Advanced Practitioner in Acute, Emergency and Critical Care

The Editors Sadie Diamond-Fox is an Advanced Critical Care Practitioner (FICM ACCP Member) at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals and Strategic Lead for Advanced Practice Programmes; Assistant Professor in Advanced Critical Care Practice (Fellow - HEA), and a PhD Candidate (‘ImpACCPt’ Study) at Northumbria University, UK. Barry Hill is an Associate Professor of Nursing Science and Critical Care at Northumbria University, UK. He is a certified Advanced Practitioner (MSc), Independent and Supplementary Prescriber (V300), and Senior Fellow (SFHEA) with AdvanceHE. Barry is a Commissioning Editor for the British Journal of Nursing, and a Consultant Editor for the International Journal for Advancing Practice. Sonya Stone is an Associate Professor of Advanced Clinical Practice and Director of Postgraduate Education and CPD in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham. She is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Cardiac Intensive Care at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Clinical Lead for eICM at the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine. Caroline McCrea is an Advanced Critical Care Practitioner at Portsmouth University Hospital Trust. Natalie Gardner is the Trust Clinical Lead for Advanced Clinical Practice and Non-Medical Prescribing at King’s College Hospital in London and works clinically as an Advanced Critical Care Practitioner. Natalie is the Co-Chair for the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine ACCP Sub-Committee, and also serves as an Officer in the British Army Reserves. Angela Roberts is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner within Southern Health NHS Trust. She is a certified ACCP (FICM ACCP Member), Independent and Supplementary Prescriber and Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP).

• About the Editors viiiNotes on Contributors xiPreface xxiiiAcknowledgements xxvHow to Use Your Text Book xxviiUnit 1 Continuous Professional Development, Appraisal and Revalidation 1Chapter 1 Governance 3Ollie PhippsChapter 2 Continuous Profession Development (CPD), Appraisal and Revalidation 19Vikki-Jo ScottUnit 2 Complex Decision Making 35Chapter 3 Ethics and Legal Principles 37Nick FoxChapter 4 Communication Skills and Breaking Bad News 50Phil Broadhurst and Emma UnderdownChapter 5 Advanced Clinical Decision-making and End-of-life Care 63Rachel Allen-Ashcroft and Victoria MetaxaUnit 3 History Taking and Physical Examination Skills in Acute, Emergency, and Critical Care 75Chapter 6 Consultation Models and Diagnostic Reasoning 77Sadie Diamond-Fox, Rebecca Connolly, Alexandra Gatehouse, John Wilkinson, Angela Roberts, Caroline McCrea, and Sonya StoneChapter 7 Respiratory Presentations 106Andrew Lee, Rebecca Chamoto, Rebecca Kurylec, Kirsty Laing, Kathryn Thomas, Emma Toplis, Padma Parthasarathy, and Rebecca StaceyChapter 8 Cardiac Presentations 136Rachel WongChapter 9 Neurological and Endocrine Presentations 169Rebecca Connolly and Sonya StoneChapter 10 AECC Renal and Genitourinary Presentations 196Rachel Allen-Ashcroft and Sonya StoneChapter 11 Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary 222Angela RobertsChapter 12 Haematological and Oncological Presentations 240Barry HillChapter 13 Rheumatological and Immunological Presentations 263Caroline McCrea, Barry Hill, Sonya Stone, and Sadie Diamond-FoxChapter 14 Mental Health Presentations 283Clare AllabyrneUnit 4 Diagnosis and Management in Acute, Emergency, and Critical Care 303Chapter 15 Radiology 305Joe Wood, Stephanie Shea, and Tracey MaxfieldChapter 16 Principles of Point of Care Ultrasound 327Hannah ConwayChapter 17 Laboratory Tests 359Sarah Henry and Natalie GardnerChapter 18 Pharmacology and Prescribing for the Acute, Emergency, and Critical Care Populations 391Jill Bentley, David Thom, and Joseph TooleyChapter 19 Advanced and Extended Procedures for AECC Populations 414Phil Evans and Sean BuchananUnit 5 Resus & 1st Stage MX of the Critically Unwell 445Chapter 20 Advanced Life Support 447Sadie Diamond-Fox and Alexandra GatehouseChapter 21 Shock 483Francesca Riccio and Phil BroadhurstChapter 22 Intra/Inter Hospital Transfers 508Mark Cannan, Stuart Cox, and Kirstin GeerChapter 23 Organ Donation and Optimisation 521Jill Featherstone and Stevie ParkPrefixes and Suffixes 532Normal Values 545Index 549