Advanced Practitioner Handbook

Medical Fundamentals

Stevie Park

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2026
• Print ISBN:
  9781394303939
• eBook ISBN:
  9781394303946
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Clinical Medicine

Essential medical fundamentals for advanced practitioners

Advanced Practitioner Handbook: Medical Fundamentals addresses a critical gap for healthcare professionals pursuing advanced practice qualifications. Written by an Advanced Critical Care Practitioner with extensive acute care experience, this guide distills complex medical concepts, striking a balance between depth and accessibility for quick reference and efficient study.

Covering over 80 essential topics spanning cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, and infectious disease management—alongside critical procedures like Advanced Life Support—each topic presents pathophysiology, assessment, diagnostics, and management in a streamlined format.

Readers will find:

• Concise bullet points and tables that transform complex medical concepts into quickly digestible information for effective learning and revision
• Comprehensive coverage of acute and critical care topics from ECG interpretation to trauma resuscitation and ventilation management
• Streamlined content focusing exclusively on essential medical fundamentals without extraneous case studies or lengthy narratives
• Professional practice guidance covering ethics, reflective practice, and the four pillars of advanced practice for holistic development

Whether you're an advanced practitioner, physician associate, or nurse working toward advanced practice, this handbook provides the medical depth and practical accessibility you need. It's an essential resource for those demanding comprehensive, evidence-based content in a format that supports both learning and daily clinical practice.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1 12‐Lead ECG Interpretation
• 2 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
• 3 Acute Coronary Syndrome
• 4 Acute Kidney Injury
• 5 The A–E Assessment
• 6 Addison's Disease
• 7 Advanced Life Support (ALS)
• 8 Airway Assessment and Intubation
• 9 Anaemia
• 10 Anaphylaxis
• 11 Antibiotics
• 12 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
• 13 Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)
• 14 Asthma
• 15 Blood and Blood Products
• 16 Blood Film
• 17 Bowel Obstruction
• 18 Bradycardias
• 19 Breath Sounds
• 20 Bronchoscopy
• 21 Burns Management
• 22 Cardiac Biomarkers
• 23 Cardiac Output Studies
• 24 Cardiac Surgeries Overview
• 25 Cardiac Tamponade
• 26 Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis
• 27 Chest X‐Ray Interpretation
• 28 Chronic Liver Disease
• 29 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• 30 Coagulopathy
• 31 Common Head Injuries
• 32 Delirium
• 33 Diabetes Mellitus
• 34 Endocarditis
• 35 Ethics in Clinical Practice
• 36 The Four Pillars of Advanced Practice
• 37 Full Blood Count Overview
• 38 Gastrointestinal Bleeding
• 39 Guillain–Barré Syndrome
• 40 Haematological Cancers and Emergencies
• 41 Heart Failure
• 42 Hepatitis
• 43 Hypertension
• 44 Intercostal Chest Drains
• 45 Heart Sounds
• 46 Lifelong Learning and Reflective Practice
• 47 Liver Failure and Liver Function Tests
• 48 Microbiology
• 49 Necrotising Fasciitis
• 50 Nutrition Overview
• 51 Ophthalmology Overview
• 52 Organ Donation
• 53 Common Toxicological Emergencies
• 54 Overview of Medical Imaging
• 55 Palliative Care
• 56 Pancreatitis
• 57 Pneumonia
• 58 Pneumothorax
• 59 Renal Replacement Therapy
• 60 Pulmonary Oedema
• 61 Sepsis
• 62 Spinal Cord Injury
• 63 Rehabilitation and Long‐Term Care
• 64 Status Epilepticus
• 65 Shock Overview
• 66 Stroke
• 67 Tracheostomies
• 68 Transplant Overview
• 69 Trauma Resuscitation
• 70 Ventilation
• 71 Well‐Being and Resilience in Healthcare Professionals
• Index
• End User License Agreement