Readership: Registered nurses working in unscheduled care settings such as emergency departments, acute hospital settings and primary care settings. It will also appeal to student nurses undertaking degree programmes or diploma studies. As a secondary market, the book will also appeal to paramedics, emergency care practitioners, and nurses in mental health settings.
Philip Downing, President, Faculty of Emergency Nursing, Lead Nurse for Emergency Care, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
1: Abdominal pain 2: Abscesses and local infections 3: Allergy 4: Apparently drunk 5: Assault 6: Asthma 7: Back pain 8: Behaving strangely 9: Bites and stings 10: Burns and scalds 11: Chest pain 12: Collapse 13: Dental problems 14: Diabetes 15: Diarrhoea and vomiting 16: Ear problems 17: Exposure to chemicals 18: Eye problems 19: Facial problems 20: Falls 21: Fits 22: Foreign bodies 23: GI bleed 24: Headache 25: Head injury 26: Limb problems 27: Major trauma 28: Mental health 29: Neck pain 30: Overdose and poisoning 31: Palpitations 32: Pregnancy 33: PV bleeding 34: Rashes 35: Self-harm 36: Shortness of breath 37: Sore throat 38: Testicular pain 39: Torso injury 40: Urinary problems 41: Wounds
