Notes in Urgent Care A Course Companion and Practical Guide

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-323-88407-5
Verlag: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

The multidisciplinary sub-specialty of Urgent Medical Care plays an increasingly important role in meeting the growing demands on the NHS. This is the first and only book in the UK specifically designed for clinicians preparing for urgent care postgraduate qualifications.

Notes in Urgent Care: A Course Companion and Practical Guide brings together guidance, research and relevant clinical material in an easily accessible format. It addresses both management (operational and organisational) and clinical areas including emergency, time-critical conditions and symptom-related presentations.

Written by Dr Martin McGrath, a General Practitioner, Honorary Professor, urgent care clinician and clinical director of one of the country’s largest primary care networks, this book will be useful for all clinicians working in urgent, unscheduled, remote and rural environments.
- Suitable as a study aid for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh’s Diploma in Urgent Medical Care
- Clinical information condensed into a concise, easily accessible and relevant format
- Urgent conditions broken down by specialty
- Useful tips for working in urgent medical care systems, using technology, risk management and human factors

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mcgrath, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Notfallmedizin & Unfallmedizin (inkl. Notdienste)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I - MANAGEMENT
1. Working in Urgent Medical Care Systems
2. Using Technology in Urgent Medical Care
3. Managing Safe Dispositions
4. Risk Management and Urgent Care Preparedness
5. Human Factors
6. Operational Performance

PART II - CLINICAL
7. Providing Urgent Medical Care

PART III - THE DIPLOMA IN URGENT MEDICAL CARE
8. The Diploma in Urgent Medical Care

Über Autor(innen)

Mcgrath, Martin
Dr McGrath started his medical carer in the military before joining the NHS where he is currently a general practitioner, urgent care clinician and clinical director of one of the country largest primary care networks. He is an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh's new Diploma in Urgent Medical Care and adviser to University of Central Lancashire 's (UCLAN) postgraduate urgent medical care and disaster medicine programmes.