Vital Signs and Resuscitation / Edition 1

by Joseph V. Stewart

Overview

Pocket-sized text provides the procedures for taking accurate vital signs. Provides an historical overview and covers such vital signs as temperature, heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, and level of consciousness. For nurses, residents and physicians. Wire-spiral binding.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570596711
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/2003
Series:	Vademecum Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	167
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 5.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joseph V. Stewart, Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine Palmetto Baptist Medical Center Columbia, South Carolina; Adjunct Lecturer, Gross Anatomy South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia, South Carolina; Assistant Professor of Medicine The Chicago Medical School North Chicago, Illinois; Former Professor of Anatomy and Physiology Triton College Rivergrove, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Preface 1. History of the Vital Signs 2. Vital Sign #1: Temperature 3. Vital Sign #2: Heart Rate/Pulse 4. Vital Sign #3: Respiration 5. Vital Sign #4: Blood Pressure 6. Vital Sign #5: Level of Consciousness 7. Pediatric Vitals 8. Resuscitation 9. Future and Controversies