Clinical Survival Guide: First Response and Escalation

When a patient deteriorates, know your next step.

Knowing the diagnosis is only part of acute care. In the first minutes you also need to decide what to assess, which red flags matter, what to do next and when to call for help.

Clinical Survival Guide gives you one repeatable sequence for those moments: Recognise, Assess, Investigate, Act, Reassess, Escalate. It is written for the ward, emergency settings, the OPD and night duty.

What you will find inside

• A First 60 Seconds framework, with critical red-flag references
• 12 rapid clinical case simulations for practising decisions
• Emergency calculations and a quick reference for emergency drugs
• A night-duty and acute-call checklist, with escalation guidance
• A prescribing-safety section on high-risk medicines

Clinical areas covered

• Breathing and circulation: acute breathlessness, hypoxaemia, chest pain, shock, hypotension, arrhythmias, pulmonary oedema, asthma and COPD exacerbations
• Neurological emergencies: altered mental status, seizures and status epilepticus, acute stroke, intracranial haemorrhage, coma, sudden severe headache
• Metabolic, endocrine and renal: hypoglycaemia, DKA, sodium and potassium disorders, calcium emergencies, acid–base problems, acute kidney injury
• Sepsis, bleeding and acute abdomen: sepsis and septic shock, meningitis, GI bleeding, peritonitis, pancreatitis
• Toxicology, allergy and trauma: anaphylaxis, poisoning, snakebite, major bleeding, burns, initial trauma assessment
• Selected obstetric and paediatric emergencies: obstetric bleeding, eclampsia and the acutely unwell child

Who it is for

Medical students, interns, junior doctors, junior residents and Medical Officers.

Good to know

Digital PDF, delivered after purchase. An educational reference: use it alongside current guidelines, local protocols and senior or specialist input.