Περιγραφή
Written for residents and practicing community emergency physicians, this volume on critical care emergencies in the What Do I Do Now: Emergency Medicine series uses a case-based approach to cover both common and unique scenarios in critical care emergencies. Featuring chapters written by critical care and emergency medicine trained physicians, this volume provides a unique perspective on the ongoing management of critical illness with a focus on guideline-based protocol care based on national and local recommendations for common presentations such as pneumonia, acute myocardial infarction, or trauma. This volume reviews frequently-encountered diagnoses, procedures, clinical recommendations, and management problems. Brief summaries included at the end of each chapter supply the practicing clinician a quick point-of-care reference during a shift.
Critical Care Emergencies is an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases which provides relevant reading for on-clinical shift trainees and for practicing EM physicians who need a refresher. The volume is also a self-assessment tool that tests the reader’s ability to answer the question, “What do I do now?”
- Uses a case-based approach to cover common and important topics in the examination, investigation, and management of critical care emergencies
- Part of the “What Do I Do Now? Emergency Medicine” series which utilizes a case-based approach and a conversational tone
- Both an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases and a self-assessment tool
Περιεχόμενα
Part I. Airway
1. I Can’t Breathe: Difficult Intubations
2. Breathing from the Neck: Tracheostomy Emergencies
3. The Challenge Down Under: Subglottic Airway Access Issues (tracheal stenosis, laryngectomies, Montgomery T)
4. Physiologically Difficult Airways
5. Coughing up Blood: Massive Hemoptysis
Part II. Breathing
6. Problems Outside the Lung: Pneumothorax & Pleural Effusions
7. Help Me Breathe: High Flow NC vs. NIV Troubleshooting
8. Intubated and Boarded in the ED: Ventilator 101
9. I Still Can’t Breathe: ARDS & Advanced Ventilator
10. Upside Down is Best: Practical Proning
11. Refractory Hypoxemia: Influenza & VV ECMO
Part III. Circulation
12. Hot & Shocky: Distributive/ Septic Hypotension
13. The Engine Isn’t Working: Cardiogenic Shock States (RV vs. LV failure)
14. A Pump Replacement (LVADs)
15. The Other Heart Failure: Pulmonary Hypertension & RV Dysfunction
16. Vasopressor Cocktails (We all have drug shortages)
17. Cardiac Arrest & ED-ECMO
18. Too Slow To Go: Transvenous Pacing
19. Choked Off: Tamponade
Part IV. Organ Specific
20. Brain on Fire: Status Epilepticus
21. The Pressure Is Too Much: Traumatic Brain Injuries & Intracranial Hypertension
22. Brain Plumbing Problems: Ischemic vs. Hemorrhagic Strokes
23. The Worst Headache of My Life: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
24. I Feel Weak: Myasthenic or Neuromuscular Emergencies (ie. GBS, acute spinal cord, etc.)
25. Stop The Bleed: Procedures for Hemostatic Control
(Minnesota Tube, Hemostatic Agents, Tourniquets)
26. I’m Bleeding! Hemorrhagic Resuscitation (rapid transfuser, 1:1:1 products)
27. Reversal Agents: Antidotes for Anticoagulants (NOAC reversals, transfusion)
28. Blood from Both Ends: GI Bleeding
29. I am Yellow: Complications of Cirrhosis
30. I Can’t Pee: Acute Renal Failure in the ED
31. Electrolyte Emergencies
32. Endocrine Emergencies
33. What Did I Miss? Differential Diagnosis in Solid Organ Transplant Patients
34. Cancer Alphabet Soup: Oncology Complications
35. Hot as a Hare: Critically Ill Toxidromes
36. Dying in the ED: Death Trajectories & Palliative Care in the ED
