Rapid Access Guide for Triage and Emergency Nurses, 2nd Edition (PDF)

Visser, Lynn Sayre, MSN, RN, PHN, CEN, CPEN, FAEN (Author)

Provides crucial information that facilitates the safety of healthcare providers by preventing “misses” or “near-misses”.

Recently revised, this practical pocket-sized clinical resource guides nurses to recognize life-threatening or life-altering conditions with a high degree of speed. The second edition includes new sections on endocrine disasters, hematological and oncological disasters, sexual assault and partner violence, and human trafficking. The younger and older adult sections have a large amount of new information regarding assessment, triage, and important tips for older and younger emergencies. Also included is a revised version of the STEMI,stroke, and Sepsis rules.

Focusing on the patient-driven chief complaints, this resource provides a large amount of pertinent information that covers each body system along with the first-line questions, assessments, and treatments that determine the patient’s priority, either sick or not sick. Significant icons serve as critical indicators and symptoms and provide invaluable information to experienced nurses in the ED. Content involves emergency shelters, wait times, and legal issues, high-risk medical situations, and special concerns in emergency care. Including steps that facilitate the prioritization of damage during a crisis, the resource includes trauma, burns, active shooter/active threat, and emergency management during a disaster. Tables of references and checklists facilitate a rapid, all-inclusive return to important information. Opportunities for customization include the ability to take notes, to record important phone numbers, and to implement specific policies and procedures that are specific to the facility.

New to the Second Edition:

New sections on the topic of endocrine crises, anemia and cancer, sexual assault and partner violence, and human trafficking

More content in theiage, pediatrics, and elderly individuals.

Enhanced red signs, extra considerations regarding triage, and important information, all of these things are included in the screening tools.

Reorganized and condensed the chief complaint’s layout throughout the book in order to make it more accessible information.

The most detrimental scenarios that should be considered for each body system chapter.

Access to the Pediatric Assessment Triangle and the vital signs and information specific to the A-B-C-D-E method of assessment.

Key Benefits:

Has critical thinking skills, having quick access to important reference materials.

Gathered information that is derived from the combined emergency nursing profession.

Use icons to quickly lead the user to the relevant content areas.

Improves the practical knowledge of the most common chief complaints that are encountered in clinical practice.

illuminates complex issues that have a unique patient profile.

Highlights the most important aspects of pediatrics and older adulthood.

Disasters are covered in the response and the active shooter/violent situation actions steps.

Authors: Theodor Fontaneira and Rodolfo Bertoncello, with contributions from other authors; May 8, 2023

Speakers: English