Title Marshall & Ruedy's On call : principles and protocols / Australian adaptation by Mike D. Cadogan, Anthony F. T. Brown and Tony Celenza. Original edition by Shane A Marshall and John Ruedy

Edition Second edition (Australian and New Zealand) Published Chatswood, N.S.W. : Elsevier Australia, 2011

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MELB	616.0250994 Cad/Mar 2011		AVAILABLE

Description xx, 679 pages ; 22 cm regular print Series On call Contents Section A: General principles. 1. Approach to the diagnosis and management of on-call problems -- 2. Documentation and communication of on-call problems -- 3. Professional issues -- 4. Ethical and legal considerations -- 5. Death, dying and breaking bad news -- 6. Preparation of patients for transport -- Section B: Emergency calls. 7. The crtically ill patient -- 8. Cardiac arrest -- 9. Acute airway failure -- 10. Acute respiratory failure -- 11. Acute cirulatory failure -- 12. Disability: acute neurological failure -- 13. Environment, exposure and examination -- 14. Hospital-based emergency response codes -- Section C: Common calls. 15. Shortness of breath, cough and haemoptysis -- 16. Chest pain -- 17. Heart rate and rhythm disorders -- 18. Hypertension -- 19. Hypotension -- 20. Altered mental status -- 21. Collapse, syncope and mechanical falls -- 22. Headache -- 23. Seizures -- 24. Weakness, dizziness and fatigue -- 25. Abdominal pain -- 26. Altered bowel habit -- 27. Gastrointestinal bleeding -- 28. Haematuria -- 29. Urine output: decreased -- 30. Urine output: increased -- 31. Leg pain -- 32. The febrile patient -- 33. Skin rashes and uticaria -- 34. Transfusion reactions Section D: Investigations. 35. Electrocardiogram -- 36. Chest x-ray -- 37. Abdominal x-ray -- 38. CT head scan -- 39. Urinalysis -- 40. Acid-base disorders -- 41. Glucose disorders -- 42. Sodium disorders -- 43. Potassium disorders -- 44. Calcium disorders -- 45. Anaemia -- 46. Coagulation disorders -- Section E: Practical procedures. 47. General preparations for a practical procedure -- 48. Infection control and standard precautions -- 49. Venepuncture -- 50. blood cultures 51. Peripheral venous cannulation -- 52. Arterial puncture -- 53. Administering injections-- 54. Local anaesthetic infiltration -- 55. Nasogastric tube insertion -- 56. Urinary catherisation --57. Pracentesis -- 58. Pleural tap -- 59. Chest drain insertion and removal -- 60. Lumbar puncture -- 61. Joint aspiration -- 62. Cardiac monitoring and the electrocardiograph -- 63. Defibrillation -- 64. Electrocardioversion (DC reversion) -- 65. Transthoracic cardiac pacing -- 66. Central venous cannulation -- Section F: Formulary. 67. The on-call formulary Summary This book provides a structured approach to the initial assessment, resuscitation, differential diagnosis and short-term management of common on-call problems. It also provides an overall guide to hospital practice and acute clinical skills. Aust authors from UWA and Qld Notes Includes abbreviations and index Subject Communication in emergency medicine -- Australia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Emergency medicine -- Australia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Emergency nursing -- Australia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Medical emergencies -- Australia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Emergency Medicine. Emergencies. Emergency Treatment. Emergencies -- handbooks, manuals, etc Emergency Medicine -- handbooks, manuals, etc Emergency Nursing -- handbooks, manuals, etc SUBJECT Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals. Author Brown, Anthony F. T. Cadogan, Mike Celenza, Antonio. Marshall, Shane A. Ruedy, John. ISBN 9780729539616

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