The Handbook of Emergency Care : Patient Assessment, Initial Stabilization, and Clinical Reasoning for Healthcare Students and Early-Career Clinicians
Overview
An observation is only the beginning. What might it mean, what needs attention now, and what should be reassessed next?
THE HANDBOOK OF EMERGENCY CARE helps healthcare students and early-career clinicians explore those questions through a structured account of assessment, initial stabilization, and clinical reasoning. It connects physiological mechanisms with recognition, communication, and the decisions discussed in supervised emergency-care learning.
Across twelve chapters, the book examines assessment and triage; airway and breathing; shock and perfusion; cardiac, neurological, and traumatic presentations; abdominal illness; metabolic and toxicological emergencies; infection and environmental exposure; and the needs of children, pregnant patients, and older adults. Later discussions address pain, behavioral crisis, procedural safety, disposition, and emergency-care systems.
- Recognition Focus sections draw attention to the significance of clinical observations.
- Reasoning Checkpoints examine assumptions, alternative explanations, and diagnostic uncertainty.
- Reassessment Priorities keep changing observations connected to the next responsible step.
- Teaching illustrations, structured communication aids, measurement discussions, and a glossary support study and further discussion.
For healthcare students and clinicians beginning work in emergency settings. This is an educational resource to accompany supervised learning, current guidance, and local clinical protocols.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798140361457
- ISBN-10: 9798140361457
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: November 2026
- Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.85 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
- Page Count: 414
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