Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Emergency Medicine

This book addresses all issues relevant to error prevention and safe practice in the acute and emergency health-care setting. It begins with the basic principles of human behavior and decision making and then partitions into three sections where the individual, the team, and the organizational influences within the health-care system are discussed in greater depth. Case reports and proven strategies help to ground psychological theory in daily practice. This book has emerged from a long-standing cooperation between clinicians and psychologists and blends the strengths of both professions...

Ein Buch fur Notfalle nicht nur fur Psychiater ...

Seit Mitte der 1980er Jahre werden die Rettungsdienste zunehmend mit Patienten konfrontiert, die primar oder vorherrschend an einer psychischen Storung leiden. Im Vordergrund stehen psychiatrische Storungen, die einer sofortigen Behandlung bedurfen: Delirien, Verwirrtheits- und Erregungszustande, Panikattacken oder Suizidversuche.

Zunehmend trifft der Notarzt auf Patienten, die sich durch akute psychosoziale Belastungen uberfordert fuhlen. Ein plotzlich auftretender, nicht vorhersehbarer Schicksalsschlag oder eine...

Belastende Einsatze, belastete und handlungsunfahige Helfer.

Die psychosozialen Anforderungen im Rettungsdienst werden meistens unterschatzt. Psychologie in der Notfallmedizin und im Rettungsdienst wendet sich an Notarzte und alle Rettungsdienstmitarbeiter, die taglich mit Notfallen und menschlichen Katastrophen umgehen mussen. Das Lehrbuch vermittelt eine sichere Handlungsbasis fur psychologische Problemlosungen am Notfallort:

* Psychologische Grundlagen in Notfallsituationen und Katastrophen

* Praktische Kenntnisse in Pravention, Belastungsbewaltigung sowie Nachsorge

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The Second Edition of A-Z of Neurological Practice builds on the previous edition with revised and updated information in a high density but easily accessible format to provide a quick and ready reference for busy clinicians of all degrees of experience. Entries for specific neurological conditions are uniformly structured indicating: Pathophysiology; Clinical Features; Investigations and Diagnosis; Differential Diagnosis; Treatment and Prognosis. Key references are cited throughout and all entries are cross referenced.

A-Z of Neurological Practice,...

Acute renal failure induced by rhabdomyolysis after strenuous, prolonged exercise such as marathon running or mountain climbing is a well-known medical phenomenon, but exercise-induced acute renal failure after short-term anaerobic exercise - for instance, short-distance track races - has been recognized only recently. This monograph provides in-depth information on exercise-induced acute renal failure after short-term anaerobic exercise, which causes severe pain in the loin and patchy renal ischemia with no sign of rhabdomyolysis. Half of the patients suffering from this condition...

Syncope represents a multidiciplinary issue in medicine, often involving cardiologists, neurologists, emergency medicine specialists, general practitioners, geriatricians and other clinicians. However, terminology, methodology and guidelines differ making the issue more complex.

The Editors of this book present a thorough multidisciplinary review of the topic. Guideline-based, they have assembled a team of key opinion leaders in the study and management of syncope.

The first section of the book discusses the scientific basis behind the diagnosis and management...

This burden of work means occupational disorders impact the whole of the emergency department....