Pocket On Call

Content: Front Cover
 Contents
 Foreword
 Section A: 'Getting set'
 Chapter 1: General introduction
 Chapter 2: Introduction to on call
 Chapter 3: Preparing for on-call work
 Section B: Acutely unwell patients
 Chapter 4: Being alerted to unwell patients
 Chapter 5: Remembering the alphabet ... the 'A, B, C, D, E' assessment
 Chapter 6: The patient with chest pain
 Chapter 7: The patient with shortness of breath
 Chapter 8: The patient with an upper GI bleed
 Chapter 9: The acutely collapsed patient
 Chapter 10: The fitting patient
 Chapter 11: The patient with acute abdominal pain Chapter 12: The patient with sepsisChapter 13: The patient in cardiac arrest
 Chapter 14: The fallen patient
 Chapter 15: The patient with a transfusion reaction
 Chapter 16: The patient with hyperkalaemia
 Chapter 17: The patient with an acute stroke
 Chapter 18: The patient with low urine output
 Section C: Situations and communication
 Chapter 19: Talking to micro …
 Chapter 20: Presenting to seniors
 Chapter 21: Ordering portable plain chest radiographs (CXRs)
 Chapter 22: Certifying the deceased patient
 Chapter 23: The post-take ward round Chapter 24: Blood bank, blood products, and massive haemorrhage protocolsChapter 25: Needlestick injury
 Section D: Prescribing
 Chapter 26: Safe prescribing
 Chapter 27: Analgesia
 Chapter 28: Anti-emetics
 Chapter 29: Fluid prescribing
 Bibliography
 Back Cover