The Management of Acute Radiation Casualties
The Management of Acute Radiation Casualties Lawrence C. Mohr Jr Introduction It has been stated by the nation’s political and military leadership that it is not a matter of “if”…
Planning and Organization for Emergency Mass Critical Care
Planning and Organization for Emergency Mass Critical Care James Geiling Robert M. Gougelet Lawrence C. Mohr Jr Hospital and Community Disaster Response The Importance of Hospitals in Disaster Response Hospitals…
Chemical Agents of Mass Destruction
Chemical Agents of Mass Destruction James Geiling Lawrence C. Mohr Jr If supposedly civilized nations confined their warfare to attacks on the enemy’s troops, the matter of defense against warfare…
Biological Agents of Mass Destruction
Biological Agents of Mass Destruction Angeline A. Lazarus Asha Devereaux Lawrence C. Mohr Jr Overview The use of biological agents in warfare has been recorded throughout history. The first reported…
Assessing the Value and Impact of Critical Care in an Era of Limited Resources: Outcomes Research in the Intensive Care Unit
Assessing the Value and Impact of Critical Care in an Era of Limited Resources: Outcomes Research in the Intensive Care Unit Andrew F. Shorr William L. Jackson Jr Derek C….
Medical Ethics, End of Life Care, and Clinical Research in the Intensive Care Unit
Medical Ethics, End of Life Care, and Clinical Research in the Intensive Care Unit Mark Tidswell Paul G. Jodka Jay S. Steingrub Scientific knowledge and technology dominate the intensive care…
Defining and Measuring Patient Safety in the Critical Care Unit
Defining and Measuring Patient Safety in the Critical Care Unit Alan M. Fein Steven Y. Chang Sara L. Merwin David Ost John E. Heffner Patient safety has become a major…
Critical Care Information Systems: Structure, Function, and Future
Critical Care Information Systems: Structure, Function, and Future William F. Bria Joseph J. Frassica Richard Kremsdorf M. Michael Shabot Violet L. Shaffer Introduction In over five decades since the first…
ICU Organization and Management
ICU Organization and Management Thomas L. Higgins Jay S. Steingrub Introduction Organization is the act of assembling elements into an orderly, functional whole. Management is the ongoing revision and renovation…
ICU Nursing in the Telemedicine Age
ICU Nursing in the Telemedicine Age Rebecca J. Zapatochny Rufo Teresa A. Rincon Shawn Cody Introduction In the 1999 publication by the Institute of Medicine, To Err Is Human, the…
