Medical students encounter many challenges on their path to success, from managing their time, applying theory to practice, and passing exams. The Medical Student Survival Skills series helps medical students navigate core subjects of the curriculum, providing accessible, short reference guides for OSCE preparation and hospital placements. These guides are the perfect tool for achieving clinical success.
Medical Student Survival Skills: The Acutely Ill Patient is a concise and portable reference on the management of patients in acute care settings. Managing acutely ill patients can be challenging for many medical students, where quick and decisive decision-making is crucial. This important resource covers the management of numerous acute care conditions, such as tachypnoea, acute stroke, ketoacidosis, anaphylaxis and acute liver failure. With OCSE key learning points, figures and illustrations, The Acutely Ill Patient is the key to success in emergency and surgical rotations and OCSE exams.
CONTENTS
1 ABCDE - assessment & treatment of the acutely ill patient
2 Management of tachypnoea
3 Management of bradycardia
4 Management of sinus tachycardia
5 Management of tachycardia
6 Management of oliguria
7 Management of pyrexia
8 Management of anaphylaxis
9 Management of acute asthma
10 Management of hypovolaemia
11 Management of sepsis
12 Management of acute stroke
13 Management of chest pain
14 Management of abdomen pain
15 Management of acute ischaemic leg
16 Management of acute kidney injury
17 Management of the unconscious patient
18 Management of acute GI bleed
19 Management of ketoacidosis
20 Management of hypoglycaemia
22 Management of severe headache
23 Management of acute liver failure
24 Management of self-harm and Poisoning
26 Management of trauma
27 In-hospital resuscitation
Phil Jevon is Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Birmingham Medical School and Academy Manager and Tutor, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK.
Konnur Ramkumar is Consultant Anaesthetist, Senior Academy Teacher, Walsall Teaching Academy, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, UK.
Emma Jenkinson is Specialist Trainee, Emergency Medicine, West Midlands Deanery, UK.
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