Acute resuscitation and care of unstable and critically ill patients can be a daunting experience for all trainees in the emergency department or the intensive care unit. The practical, easy-to-read and evidence-based information in Practical Emergency Resuscitation and Critical Care will help all physicians understand and begin management of these patients. This book offers the collaborative expertise of dozens of critical care physicians from different specialities, including but not limited to: emergency medicine, surgery, medicine and anaesthesia. Divided into sections by medical entities, it covers essential topics that are likely to be encountered in the emergency department where critical care often begins. The portable format and bullet point style content allows all practitioners instant access to the principle information that is necessary for the diagnosis and management of critical care patients.

Preface
Part I. General Critical Care:
1. Shock
2. Monitoring
3. Airway management
4. Mechanical ventilation
5. The boarding ICU patient in the Emergency Department
Part II. Trauma:
6. General trauma principles
7. Severe traumatic brain injury
8. Spinal cord trauma
9. Neck trauma
10. Thoracic trauma
11. Solid organ abdominal trauma
12. Severe pelvic trauma
13. Compartment syndrome
14. Soft tissue injury: crush injury, arterial injury, and open fractures
15. Burns
Part III. Neurologic Emergencies:
16. Ischemic strokes
17. Intracranial hemorrhage
18. Status epilepticus
19. Acute spinal cord compression
Part IV. Cardiovascular Emergencies:
20. Acute coronary syndrome
21. Tachyarrhythmias
22. Bradyarrhythmias
23. Post cardiac arrest
24. Acute decompensated heart failure
25. Aortic dissection
26. Pericarditis and myocarditis
27. Hypertensive emergencies
28. Valvular diseases
Part V. Respiratory Emergencies:
29. Upper airway emergencies
30. Asthma
31. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
32. Acute respiratory distress syndrome
33. Massive hemoptysis
34. Pulmonary embolism
Part VI. Gastrointestinal Emergencies:
35. Gastrointestinal bleeding
36. Abdominal aortic aneurysms
37. Acute pancreatitis
38. Fulminant hepatic failure
39. Acute mesenteric
40. The surgical abdomen
41. Abdominal compartment syndrome
42. Esophageal perforation and mediastinitis
43. Small bowel obstruction
Part VII. Renal Emergencies:
44. Acid-base interpretation
45. Common electrolyte disorders (Na, K, Ca, Mg)
46. Acute kidney injury and emergent dialysis
47. Rhabdomyolysis
Part VIII. Hematology-Oncology Emergencies:
48. Reversal of anticoagulation
49. Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura/hemolytic uremic syndrome (TTP/HUS)
50. Neutropenic fever
51. Tumor lysis syndrome
52. Sickle cell emergencies
Part IX. Infectious Disease Emergencies:
53. Severe sepsis and septic shock
54. Pneumonia
55. Meningitis and encephalitis
56. Infective endocarditis
57. Necrotizing soft tissue skin infections
58. Complications of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Part X. Endocrine Emergencies:
59. Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar
60. Thyroid storm
61. Adrenal crisis
62. Pheochromocytoma
Part XI. Environmental Emergencies:
63. Anaphylaxis
64. Hyperthermia
65. Hypothermia
66. Overdoses
Part XII. End of Life:
67. Care of the dying patient
Index