1st Edition

Pocket On Call

By Andrew Stewart Copyright 2015
    151 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    This genuinely pocket-sized guide to being on call is ideal for medical students and newly qualified junior doctors seeking a convenient and concise handbook to refer to in busy clinical settings. Clear, concise and systematic, Pocket on Call contains exactly what you need to make rapid and appropriate decisions without overwhelming or extraneous information.With this book in your pocket, you’ll be equipped to tackle being on call appropriately and with confidence. Answering the questions that are not always addressed in the lecture theatre, with this book as an indispensable companion the inexperienced doctor will be equipped to tackle being on call appropriately and with confidence.

    ‘GETTING SET’
    General Introduction
    Introduction to On Call
    Preparing for On-Call Work

    ACUTELY UNWELL PATIENTS

    Being Alerted to Unwell Patients
    Remembering the Alphabet ... the ‘A, B, C, D, E’ Assessment
    The Patient with Chest Pain
    The Patient with Shortness of Breath
    The Patient with an Upper GI Bleed
    The Acutely Collapsed Patient
    The Fitting Patient
    The Patient with Acute Abdominal Pain
    The Patient with Sepsis
    The Patient in Cardiac Arrest
    The Fallen Patient
    The Patient with a Transfusion Reaction
    The Patient with Hyperkalaemia
    The Patient with an Acute Stroke
    The Patient with Low Urine Output

    SITUATIONS AND COMMUNICATION

    Talking to Micro …
    Presenting to Seniors
    Ordering Portable Plain Chest Radiographs (CXRs)
    Certifying the Deceased Patient
    The Post-Take Ward Round
    Blood Bank, Blood Products, and Massive Haemorrhage Protocols
    Needlestick Injury

    PRESCRIBING

    Safe Prescribing
    Analgesia
    Anti-emetics
    Fluid Prescribing
    Bibliography

    Biography

    Andrew Stewart, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine, Sheffield, UK