Acute illness management /
- Los Angeles : SAGE, 2011.
- xv, 221 p. : ill. ;
Acute illness management: an overview -- Physiology of acute illness -- Patient stability assessment -- Problems with the airway and breathing -- Understanding and resolving problems with the circulation -- Electrocardiographic monitoring -- Responding to the acutely ill patient -- Significant others, breaking bad news -- Legal, ethical and professional issues.