Safe transfer and retrieval : the practical approach : advanced life support group / / edited by Peter Driscoll [and four others]

• Pubblicazione: Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishing : , : BMJ Books, , 2006; ©2006
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.18; 616.028
• Soggetto topico: Medical emergencies; Transport of sick and wounded
• Persona (resp. second.): DriscollPeter
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The structured approach to transfers -- Assessment and control -- Communication -- Evaluation -- Preparation and packaging -- Transportation -- Putting ACCEPT into practise -- Oxygen therapy and monitoring -- Securing and packaging -- Clinical assessment of patients -- Specific clinical conditions -- Paediatric transfers -- Air transfers -- Keeping staff safe -- The infectious or contaminated patient -- Legal and insurance issues -- Documentation.
• Sommario/riassunto: The safe transfer of all hospital patients, especially those who are critically ill, is of crucial importance, demanding organisational, as well as clinical skills. Safe Transfer and Retrieval of Patients (STaR) is aimed at all health care workers involved with inter and intra-hospital transfers. It provides a much needed structured approach to transfer medicine, together with sound guidance on relevant clinical procedures. The second edition has been extensively revised in line with new developments in transfer medicine. The book has been redesigned with five distinct sections covering:. · th
• Titolo autorizzato: Safe transfer and retrieval
• ISBN: 1-118-28925-0; 1-281-32104-4; 9786611321048; 0-470-75743-4; 0-470-75738-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996208216603316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno