Emergencies in Adult Nursing provides a practical, accessible guide to emergency situations where the nurse is key to stabilising the sick patient. This concise, pocket sized book allows nurses to identify patients with emergency conditions and guide them in the initial management of this vital patient group. The approach throughout the book is based on the Manchester Triage Guidelines which is the most widely used triage system in the UK, Europe and Australia. In line with the other Emergencies in titles, the material is presented according to a system of four icons which are used to highlight the degree of urgency.

1. Abdominal pain 2. Abscesses and local infections 3. Allergy 4. Apparently drunk 5. Assault 6. Asthma 7. Back pain 8. Behaving strangely 9. Bites and stings 10. Burns and scalds 11. Chest pain 12. Collapse 13. Dental problems 14. Diabetes 15. Diarrhoea and vomiting 16. Ear problems 17. Exposure to chemicals 18. Eye problems 19. Facial problems 20. Falls 21. Fits 22. Foreign bodies 23. GI bleed 24. Headache 25. Head injury 26. Limb problems 27. Major trauma 28. Mental health 29. Neck pain 30. Overdose and poisoning 31. Palpitations 32. Pregnancy 33. PV bleeding 34. Rashes 35. Self-harm 36. Shortness of breath 37. Sore throat 38. Testicular pain 39. Torso injury 40. Urinary problems 41. Wounds