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On a warm summer’s evening, while riding his bicycle with his girlfriend down a gentle slope something inexplicable happened. Suddenly, Adam flew over his handle bars, bounced on the street, and crushed the back of his head. TBI—traumatic brain injury. In that moment, as told by his father, Robert...

Palliative care as only a nurse can teach it Includes full-text PDA download! In this highly useful book, Campbell shared with you everything you must know about providing the best possible care to end-of-life patients and their families. Vignettes, clinical pearls, and nursing...

The global trend of increasingly ageing societies and long term illnesses has meant a growth in demand for intensive care resources. This book advises on leadership and organizational development of intensive care units, in order to give best practices for governance, performance, emergency response...

Many regulatory and professional agencies countenance the idea of patient-and family-centered care, yet lack an infrastructure able to support such care or employ health care professionals who lack the necessary education, experience, or skills. This book is a comprehensive guide to family-centered...

Updated 2015 American Heart Association CPR & ECC guidelines. Get tips on prevention, advice on when to call paramedics, and crucial step-by-step instructions for a medical emergency. Spiral-bound to quickly find what you need and to stay open in an emergency. Reviewed by medical experts for accuracy.

More than 16 million Americans are estimated to have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition that interferes with normal breathing and has become the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. This practice-based reference by two leading pulmonary experts provides clinicians...

“The text is… a core text for any program preparing individuals for advanced practice roles in perinatal and neonatal care, and it should be a resource in every setting providing care to neonates. At all levels of practice, it serves as a convenient reference to normal parameters, common variations,...

Complete study guide for American Heart Association national standard guidelines. Includes: Basic Life Support Overview ACLS Algorithms Acute coronary syndromes Stroke Therapeutic Hypothermia Megacode Rhythm Strips Current 2015 AHA version. Study...

Tracy McElligott is dying. This is the profound true life account of her experiences in dealing with her illness, her lung transplant at Stanford University, and recovery. During this crisis, she must struggle with the love and care for her two young children and undergo a divorce. In this dark time comes the love of her life, a modern-day knight in shining armour.

Nurses too often encounter battered women, abused children, and other victims of family violence in hospital and emergency room settings. Nurses therefore have a unique and important role to play in the prevention, identification, and mitigation of violence. This newly revised second edition is a...

The Comprehensive Textbook of Healthcare Simulation is a cohesive, single-source reference on all aspects of simulation in medical education and evaluation.  It covers the use of simulation in training in each specialty and is aimed at healthcare educators and administrators who are developing their...

This convenient and easy-to-use orientation reference and care guide provides new neonatal nurses and their preceptors with the core information they need to provide all aspects of safe, effective, holistic care to newborn infants and their families. Addressing the needs of both low-risk and high-risk...

Cardiovascular disease remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout developed countries and is also rapidly increasing in developing countries. Cardiovascular medicine and the specialty of cardiology continue to expand, and the remit of the cardiologist is forever broader with the...

The Yearbook compiles the most recent developments in experimental andclinical research and practice in one comprehensive reference book. Thechapters are written by well recognized experts in the field of intensive care and emergency medicine. It is addressed to everyone involved in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine.​