Nursing Medical Emergency Patients is a practical guide to the nursing care and management of patients with medical emergencies involving system failure. Following an initial chapter on assessment, the authors adopt a system-by-system approach, with an emphasis on the clinical features of medical emergencies, their assessment, diagnosis and treatment.

Nursing Medical Emergency Patients is a vital resource for all nurses working with medical emergency patients, and provides an essential companion to both Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient and Treating the Critically Ill Patient.

• Accessible and reader friendly


• Integrates theory with practice


• Adopts an evidence based approach


• Includes chapter objectives, 'best practice' boxes and case studies


• Refers to National guidelines and key initiatives e.g. outreach teams


• Includes legal and ethical issues