Resource added for the Nursing-Associate Degree 105431, Practical Nursing 315431, and Nursing Assistant 305431 programs.

Previous edition 2015.

Chapter 1: Assessing, Recognising and Responding to Acute and Critical Illness -- Chapter 2: The Breathless Patient -- Chapter 3: The Patient who Needs Respiratory Support -- Chapter 4: The Patient with Chest Pain -- Chapter 5: The Patient in Pain -- Chapter 6: The Patient in Shock -- Chapter 7: The Patient with Sepsis and Distributive Shock -- Chapter 8: The Patient with Delirium -- Chapter 9: The Patient with Acute Kidney Injury -- Chapter 10: The Patient with Physiological Trauma -- Chapter 11: The Patient with Altered Consciousness -- Chapter 12: The Patient with an Endocrine Disorder -- Chapter 13: Conclusion: Lessons Learned -- An Action Plan for Practice.