Irena Baumruková
Published: 2015-09-26
Total Pages: 719
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English in Urgent Care Medicine is a textbook for medical students and doctors whose mother language is other than English, and who need to perfect their language skills and professional knowledge. The textbook will help the students understand professional texts, communicate with their colleagues in international teams and make themselves understood with English-speaking patients in common emergency situations. The Key to translation is going to help in memorizing the most important useful phrases. The second volume starts with chapters about infectious and communicable diseases, describes assessment and management of behavioural and mental health emergencies, deals with trauma systems and mechanism of injury, thoracic trauma, haemorrhage and shock, burns, facial and head trauma, spinal trauma, abdominal trauma, and musculoskeletal trauma. Following topics are gynaecology and obstetrics, care of the newborn, paediatrics, care of the older persons, abuse and neglect, and patients with long-term health conditions and palliative care The book ends with chapters concerning major incidents, hazardous substances incidents, crime scene awareness and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents.