of work on the theory and practice of clinical, spiritual, and emotional support after the experience of violent death - counseling beyond the crisis.

This volume provides an overview of the current evidence-based medical and surgical practice in emergency conditions in colorectal cancer patients.

This book is designed for clinicians, educators, clergy, and nurses - anyone who is assisting children who have experienced the death of a loved one.

This book will be of immensurable value to counselling and psychotherapy students and qualified therapists alike.

Torture, Psychoanalysis and Human Rights contributes to the development of that field of study called 'psycho-social' that is presently more and more committed to providing understanding of social phenomena, making use of the explicative perspective of psychoanalysis.

Recent years have seen an explosion of new research dedicated to understanding the link between psychological trauma and juvenile delinquency.

Notfälle erfordern adäquates chirurgisches Vorgehen, da ansonsten lebensbedrohliche Komplikationen im postoperativen Verlauf auftreten können.

With the increasing probability of floods, wars, and human displacement, there will be a great need for health care professionals to help.

ACHIEVE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES WITH THE MOST CLINICALLY FOCUSED GUIDE TO PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE"e; A comprehensive and current resource for anyone who cares for children in an acute setting.

When every moment counts, count on Poisoning & Drug OverdoseA Doody's Core Title for 2024 & 2023!

Working with the Human Trafficking Survivor fills a void in existing literature by providing students, faculty, and professionals in applied, helping disciplines, with a comprehensive text about human trafficking with a focus on clinical issues.

The last of an ongoing series of Cardiostim monographs all devoted to cardiac pacing, was published four years ago.

Part of the Monographs in Cardiac Surgery Series - Introducing 'basic science into the cardiac operating room'.

This atlas presents X-ray images of nearly every bone in the body broken, accompanied by written descriptions and clinical context.

The book covers all aspects of peri-operative anesthetic management of liver transplant patients.

The book lists and describes 43 biological and chemical weapons in detail.

Medical emergencies due to disorders of the endocrine system represent a unique category of clinical care.

Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!

There is no question that more police officers die from suicide than those killed in the line of duty.

Acute lung injury (ALI) impacts patient care in every ICU in the world.

Progress in the field of medicine over the last 50 years has led to important results for society, both in terms of prevention and in the treatment of single or variously associated pathologies.

Train Your Brain was written to provide older adults, and the people who work with them, with practical and scientifically based suggestions and interventions on how to maintain and even improve memory ability.

The classic issues and trends text for Bachelor of Science Nursing programs updated to reflect today's challengesMarket: Bachelor of Science Nursing students (100,000 in the USA)Covers important non-clinical aspects of nursing such as history, scope of practice, role of the profession in the health care industry, and ethical and legal issuesKey Concepts, Critical Issues, Controversial Points, and other features highlight important informationThe author served two terms as President of the American Nursing Association

ABC of Wound Healing, Second Edition ABC of Wound Healing is a practical, highly illustrated guide to assessment, diagnosis and management of all common types of acute and chronic wounds.

Das Buch stellt kreative, lösungsorientierte, effektive und effiziente Projekte aus dem Qualitäts- und Risikomanagement der prähospitalen Notfallmedizin vor.

There is no more technically demanding laparoscopic procedure than laparoscopic proximal gastric bypass.

The Trauma Care Manual 3e is the definitive evidence-based manual of best trauma practice.

Trauma and the Supernatural in Psychotherapy explores how traumatic experience interacts with unconscious phantasy based in folklore, the supernatural, and the occult.

This concise, accessible book covers anesthesia for hepatico-pancreatic-biliary (HPB) surgery and transplantation, based on randomized clinical trials, meta-analyses, case series, reports, and hands-on experience.

This book is a concise manual on debriefing techniques in a clinical educational context.

Creating Safe and Supportive Schools and Fostering Students' Mental Health provides pre- and in-service educators with the tools they need to prevent, pre-empt, handle, and recover from threats to students' mental health.

Containing contributions by specialists from the intergovernmental and non-governmental worlds and voices of victim/survivors, the book critically reviews the international and regional human rights systems established over the past 50 years in terms of their effectiveness for the victims of human rights violations, and provides future directions for the promotion and protection of human rights.

In this book, the author describes his attempt to create a meaningful and satisfying grieving process following the death of his 19 year old son, Jason, in a car accident.

Empowering Children through Art and Expression examines the successful use of arts and expressive therapies with children, and in particular those whose lives have been disrupted by forced relocation with their families to a different culture or community.

Rapid Response System: A Practical Guide provides a practical approach to the evaluation, differential diagnosis, and management of common medical and surgical emergencies such as cardiac arrest, acute respiratory failure, seizures, and hemorrhagic shock occurring in hospitalized patients.

The book explores both the clinical presentation of serious diabetic emergencies (like ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar coma, and severe hyper and hypoglycemia) that consultants and hospital staff encounter in practice and the best methods of both managing the emergencies and also administering follow-up guidance/care.

This book, part of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) textbook series, provides detailed up-to-date information on the care of the critical ill very old (=80 years) patients in the ICU.

In its first edition, Principles of Clinical Medicine for Space Flight established itself as the authoritative reference on the contemporary knowledge base of space medicine and standards of care for space flyers.