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A unique question-and-answer book for surgical residents and trainees that covers all surgical aspects of critical care and acute or emergency medicine This is a comprehensive, one-of-a-kind question-and-answer text for medical professionals and apprentices concentrating on the growing subspecialty of surgery in critical care and emergency surgery. Covering all surgical aspects of critical care and acute or emergency surgery, it is an ideal learning and review text for surgical residents and tr...

Develop 21st-century professional skills with ADMINISTRATIVE MEDICAL ASSISTING, Ninth Edition! This streamlined learning package provides step-by-step guidance to help you master front-office medical assisting and office management, while honing the critical-thinking and job skills you'll need for success as an allied health professional. The text features detailed coverage of fundamental administrative competencies, including professional responsibilities, interpersonal and written communicatio...

See results in a fraction of the time with short, effective workouts: work smarter not harder! Let's HIIT It! Gina Harney, award - winning creator of Fitnessista.com, knows high - intensity interval training (HIIT) is the smart alternative to long cardio workouts. With shorter workouts you can spend less time working out while building strength, coordination, and endurance and boosting your metabolism so you burn more calories throughout the day. And with her HIIT - inspired eating plan of frequ...

#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A moving, lyrical, beautifully-written portrait of a nurse and the lives she has touched Christie Watson spent twenty years as a nurse, and in this intimate, poignant, and remarkably powerful book, she opens the doors of the hospital and shares its secrets. She takes us by her side down hospital corridors to visit the wards and meet her unforgettable patients.    In the neonatal unit, premature babies fight for their lives, hovering at the very edge of survival,...

The definitive certification review for CVRN exam success!Mirroring the CVRN Certification exam blueprint in style and content, this is the most current and comprehensive review guide available. Written in a user-friendly style, this review provides a concise and focused survey of the most important aspects of cardiovascular care. Cardiac nursing experts deliver essential information in an easy-to-follow outline format that includes a glossary, bulleted key points, patient scenarios, clinical pe...

Wounded traces the journey made by a casualty from the battlefield to a hospital in Britain. It is a story told through the testimony of those who cared for him – stretcher bearers and medical officers, surgeons and chaplains, orderlies and nurses – from the aid post in the trenches to the casualty clearing station and the ambulance train back to Blighty.We feel the calloused hands of the stretcher-bearers; we see the bloody dressings and bandages; we smell the nauseating gangrene and, at London...

In Yoga XXL, yoga instructor and registered nurse Ingrid Kollak shows you how to create a safe, enjoyable and effective yoga practice no matter what your age, size, shape or physical fitness level. Yoga is not just for the lean and limber. With modified postures and props, everyone can experience yoga's many health benefits including increased flexibility, strength, stamina, balance, energy, and calm. For the person who has never done yoga before or the regular practitioner looking to refine th...

Written in plain English with a touch of humour (the best medicine) Life's Little Emergencies, A Handbook for Active Independent Seniors and Caregivers is a medical crisis handbook for active independent seniors and caregivers alike. The first section of the book covers techniques and conditions common to senior citizens: skin tears, fractures and dehydration to name just a few. It discusses life-saving techniques like CPR and the Heimlich manoeuver. The first aid information is backed up by res...