Critical Care Transport
Critical Care Transport Print Section Listen Introduction Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are at their most vulnerable during the period of transport to and from the ICU. Definitions and Terms…
CRITICAL CARE
The ICU Bed
The ICU Bed Print Section Listen Introduction Intensive care unit (ICU) patients can develop a variety of complications related to prolonged immobilization and recumbent positioning while in the ICU, and,…
Critical Care Ultrasound
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Critical care ultrasound (CCUS) is an extension of the physical examination. The front-line clinician performs, interprets, and applies goal-directed examinations to rapidly diagnose and manage life-threatening…
Extracorporeal Life Support
DEFINITION OF EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT Print Section Listen Extracorporeal life support (ECLS), also known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), is an artificial form of cardiopulmonary support that allows the heart,…
Trauma and Warfare
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen This chapter discusses trauma resuscitation, burns, organ-specific trauma, chemical warfare, and biological warfare. RESUSCITATION Print Section Listen Trauma is the leading cause of death for those…
Toxicology
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Toxicology represent a clinical dilemma for clinicians worldwide and impart a diagnostic challenge, particularly in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. A poisoned patient typically cannot…
Ethics, Death, and Organ Donation
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Ethics is a moral code of what we believe to be universally accepted principles of rightness and wrongness that influences our medical decisions. Ever-advancing technology and…
Hypothermia and Hyperthermia
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Normal body temperature changes during the course of the day and is regulated by the thermoregulatory center in the anterior hypothalamus. The normal temperature at 6…
Biostatistics
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen We are in an era of evidence-based medicine, with an exponentially increasing information base arising from descriptive and interventional studies. Clinicians are required to use this…
