New Resources in Fairfield Hospital Library

This refreshed Health and the Arts Framework 2024–2032 (the Framework) continues to embrace the significant role of the arts in complementing the experience of care within LHDs and SNs. The Framework recognises the impact of the arts across the NSW Health system, as it becomes integrated to support key health challenges including workforce strategies, Aboriginal health, aged care and mental health.

This Framework applies across the NSW Health system and across the intersections with thebroader health and wellbeing system including private sector organisations, not-for-profit organisations,and other government agencies. It recognises and provides an overarching perspective and principles to combine and apply the wide range of frameworks, strategies, policies, and plans that seek to improve or affect the health and wellbeing of women and girls.

The NSW Alcohol and Other Drugs Workforce Strategy is for the NSW Alcohol and Other Drugs sector. It includes actions to build the workforce across all settings, including public health and non-government organisations. It is the result of extensive collaboration, research, and strategic planning. It outlines a holistic approach to building and sustaining a skilled workforce that can effectively respond to AOD challenges within NSW communities.

The goal of this clinical care standard is to reduce potentially preventable hospitalisations and improve overall outcomes for people with COPD by supporting best practice in the assessment and management of COPD, including exacerbations. It also aims to increase consideration of the palliative care needs of people with COPD to support symptom management and improve quality of life.

This document responds to requests by the World Health Assembly to the Director-General in resolution WHA75.8 (2022) on strengthening clinical trials to provide high-quality evidence on health interventions and to improve research quality and coordination to identify and propose best practices and other measures to strengthen the global clinical trial ecosystem and to review existing guidance and develop new guidance as needed on best practices for clinical trials.

The Key Directions is intended for the NSW Health system, including service providers, policy makers, clinicians and program managers. The principles in this document apply to various settings and touchpoints for carers across the health system. This ranges from care provided in the home, community, or inpatient settings, as well as within NSW Health and its agencies as workplaces.

Learn to accurately interpret 12-lead ECGs with this easy-to-understand guide. The 12-Lead ECG in Acute Coronary Syndromes, 5th Edition describes how to accurately interpret 12-lead ECGs for effective recognition and treatment of patients experiencing ACS. The book's streamlined format uses hundreds of illustrations, summary tables, and ECG examples to help you quickly master the material. You'll learn to identify ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), and other causes of ST elevation. Designed for use as a clinical reference or in a continuing education class.

Anaesthetists require a particularly specialized knowledge of anatomy The anaesthetist must know intimately the respiratory passages, the major veins and the peripheral nerves to deliver safe and effective pain control. .

This accessible, meticulously illustrated atlas provides everything you need to effectively treat wounds and conduct surgical, reconstructive, and cosmetic repairs with minimal scarring Understanding the subtleties of suture choice and placement often makes the difference between positive and negative patient outcomes. The Atlas of Suturing Techniques: Approaches to Surgical Wound, Laceration, and Cosmetic Repair, Second Edition provides the information and insight readers need to surgically treat a range of wounds and surgical defects--from simple lacerations to complex reconstructive surgery--with the utmost expertise.

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Pulmonology** A realistic look at treating respiratory diseases! Clinical Manifestations and Assessment of Respiratory Disease, 9th Edition gives you the fundamental knowledge and understanding required to successfully assess and treat patients with respiratory diseases. This foundation helps you learn how to systematically gather relevant clinical data; make an objective evaluation; identify the desired outcome and formulate an assessment; design a safe, appropriate, and effective treatment plan; and document all the steps involved. With this knowledge, you will understand the effectiveness of performing therapies and when to adjust therapy to a desired outcome. UNIQUE! Emphasis on clinical scenarios and critical thinking skills prepares you for real-world practice.

The latest addition to the Kumar & Clark family, this thoroughly updated new edition covers more than 200 cases presenting with acute symptoms in the hospital, everything from shingles and breathlessness to chest pain, acute coronary syndromes, poisoning, renal failure and stroke.

Mind Maps for Medical Students has been designed specifically to help medical students memorise essential facts in surgical pathology and anatomy, invaluable throughout undergraduate studies, and particularly useful in the pressured run-up to final exams. Over 100 maps, charts, and tables are organised by surgical specialty and anatomical region as appropriate.

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Secrets, 4th Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style - making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

**Selected for 2025 Doody's Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Endocrinology/Metabolic Disease** Now fully revised and updated, Williams Textbook of Endocrinology, 15th Edition, remains your go-to reference for authoritative content on the full spectrum of adult and pediatric endocrine system disorders. World-renowned authors and editors expertly bridge the gap between basic science and clinical information, keeping you up to date with recent advances in medications, therapies, clinical trials, and more. This essential reference is a must-have resource for endocrinologists, endocrine surgeons, gynecologists, internists, pediatricians, and other clinicians who need current, comprehensive coverage of this multifaceted field. Presents current information in a highly illustrated, user-friendly format for quick reference