Main description:

Critical care happens where it is needed, not just in the ICU. Patients with acute critical illness are often cared for initially in the ED, and the beginning actions can help alter outcomes hours, day and months later. This handbook targets selected common or high risk critical condition or therapies needed to optimize ED care, using the newest research and experiences from respected authors. Chapters are organized in a readable and user-friendly format, and each
describes the topic, defines key terms, notes cutting edge and controversial aspects, and delivers pragmatic advice. Our goal is not to discuss every pathology and care option, but to focus on the key thoughts and actions that can drive care and improve the health of those I need.

Contents:

Part I: Clinical Syndromes ; Chapter 1: Approach to Undifferentiated Organ Failure/ Shock ("Blue or Bad) (Lillian Emlet) ; Chapter 2: Sepsis and Shock with Infection (Alan Jones and Alan Heffner) ; Chapter 3: Respiratory Failure (Including Parenchymal, Vascular, and Central Causes) (Dave Gaieski and Munish Goyal) ; Chapter 4: Acute Heart Failure ; (Tertius Tuy and William Frank Peacock) ; Chapter 5: Acute MI, Acute Coronary Syndromes, Dysrhythmias, Pacemakers, and AICDs ; (Glen Michael and Robert O'Connor) ; Chapter 6: Acute Kidney Injury in the Emergency Department (John Kellum) ; Chapter 7: Coma and Altered Mental Status (J. Stephen Huff and Robert Stevens) ; Chapter 8: Post-cardiac arrest care (Stephen Trecziak) ; Chapter 9: Intracranial Hemorrhage and Acute ischemic stroke ; (Opeolu Adeoye and Edward Jauch) ; Chapter 10: Management of the Critically Poisoned Patient (Eric Lavonas) ; Chapter 11: Multisystem trauma and burns (Raquel Forsythe) ; Chapter 12: Massive bleeding including GI (Charles Wira and Khoshal Latifzai) ; Part II: Methodology and Procedures ; Chapter 13: Procedural Analgesia and Sedation (Moderate and Deep) (John Burton) ; Chapter 14: Monitoring Technology: Invasive and Non-invasive (Bryant Nguyen) ; Chapter 15: Airway Management (Henry Wang) ; Chapter 16: Ultrasound for shock (Robert Hyde) ; Chapter 17: Blood product and procoagulant therapies (Edward Sloan and Donald Yealy)