Essential Accident and Emergency Care
I felt highly honoured when I was asked to write about the achievements of my late brother, Dr Frank Wilson, MB, BS(Lond.), FF ARCS, DA, DCH, who was the editor of and a contributor to this book. Frank graduated in Medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in 1949 at the early age o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1981, 1981
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1981 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Function of the accident and emergency department
- 2 The role of the nurse
- 3 Wounds
- 4 Abdominal emergencies
- 5 Soft tissue injuries
- 6 Joint injuries
- 7 Fractures
- 8 Plaster technique
- 9 Eye injuries
- 10 Ear, nose and throat, and faciomaxillary injuries
- 11 Self-inflicted injuries
- 12 Infections
- 13 Local analgesia
- 14 Blood pressure regulation
- 15 Blood volume maintenance and restoration
- 16 Respiratory physiology
- 17 Respiratory obstruction
- 18 Endotracheal intubation
- 19 Apparatus for general anesthesia
- 20 Care before and after anesthesia
- 21 Stages of anesthesia
- 22 Intravenous anesthesia
- 23 Artificial ventilation
- 24 Partial pressure (tension) and blood gases
- 25 pH
- 26 The unconscious patient
- 27 The patient with chest or esophageal pain
- 28 The breathless patient
- 29 The child patient
- 30 Non-accidental injury to children
- 31 The elderly patient
- 32 The violent patient
- 33 Hospital hoppers and the dead patient
- Appendix: Adverse reactions to drugs