Procedures in Critical Care
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SECTION I: ICU BASICS
Chapter 1. The ICU Room and Equipment
Chapter 2. The ICU Bed
Chapter 3. The Universal Protocol in the ICU
Chapter 4. Hand Washing in the ICU
Chapter 5. Prepping and Draping in the ICU
Chapter 6. Informed Consent and Procedure Documentation
Chapter 7. Critical Care Transport
Chapter 8. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
SECTION II: NEUROLOGICAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 9. Pain Management in the ICU
Chapter 10. Agitation Scale
Chapter 11. Glasgow Coma Score
Chapter 12. Neuromuscular Blockade
Chapter 13. Lumbar Puncture
Chapter 14. Brain Death Examination
Chapter 15. Intracranial Pressure Monitoring
Chapter 16. Electroencephalography
Chapter 17. Cerebral Oximetry
Chapter 18. Direct Brain Tissue Oxygen Measurement
Chapter 19. Jugular Venous Oximetry
Chapter 20. Cerebral Microdialysis
Chapter 21. Transcranial Doppler Examination
Chapter 22. Portable Computerized Axial Tomography Scanning
SECTION III: THORACIC AND RESPIRATORY PROCEDURES
Chapter 23. Emergency Airway Cart
Chapter 24. Bag-Mask Ventilation
Chapter 25. Non-Invasive Ventilation
Chapter 26. Laryngeal Mask Airway
Chapter 27. Oral Endotracheal Intubation
Chapter 28. Percutaneous Airways
Chapter 29. Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 30. Bronchoscopy
Chapter 31. Thoracentesis
Chapter 32. Tube Thoracostomy
SECTION IV: CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES
Chapter 33. Electrocardiography
Chapter 34. Catheter Insertion
Chapter 35. Arterial Line Cannulation
Chapter 36. Central Venous Catheterization
Chapter 37. Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter
Chapter 38. Pulmonary Artery Catheterization
Chapter 39. Cardiac Output Determination
Chapter 40. Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Insertion
Chapter 41. Pericardiocentesis
SECTION V: GASTROINTESTINAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 42. Nasogastric Tube Insertion
Chapter 43. Nasoduodenal Feeding Tube
Chapter 44. Percutaneous Gastric Tube
Chapter 45. Paracentesis
Chapter 46. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Diagnosis
SECTION VI: GENITOURINARY PROCEDURES
Chapter 47. Male Urinary Drainage Catheter
Chapter 48. Female Urinary Drainage Catheter
Chapter 49. Suprapubic Catheterization
Chapter 50. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies
SECTION VII: EXTREMITY PROCEDURES
Chapter 51. Deep Venous Thrombosis Prophylaxis
Chapter 52. Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome
Chapter 53. Doppler Evaluation of Pulses
Chapter 54. Extremity Splinting
Chapter 55. Blood Culturing
Index
A complete “visual atlas” for critical-care treatments
Procedures in Critical Care is packed with color images that provide complete visual coverage of the subject. Everything from general monitoring to treating neurologic and infectious disease are supported by the book's comprehensive descriptions of the procedures.