The prospect of caring for acutely ill patients has the potential to overwhelm students and newly qualified health professionals, with many reporting feelings of stress, fear and inexperience. In this context, Acute Illness Management arrives as a much needed guide to the fundamental aspects of care in the hospital setting.

This book equips students with a practical understanding of essential skills ranging from resuscitation to early intervention and to trauma care. It explains the rationale behind protocols of care highlighting the relationship between theory and practice.

Key Features: Includes tips for analyzing care decisions in a critical and effective manner; Offers reflective activities and self-assessment questions to cement learning; Provides legal and ethical considerations

Acute Illness Management is an invaluable resource for students and qualified practitioners in nursing and other health professions.

Patient Stability Assessment

Patient Stability Assessment

Patient stability assessment

Chapter Aims

By the end of this chapter you should be able to:

  • Describe a systematic approach to assessing those at risk of becoming acutely ill
  • Link clinical findings to an understanding of the changing physiology that occurs during episodes of acute illness
  • Successfully identify those who have become acutely ill and require interventions

Chapter 1 established that the early recognition of and intervention in those who are acutely ill leads to dramatically improved outcomes. Yet too often the opportunity of early intervention is missed as patients are not recognised as being acutely ill until such a point that they deteriorate to the extent where their illness becomes obvious even to the untrained observer. To address this issue and improve patient outcomes, health professionals working ...

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