Rapid Access Guide for Triage and Emergency Nurses: Chief Complaints with High Risk Presentations

By Anna Sivo Montejano, Lynn Sayre Visser, Lynn Sayre Visser MSN RN PHN CEN CPEN FAEN, et al.

From the award-winning authors of Fast Facts for the Triage Nurse

The vital information you need to quickly identify acutely ill or injured patients.

Rapid Access Guide for Triage and Emergency Nurses: Chief Complaints With High-Risk Presentations is the first pocket-sized clinical manual focusing on patient-driven chief complaints. Designed to assist in rapidly recognizing potential life-threatening or life-altering conditions, this guide can be used in a variety of healthcare settings.

Content covers each body system and its most common chief complaints along with first-line questions, assessments, and interventions to prompt the user. Red flag findings, easily identified by the flag icon, denote critical signs and symptoms, while a light bulb icon helps the user locate key tips.

The guide includes evidence-based practice guidelines, reference tables, and checklists for at-a-glance retrieval of information. Most chapters contain space for taking notes, inscribing important phone numbers, or pasting facility specific policies and procedures.

Key Features:

Common chief complaints with essential tipsUnique patient presentationsTriage processes, clinical red flags, screening toolsPediatric and older adult considerationsDisaster responseActive shooter or violent situation action steps

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826196276
• ISBN13: 9780826196279
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Length: 397 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 6.0"