Rapid Response to Everyday Emergencies: A Nurse's Guide

By Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Book Overview

Designed for quick reference, this portable handbook provides practical, step-by-step guidance on how to respond to over 170 emergency situations that can arise in every unit of a healthcare facility. Coverage of each emergency begins with bulleted, quick-scanning, action-oriented rapid response instructions and then proceeds to explanations of what caused the emergency and preventive strategies. Tables and checklists provide vital information at a glance. Numerous sidebars and more than 200 illustrations describe and demonstrate key procedures. Icons highlight complications and potential dangers that can arise during and after the initial response

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582554307
• ISBN13: 9781582554303
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Lippincott Raven
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.4"