Publisher's Synopsis
The second edition of The Hands–On Guide for House Officers is a practical book for junior doctors and medical students making the transition from Medical School to life on the Wards. This book tells you how to prepare for the actual daily rigours of hospital life and is an essential guide for surviving your first year as a doctor.
The Hands–On Guide for House Officers covers both the personal aspects of being a doctor and the day–to–day reality of responding to acute emergencies, dealing with common calls and carrying out practical procedures. It tells you:
· what to expect in the first week
· how to prescribe and give drugs
· how to run your own night rounds, tone down your bleep and get more sleep
· how to organize paperwork and work through the mass of hospital forms
· how to arrange your finances, understand tax and maximize your pension
· how to practise evidence–based medicine
· how to discharge patients, talk to fraught relatives
· how to select a computer, start your own medical database and organize your next job
· how to insert central lines, perform chest drains and read ECGs
· how to manage GI bleeds, overdoses and oliguria
· how to prepare diabetic patients for surgery
The first edition of this best–selling book helped thousands of anxious doctors through their first year. Why not see for yourself how it can help you?!
