Adults Clinical Handbook

This handbook has been designed as a pocket reference guide to help clinical staff to deliver safe, reliable, evidence based healthcare at the patient’s bedside.

As a registered practitioner you are responsible for ensuring that your clinical handbook is kept up to date, this App is your companion to achieve that goal.

The content is based upon the key safety issues and the information is either extracted from Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust policies and guidelines or taken from national guidance.

This interactive guide is packed full of useful information such as:
- Sepsis flags (and acute assessment)
- Universal pain assessment tool
- Antimicrobial Guidelines
- Resuscitation flow chart
- Management of seizures
- Treatment of Hyperkalaemia
- Safe management of patients with diabetes
- Treatment of hyperglycaemia
- Managing insulin doses during illness
- Diabetes care plan
- Transient Loss of Consciousness guidelines
- Post falls check list
- Pressure ulcer prevention and management
- The Five Priorities for Care
- ‘MUST’ care plan for bedded units
- Fluid Matrix and Urine Colour Chart
- Hydration Care Plans
- Flowchart for the management of constipation
- Warfarin management
- NOACs/DOACs - What are they all about?