Battlefield and disaster nursing pocket guide.

9780763753047

Battlefield and disaster nursing pocket guide.

Ed. by Elizabeth Bridges.

Jones & Bartlett

2009

295 pages

$31.95

Spiral Binding

RT120

This small pocket guide is designed as a reference for nurses and medics who must treat patients in battlefield or natural disaster environments. Bridges, a Colonel in the US Air Force Reserve Nurse Corps, has separated this information into primary/secondary assessments, trauma and medical protocols and treatment. While the print is fairly small and may be difficult to see in a chaotic environment, the coverage of the text is comprehensive. Appendices include common medical abbreviations, Iraqi and Afghan translations, patient transfer checklists and a Zulu time chart.

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