Dannoe posobie prednaznacheno dlia studentov meditcinskikh kolledzhei, a takzhe praktikuiushchikh meditcinskikh sester. V nem otrazheny osnovnye prichiny i klinicheskie proiavleniia neotlozhnykh sostoianii, naibolee chasto vstrechaiushchikhsia v khirurgicheskoi praktike, i predlozheny algoritmy deistvii meditcinskoi sestry kak vne LPU, tak i v usloviiakh statcionara.