Год выпуска: 2006 Автор: Lee Cutler Издательство: Страниц: 296 ISBN: 9780470025840
Описание
Following the publication of the Department of Health document – Comprehensive Critical Care (2000), many hospitals in England have established critical care outreach teams. This approach to the management of patients who are cared for outside the walls of critical care units is one that is also used beyond the UK with the development of ‘Medical emergency teams’ in Australia. Critical Care Outreach gives a comprehensive overview of this new area of critical care practice in five sections covering: the evolution of outreach; clinical practice; continuity of care; managing and supporting outreach practitioners and developing and evaluating outreach. Each section has chapters covering important topics that include: The origins of outreach Designing an outreach service Specific clinical problems Sharing critical care skills Role expansion for critical care outreach nurses Critical...
