Are you a nurse, a physician's associate or a medical student in an acute or emergency unit?

This is your indispensable primer of acute medical care - a pocket guide to caring for patients with acute medical conditions.

This book will help you to

• care for patients in the first critical 24 hours of admission
• manage patients using the most up-to-date evidence based approach
• understand the most common emergency medical conditions and their underlying disease mechanisms
• handle the patient's assessment , understand the observations and manage their disease
• easily obtain clear practical advice
• know what to tell the patient and relatives using jargon-free language
• access information on SARS, avian influenza and bio-terrorism

This updated edition

• contains improved sections on stroke care, diabetes and sepsis,
• introduces the NEWS 2 observation chart
• has revised its case histories in line with current practice