Marshall & Ruedy's On Call: Principles & Protocols, 3rd Edition

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By Anthony F. T. Brown, MB ChB, FRCP, FRCS (Ed), FACEM, FRCEM, Mike Cadogan, MA(Oxon), MBChB, FACEM and Antonio Celenza, MBBS, MClinEd, FACEM, FRCEM
On Call: Principles and Protocols 3e provides a carefully structured, risk-based approach to the initial assessment, investigation, differential diagnosis and short-term management of ward problems on-call. This new 3rd edition is completely revise ...view more

On Call: Principles and Protocols 3e provides a carefully structured, risk-based approach to the initial assessment, investigation, differential diagnosis and short-term management of ward problems on-call.

This new 3rd edition is completely revised and up-to-date, with the latest guidelines laid out in a succinct format to give a practical, rapid, efficient and effective bedside approach to problem solving. Clinical reasoning has never been made so explicit and exciting!

This edition includes the full eBook on ExpertConsult with additional reading material, high-quality images, procedural videos and references available on http://lifeinthefastlane.com/book/oncall 

 

ISBN :
9780729542623
Publication Date :
13-10-2016
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On Call: Principles and Protocols 3e provides a carefully structured, risk-based approach to the initial assessment, investigation, differential diagnosis and short-term management of ward problems on-call.

This new 3rd edition is completely revised and up-to-date, with the latest guidelines laid out in a succinct format to give a practical, rapid, efficient and effective bedside approach to problem solving. Clinical reasoning has never been made so explicit and exciting!

This edition includes the full eBook on ExpertConsult with additional reading material, high-quality images, procedural videos and references available on http://lifeinthefastlane.com/book/oncall 

 


Key Features
  • General principles: Overview of the knowledge and professional skills required to deal with undifferentiated on-call problems
  • Emergency calls: Standardised approach to life-threatening, time-critical problems involving airway, breathing, circulation, neurological disability and environment factors (ABCDE)
  • Common calls: How to deal with urgent ward calls based on an acute change in symptoms or signs
  • Investigations: Interpretation of bedside, laboratory and radiological tests
  • Practical procedures: Step-by-step guide to every relevant ward procedure
  • Formulary: Quick reference for the indications, actions, adverse effects, cautions, doses and routes of administration of the vast array of drugs encountered in ward patients
  • Laboratory values: Normal values for all the common tests

Author Information
By Anthony F. T. Brown, MB ChB, FRCP, FRCS (Ed), FACEM, FRCEM, Professor, Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Medicine MD Program, University of Queensland, Brisbane. Senior Staff Specialist (Pre-Eminent Status), Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane.; Mike Cadogan, MA(Oxon), MBChB, FACEM, Consultant Emergency Physician, Sir Charles Gairdner Emergency Department, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine, University of Western Australia, Australia and Antonio Celenza, MBBS, MClinEd, FACEM, FRCEM, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth. Staff Specialist, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth.