Critical care nursing in resource limited environments / / Chris Carter

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910793668703321
• Autore: Carter Chris
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2019
• ISBN: 1-315-10677-9; 1-351-60513-5; 1-351-60514-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (357 pages)
• Disciplina: 362.1
• Soggetti: Health care rationing; Critical Care Nursing - economics; Nursing Care - methods; Health Resources - economics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Global health and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals -- Surgical care -- Choosing to work internationally -- Project management -- Critical care in resource limited environments -- Military critical care -- Infection prevention control considerations -- Managing a major incident in critical care -- Assessment of the critically ill patient -- Medicines management and useful calculations -- In-hospital resuscitation -- Airway management -- Oxygen and mechanical ventilation -- Cardiac monitoring and arrhythmias -- Acute kidney injury -- Sepsis -- Vascular access -- Pain management and sedation -- Nutrition, rehabilitation and discharge from critical care -- Critical care transfer -- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) -- Tuberculosis -- Tetanus -- Viral haemorrhagic fevers -- Cholera and typhoid -- Influenza -- Malaria -- Sickle cell disease -- Poisoning -- Diabetes mellitus -- Hypertension and acute stroke -- Snake and scorpion bites -- Trauma care -- Burns care -- Principles of post-operative care -- Wound care -- Paediatrics -- Women’s and maternal emergencies.