SOUTHERN AFRICAN TITLES AFEM Handbook of Acute and Emergency Care 2e
Content editors: K Checkett, L Wallis and T Reynolds
PAPERBACK NOV 2018 OUP SA
1238 PAGES 9780190722821 9780190722852
AFEM Handbook of Acute Emergency Care 2e provides a fi eld reference for emergency care providers in Africa, which addresses the African regional disease burden and recommends diagnostic and management pathways. The text is designed to be used by all levels of providers for the care of acutely ill or injured patients, and covers the full scope of emergency and acute care. It addresses both out-of-hospital and in-hospital interventions, and provides diagnostic and management strategies for the most common emergency care problems faced by providers in Africa. Uniquely, the text off ers care providers management strategies based on available resources: it guides care providers through a rapid systematic and integrated approach to patient stabilisation and resuscitation, stratifi ed to three resource levels: minimal, moderate and full resources.
The primary target market includes emergency medicine practitioners (medical doctors and emergency care technicians). In addition, it is aimed at MBChB students and national diploma students taking modules in emergency medicine or emergency care, and students enrolled in certifi cate courses in emergency care at provincial colleges.
New to this edition: • The text is revised to align more closely with the AFEM training curriculum • The revised text includes new material which addresses additional conditions • Material relating to the identifi cation of potential interventions in low resource settings, for each condition, is expanded
• Investigation and treatment recommendations are updated in accordance with current guidelines • The text now includes AFEM’s consensus document on out of hospital care-related issues • Sections relating to rapid assessment protocols (RAPs) refl ect a more intuitive approach for bedside use.
Table of contents: Part 1 Introduction • Part 2 Approach to the unstable patient • Part 3 Approach to key syndromes • Part 4 Disorders by system • A: Cardiovascular system • B: Dental and oral surgery • C: Dermatology • D: Ear, nose and throat
H: Infectious diseases • I: Metabolic and nutritional
• E: Environmental emergencies • F: Gastrointestinal • G: Haematology and oncology • • J: Neurology • K: Obstetrics and gynaecology •
L: Ophthalmology • M: Orthopaedics • N: Psychiatry • O: Renal and urology • P: Respiratory system • Q: Rheumatology • R: Toxicology • S: Trauma • Part 5 Emergency ultrasound • Part 6 Procedures • Part 7 Special considerations • A: Out-of hospital emergency care • B: Disaster medicine • C: Process • D: Palliative and holistic care • Part 8 Emergency medications • Part 9 Appendix
Lecturer resources • Should you wish to use this book as part of a broader emergency care educational programme, it is coordinated with the open-access AFEM emergency care curriculum and associated presentation bank
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