Covid-19: A Critical Care Textbook

Book info: Covid-19: A Critical Care Textbook (Paperback, 272 pages) – Elsevier, 2021. Language: English.

With the major redeployment of staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, this authoritative textbook provides a practical resource for healthcare professionals who may be new to acute and critical care settings.

Written by nurses for nurses, the book will help readers master patient assessment, non-invasive ventilation, the use of high flow nasal oxygenation and renal care. You will learn about the challenges of resuscitation, leadership and responding to a public health emergency, and effective personal protection and hygiene practices.

Covid-19: Critical Care textbook has been written by experts with frontline experience of working in hospitals during the pandemic and will remain relevant for those responding to future infectious disease outbreaks or waves of Covid-19.

• Self-assessment quizzes to support ongoing learning

• Suitable for staff re-deployed and those already working in acute and critical care areas

• Fully illustrated to demonstrate the use of PPE and coronavirus-specific procedures
• Contributions from key experts who have dealt directly with the disease provide practical insights

About the Author Senior Lecturer (0.4 WTE) Faculty of Health, Education & Life Sciences Birmingham City University Senior Teaching Fellow (Global Health) (0.6 WTE) Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery & Palliative Care King’s College London Prior to joining the Army, Major Carter held several clinical, leadership and teaching positions in the NHS and aviation. It was during this period he completed his specialist critical care course at King’s College London. Roles included Staff Nurse (Intensive Care), Critical Care Outreach Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Site Management and Resuscitation Officer (Adult, Paediatric & Neonatal).