The chapters in this eBook
include topics from cardiology, nephrology, pulmonary, infectious disease
(including sepsis), neuro-critical care, burns, and gastroenterology. Highly
specialized topics have been left to qualified authors of other specialty texts.
Each chapter is meant to provide pertinent clinical, diagnostic, and management
strategies when caring for critically ill patients.
The target audience
for this on-line manual is the resident trainees at Boston Medical Center. The
goal is to facilitate learning of critical care medicine. Topics covered
includes: Oxygen Delivery Devices, Airways and Mechanical Ventilation,
Cardiopulmonary Critical Care, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and
Ventilator-Associated Lung Injury, Nutrition in the ICU, Compartment Syndromes,
Blood Products in the ICU
This book covers the following topics related to emergency
medicine: History Of Emergency Medicine, General Approach To The
Emergency Patient, Principles And Priorities In Emergency Medicine,
Airway Assessment and Management, Management Of Breathing, Circulation,
Unconscious Patient and Abdominal Trauma.
This note covers the following topics: Hospital and Community Planning for
Hazmat Incidents, Hazmat Incident Management, Personal Protective Equipment,
Decontamination and Hospital Protocol for Hazmat Incidents.
This
article explains the critical care procedures related to the following
medical fields: Airway and Ventilator Management, Cardiovascular System,
Central Nervous System, Gastrointestinal System, Immune System and
Sepsis, Pulmonology and Toxicology.
The purpose of this manual is to teach the
soldier what he can do for himself or a fellow soldier if injury or
sickness occurs when no medical officer or Medical Department soldier is
nearby.