Critical Care Nursing in Resource Limited Environments

Chris Carter

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781138093508
• eBook ISBN: 9781351605137
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Diseases & Allergies

All hospitals have critically ill patients, and their management depends upon the resources available. In many low income countries, critically ill patients may be admitted to a critical care unit; however, many are nursed on wards due to a lack of critical care beds or simply die before they reach the hospital.

This book provides guidance on the unique situations for nurses working in these challenging environments, while considering ethical decision-making, providing appropriate services, and the types of patients admitted. Topics covered include:

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• working in a resource limited environment;

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• cultural awareness and international agendas;

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• provision and access to healthcare services;

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• ethical considerations in the context of resource limited environments;

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• best practice and knowledge regarding rehabilitation, pain management, managing a major incident;

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• relevant research concerning resource limited environments.

Critical Care Nursing in Resource Limited Environments prepares readers to consider how best to utilise their skills and deliver safe patient care within a resource limited context. Each easy-to-read chapter provides core knowledge and relevant research, as well as useful ideas and solutions, with further reading sections to signpost readers to key international resources. This text provides practical ideas for nurses working in critical care and defence nursing, and acute areas in resource limited environments. It can also be used to support educational courses and pre-deployment training for nurses hoping to work in Global Health.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Global Health and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
• 3 SurgicaL care
• 4 Choosing to Work Internationally
• 5 Project Management
• 6 Critical Care in Resource Limited Environments
• 7 Military Critical Care
• 8 Infection Prevention Control Considerations
• 9 Managing a Major Incident in Critical Care
• 10 Assessment of the Critically Ill Patient
• 11 Medicines Management and Useful Calculations
• 12 In-hospital Resuscitation
• 13 Airway Management
• 14 Oxygen and Mechanical Ventilation
• 15 Cardiac Monitoring and Arrhythmias
• 16 Acute Kidney Injury
• 17 Sepsis
• 18 Vascular Access
• 19 Pain Management and Sedation
• 20 Nutrition, Rehabilitation and Discharge from Critical Care
• 21 Critical Care Transfer
• 22 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
• 23 Tuberculosis
• 24 Tetanus
• 25 Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers
• 26 Cholera and Typhoid
• 27 Influenza
• 28 Malaria
• 29 Sickle Cell Disease
• 30 Poisoning
• 31 Diabetes Mellitus
• 32 Hypertension and Acute Stroke
• 33 Snake and Scorpion Bites
• 34 Trauma Care
• 35 Burns Care
• 36 Principles of Post-Operative Care
• 37 Wound Care
• 38 Paediatrics
• 39 Women’s and Maternal Emergencies
• Index