The Patient Survival Guide

Author : Edward H Morgan, Jr.
Publisher : Beaufort Books
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780825308673

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The Patient's Survival Guide by Edward H Morgan, Jr. Pdf

In the US medical environment where medical mistakes, over-diagnosis, and over-treatment have become the third leading cause of death, leadership consultant and long-time charity CEO Edward Morgan argues that protecting yourself with medical wisdom can add 10-15 years to your life. We're a nation on meds, where 60% of adults are now diagnosed with some chronic condition. We're listening to unwise advice and becoming permanent patients. Longevity is declining in America, even though medical costs in the US are twice that of other developed nations. Don't get caught in medical misadventures that escalate into permanent conditions, screenings that cascade into fear-driven decisions, prescriptions that simply suppress symptoms, or worst of all, end up dying in an ICU in the vain hope for a few more days. Smart is not the same as wise. Medical wisdom and discernment will extend your life. Taking today's aggressive, profit-driven advice will quite possibly shorten it. Living to see your grandchildren grow up is your responsibility, not your doctor's. This is a must read for anyone already feeling like a patient for life. With courage and wisdom you can become a well person again and live out your full lifespan.

Author : Maryanne McGuckin, Dr., Sc., Ed.
Publisher : Demos Medical Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781617051180

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The Patient Survival Guide by Maryanne McGuckin, Dr., Sc., Ed. Pdf

Gold Winner 2012 Foreword Reviews Book of The Year, Health Category The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 1.7 million people developed healthcare acquired infections in 2010. Since most people spend only a small part of their lives in healthcare facilities, this guidebook also tells readers how to avoid picking up serious infections in day care centers, schools, business offices, and other common locations. Unlike other books, which focus on how to change the hospital systems, The Patient Survival Guide focuses on empowering you with the knowledge and techniques to ensure a safer healthcare experience. The Patient Survival Guide: Inspires you to be a your own advocate Describes in vivid detail how your preparation and informed vigilance can significantly reduce the chances of harm and death to your loved one in a hospital Provides specific, practical, and outside-the-box strategies for anticipating and preventing errors, with chapters devoted to each of the most common mistakes and mishaps Provides checklists for patients to use upon admission to healthcare facilities

Author : David Sherer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1630061638

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Hospital Survival Guide by David Sherer Pdf

Hospital Survival Guide: The Patient Handbook to Getting Better and Getting Out is the essential patient handbook to ensure that you and your family emerge from hospital visits healthier than before checking-in and without having to endure excessive stays, pain or indignities. Includes practical tips, warnings and surprising information you doctor might not tell you, such as the fact that July, when the new interns start, is the most dangerous month to have a procedure done at a teaching hospital; EMLA anesthetic cream can be requested to be used on children's skin, allowing for less painful I.V. starts; and washing off all iodine-based antiseptics thoroughly after surgery can prevent chemical burns. Proven tips for reducing hospital bills are also presented.

Author : Gail Boyer Hayes,Pulmonary Hypertension Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-15
Category : Hypertension
ISBN : 0975898728

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Pulmonary Hypertension by Gail Boyer Hayes,Pulmonary Hypertension Association Pdf

Fifth Edition, 2013 Revision. Pulmonary Hypertension: A Patient's Survival Guide serves as a soup-to-nuts resource book covering many of the questions patients and their loved ones might have about living with pulmonary hypertension. The book (350+ pages) includes topics like the mechanics of PH, the latest treatments, patient care and lifestyle issues.

Author : Gretchen LeFever Watson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-03
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781538102107

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Your Patient Safety Survival Guide by Gretchen LeFever Watson Pdf

Each year, one out of every four hospital patients in the United States will be harmed by the care they receive. Over 400,000 will die as a result. Dr. Gretchen LeFever Watson's definitive guide empowers patients to be patient safety advocates. It takes a village to combat preventable errors and omissions that cause millions of deaths and sickness in our nation’s hospitals and care facilities. Although most of these deaths are due to human and system errors—not faulty medical decisions or diagnoses—this annual death toll—as well as the millions of additional incidents of survivable patient harm—could be cut in half through consistent use of simple and nearly cost-free safety behaviors. In Your Patient Safety Survival Guide, Gretchen LeFever Watson delivers a patient-centered blueprint on how to transform the patient-safety movement so that millions of unnecessary illnesses and deaths in hospitals, outpatient facilities, and nursing homes can be avoided. She provides key safety habits that people must learn to recognize so they can be sure hospital personnel use them during every patient encounter. She also explains how addressing the most common safety problems will set the stage for tackling a wide range of issues, including healthcare’s role in the overuse of opiate painkillers and its related heroin epidemic. Watson’s call for a more sensible societal response to medical and human error in hospitals promotes a timely and full disclosure of all mistakes—an approach that has been proven to accelerate the emotional recovery of everyone affected by patient safety events while also reducing the financial burden on hospitals, providers, and patients. Readers will learn how to: • Change behavior to catch medical errors before they result in illness or death. • Prevent the spread of dangerous infections in hospitals and other care facilities. • Leverage the power of basic safety/hygiene habits. • Eliminate mistakes during surgery and other invasive procedures. • Avoid medication errors and the overuse of opiates • Raise awareness and inspire civic action in their communities.

Author : Gail Boyer Hayes,Ronald J. Oudiz,Ellie Falaris Ganelin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Hypertension
ISBN : LCCN:2013427816

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Pulmonary Hypertension by Gail Boyer Hayes,Ronald J. Oudiz,Ellie Falaris Ganelin Pdf

Author : Gail Boyer Hayes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Hypertension
ISBN : 0975898701

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Pulmonary Hypertension by Gail Boyer Hayes Pdf

Author : Eyal Herzog
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781451177466

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The Cardiac Care Unit Survival Guide by Eyal Herzog Pdf

This book is geared toward cardiologists, trainees, and housestaff --anyone who rotates or practices in the CCU--who must grasp the subtleties when treating patients in a cardiac care unit. It is organized in a way to help you understand the simplified pathophysiology of the disease, the diagnosis modalities, the initial critical care management in the CCU, the clinical care in a step down unit and plan for discharge therapy. Dr. Herzog has developed unified pathways for the management of patients presenting with acute chest pain or its equivalent, acute heart failure, atrial fibrillation and flutter, syncope, cardiac arrest, hypertension and hyperglycemia. Algorithms and pathways for management are provided in each chapter for easy implementation in any health care system. In addition, because specialized units are frightening to the patients and their families, there is a section in each chapter on what the patient and family need to know, that encompasses a capsulated explanation of the condition and treatment management. A companion website accompanies the text that includes fully searchable text and patient information.

Author : Charlotte Libov
Publisher : Humanix Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781630060145

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Cancer Survival Guide by Charlotte Libov Pdf

The Cancer Survival Guide will lead you through what will undoubtedly be the most crucial healthcare decisions you'll ever make. This definite manual to understanding, managing and preventing the diseases offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date information. Rely on the Cancer Survival Guide to address every facet of this illness that not only affects the sufferer's physical well-being and lifestyle, but one whose reverberations are also felt emotionally and spiritually, impacting family, friends, and caregivers alike.

Author : Edward H. Morgan, Jr.
Publisher : Beaufort Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0825309883

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The Patient's Survival Guide by Edward H. Morgan, Jr. Pdf

In the US medical environment where medical mistakes, over-diagnosis, and over-treatment have become the third leading cause of death, leadership consultant and long-time charity CEO Edward Morgan argues that protecting yourself with medical wisdom can add 10-15 years to your life. We're a nation on meds, where 60% of adults are now diagnosed with some chronic condition. We're listening to unwise advice and becoming permanent patients. Longevity is declining in America, even though medical costs in the US are twice that of other developed nations. Don't get caught in medical misadventures that escalate into permanent conditions, screenings that cascade into fear-driven decisions, prescriptions that simply suppress symptoms, or worst of all, end up dying in an ICU in the vain hope for a few more days. Smart is not the same as wise. Medical wisdom and discernment will extend your life. Taking today's aggressive, profit-driven advice will quite possibly shorten it. Living to see your grandchildren grow up is your responsibility, not your doctor's. This is a must read for anyone already feeling like a patient for life.

Author : Grace A. Lin,Jill E. Elwing,Gregory Sayuk
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0781743656

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Washington Manual Outpatient Medicine Survival Guide by Grace A. Lin,Jill E. Elwing,Gregory Sayuk Pdf

The Washington Manual® Outpatient Medicine Survival Guide covers the most common diseases and situations encountered in an outpatient clinic and includes sections on key history and physical examination findings, red flags to look for, and advice on what to tell the patient.

Author : Susan Wright LCSW Ph.D.
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-24
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781728370002

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Patient’s Health Care Survival Guide by Susan Wright LCSW Ph.D. Pdf

The book is a story of one patient's remarkable journey from victim, to observer, to program solver. While struggling to save her life against caregivers who wouldn't listen, she realized that she was only one amongst many patients trapped in the same depersonalizing system. What began as a simple attempt at survival, over time became a desire to do something for others in the same boat. She decided to create a how-to self-care-healing guide for patients based upon her own personal experience during the three and a half months of futile attempts to put a name to her mystery disease. Later, she turned her attention to finding the means to reform the system itself. Having been exposed to all the chinks in a mismanaged health care system, she knew the problems began the moment patients met their primary care physicians (a good place to start).

Author : Richard N. Harrison,Lynda Daly
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780702076671

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A Nurse's Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies Updated Edition E-Book by Richard N. Harrison,Lynda Daly Pdf

Are you a nurse, a physician’s associate or a medical student in an acute or emergency unit? This is your indispensable primer of acute medical care – a pocket guide to caring for patients with acute medical conditions. This book will help you to care for patients in the first critical 24 hours of admission manage patients using the most up-to-date evidence based approach understand the most common emergency medical conditions and their underlying disease mechanisms handle the patient’s assessment , understand the observations and manage their disease easily obtain clear practical advice know what to tell the patient and relatives using jargon-free language access information on SARS, avian influenza and bio-terrorism This updated edition contains improved sections on stroke care, diabetes and sepsis, introduces the NEWS 2 observation chart has revised its case histories in line with current practice This updated edition: contains improved sections on stroke care, diabetes and sepsis, introduces the NEWS 2 observation chart has revised its case histories in line with current practice improved sections on stroke care, diabetes and sepsis, introduction of the NEWS 2 observation chart revised case histories in line with current practice

Author : Jesse M. Ehrenfeld,Richard D. Urman,Scott Segal
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780387097091

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Anesthesia Student Survival Guide by Jesse M. Ehrenfeld,Richard D. Urman,Scott Segal Pdf

Anesthesia Student Survival Guide: A Case-Based Approach is an indispensable introduction to the specialty. This concise, easy-to-read, affordable handbook is ideal for medical students, nursing students, and others during the anesthesia rotation. Written in a structured prose format and supplemented with many diagrams, tables, and algorithms, this pocket-sized guide contains essential material covered on the USMLE II-III and other licensing exams. The editors, who are academic faculty at Harvard Medical School, summarize the essential content with 32 informative and compelling case studies designed to help students apply new concepts to real situations. Pharmacology, basic skills, common procedures and anesthesia subspecialties are covered, too, with just the right amount of detail for an introductory text. The unique book also offers a section containing career advice and insider tips on how to receive good evaluations from supervising physicians. With its combination of astute clinical instruction, basic science explanation, and practical tips from physicians that have been there before, this handbook is your one-stop guide to a successful anesthesia rotation.

Author : Andrew S. Cook MD Facog,Libby Hopton,Danielle Cook Rd Cde
Publisher : Femsana Press LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0984953515

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The Endo Patient's Survival Guide by Andrew S. Cook MD Facog,Libby Hopton,Danielle Cook Rd Cde Pdf

"The Endo Survival Guide is the patient's essential companion to living with and overcoming endometriosis and pelvic pain: from seeking help and getting an initial diagnosis, to navigating treatment options, and achieving optimal relief and wellness."--Publisher description.