Intubating the Critically Ill Patient : A Step-by-Step Guide for Success in the ED and ICU
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46426
Rachel Garvin, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2021.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Location
- Online
Intubating critically ill patients is a process that requires a well-thought-out, step-by-step plan, specific to each patient. This book teaches the steps necessary to predict, prepare, perform, and provide pre and post-intubation care. The focus of the book is not on how to intubate, but rather all the steps leading up to and after the tube goes in. From the EMS stretcher to the ICU bed, this book has easily accessible, practical information for these tenuous patients, and answers the who, wha…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Garvin, Rachel
- Responsibility
- Rachel Garvin, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 133 p.) : 7 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030568139
- 9783030568122 (Print ed.)
- 9783030568146 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Airway Management
- Critical Care - methods
- Emergency Medicine - methods
- Intensive Care Units
- Intubation, Intratracheal
- Specialty
- Critical Care
- Emergency Medicine
- Abstract
- Intubating critically ill patients is a process that requires a well-thought-out, step-by-step plan, specific to each patient. This book teaches the steps necessary to predict, prepare, perform, and provide pre and post-intubation care. The focus of the book is not on how to intubate, but rather all the steps leading up to and after the tube goes in. From the EMS stretcher to the ICU bed, this book has easily accessible, practical information for these tenuous patients, and answers the who, what, where, when and how of airway management. Included are specific chapters on special patient populations outlining the process of intubating patients with neurologic injury, cardiovascular compromise, sepsis, trauma and those with obesity Intubating the Critically Ill Patient: A Step-by-Step Guide for Success in the ED and ICU is an essential resource for physicians, medical students, and allied health professionals in emergency medicine and intensive care settings.
- Contents
- 1. Who Needs Intubation? -- 2. When to Pull the Trigger? -- 3. Preparing Yourself for Intubation -- 4. Preparing the Patient -- 5. Preparing Your Team -- 6. The RSI Potpourri -- 7. Should you RSI? -- 8. Now the Tube Is In: Post-Intubation Sedation -- 9. The Cardiac Patient -- 10. The Obese Patient -- 11. Intubating the Neurologically Injured Patient -- 12. Intubating the Septic Patient: Avoiding the Crash and Burn.
- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Paramedic : anatomy and physiology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat22572
Elling, Bob.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
--Sudbury, MA:
Jones and Bartlett
, 2004.
- Call Number
- QS 4 E46p 2006
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- QS 4 E46p 2006
- Author
- Elling, Bob
- Corporate Author
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Other Authors
- Elling, Kirsten M
- Rothenberg, Mikel A
- Alternate Title
- Anatomy and physiology
- Place of Publication
- Sudbury, MA
- Publisher
- Jones and Bartlett
- Date of Publication
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 318 p.
- ISBN
- 0763737925
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Emergency Treatment - Case Reports
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
The paramedic revision guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat47211
David W. Thom.
(1rst ed.)
--Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley Blackwell
, c2021.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
The Paramedic Revision Guide delivers a one-stop reference for paramedic students, paramedicine educators, and practicing paramedics. Designed to take the mystery out of paramedic education, the book provides a solid foundation of understanding in crucial areas of paramedic science and practice, including practical skills, research, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, and medical emergencies.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Thom, David W.
- Responsibility
- David W. Thom
- Edition
- 1rst ed.
- Alternate Title
- Paramedic guide
- Place of Publication
- Hoboken, NJ
- Publisher
- Wiley Blackwell
- Date of Publication
- c2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- ISBN
- 9781119758068
- 9781119758075
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anatomy
- Emergencies
- Emergency Medicine
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Pharmacology
- Physiological Phenomena
- Specialty
- Allied Health Occupations
- Emergency Medicine
- Abstract
- The Paramedic Revision Guide delivers a one-stop reference for paramedic students, paramedicine educators, and practicing paramedics. Designed to take the mystery out of paramedic education, the book provides a solid foundation of understanding in crucial areas of paramedic science and practice, including practical skills, research, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, and medical emergencies.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
