This book is a comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date practical guide to the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in critical care. It features detailed descriptions of how to perform a POCUS examination plus practical information on using POCUS in the assessment of shock, trauma and cardiac arrest.
The revised and updated second edition of Handbook of ICU EEG Monitoring distills the wide range of technical and clinical issues encountered in successful critical care EEG for the busy clinician. Written by leading experts in this rapidly evolving field, the handbook incorporates the ground-breaking advances that have impacted practice since ......
Evidenced-Based Practice Guidelines for Neonatal Clinicians
"Follow-up to Transformative nursing in the NICU: trauma-informed, age-appropriate care. This book is the direct result of my experience working with the amazing and dedicated neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Engleston campus"--Preface.
An Occupational Therapist's Approach to Music with People Labelled as Having Learning Disabilities
Music has always been an essential part of what it is to be human and yet not everyone has access to the music-based opportunities others take for granted. Motivated by the belief that individuals are disabled by society rather than any impairment they might have, Jane Williams sets out to show how someone with learning difficulties can engage ......
Health Care Ethics examines the way ethical dilemmas are played out in everyday clinical practice and argues for an approach to ethical decision-making which focuses more on patient needs than competing professional interests. While advances in medical science and technology have improved the ability to save and prolong lives, they have also given rise to fundamental questions about what constitutes life and personhood, especially in the context of what are termed 'persistent vegetative state' and 'brain death'. Drawing on the example of intensive care where such questions feature strongly in everyday practice, Kath M Melia examines how decisions are taken within the context of multiprofessional teamworking, including * whether to admit a patient and commence treatment * what the aim of treatment should be (i.e. palliation, care or cure) * when to limit, withhold or withdraw treatment * when to donate organs. As an area in which different professional groups work closely together, the author argues that there are lessons to be learnt from intensive care which can be applied to ethical decision making in all areas of health care for the greater good of patients. The book makes a significant contribution to the literature on ethics in health care and to the development of ethical decision making which prioritises the needs of patients. It is essential reading for ethicists, sociologists and health care professionals.
Health Care Ethics examines the way ethical dilemmas are played out in everyday clinical practice and argues for an approach to ethical decision-making which focuses more on patient needs than competing professional interests. While advances in medical science and technology have improved the ability to save and prolong lives, they have also given rise to fundamental questions about what constitutes life and personhood, especially in the context of what are termed 'persistent vegetative state' and 'brain death'. Drawing on the example of intensive care where such questions feature strongly in everyday practice, Kath M Melia examines how decisions are taken within the context of multiprofessional teamworking, including * whether to admit a patient and commence treatment * what the aim of treatment should be (i.e. palliation, care or cure) * when to limit, withhold or withdraw treatment * when to donate organs. As an area in which different professional groups work closely together, the author argues that there are lessons to be learnt from intensive care which can be applied to ethical decision making in all areas of health care for the greater good of patients. The book makes a significant contribution to the literature on ethics in health care and to the development of ethical decision making which prioritises the needs of patients. It is essential reading for ethicists, sociologists and health care professionals.
