Acute illness management /
Chris Mulryan.
- Los Angeles : SAGE, 2011.
- xv, 221 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acute illness management: an overview -- Physiology of acute illness -- Patient stability assessment -- Problems with the airway and breathing -- Understanding and resolving problems with the circulation -- Electrocardiographic monitoring -- Responding to the acutely ill patient -- Significant others, breaking bad news -- Legal, ethical and professional issues.