Emergency Department Resuscitation Of The Critically Ill

917 Pages·2017·30.71 MB·English

by  Michael E. Winters

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Contents
Disclaimer and Copyright Notice
About the Editors
Dedications
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: Undifferentiated Shock
Chapter 2: The Difficult Airway
Chapter 3: The Crashing Ventilated Patient
Chapter 4: Fluid Management
Chapter 5: Cardiac Arrest Updates
Chapter 6: Postcardiac Arrest Management
Chapter 7: Deadly Arrhythmias
Chapter 8: Cardiogenic Shock
Chapter 9: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Chapter 10: Cardiac Tamponade
Chapter 11: Aortic Catastrophes
Chapter 12: Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Chapter 13: The Crashing Morbidly Obese Patient
Chapter 14: Pulmonary Hypertension
Chapter 15: Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Chapter 16: The Critically Ill Poisoned Patient
Chapter 17: The Crashing Trauma Patient
Chapter 18: Emergency Transfusions
Chapter 19: Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Chapter 20: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Chapter 21: The Crashing Anaphylaxis Patient
Chapter 22: Bedside Ultrasonography
Chapter 23: The Difficult Emergency Delivery
Chapter 24: Neonatal Resuscitation
Chapter 25: Pediatric Resuscitation
Index
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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
SENIOR EDITOR Rachel Donihoo
PUBLICATIONS ASSISTANT Jessica Hamilton
EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS DIRECTOR Marta Foster
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Susan McReynolds
INDEXING Sharon Hughes
DIGITAL PROJECT OVERSIGHT Ram C. Khatri
PRINT DESIGN ADAPTATION AND EBOOK DEVELOPMENT Kevin Callahan/BNGO Books,
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About the Editors
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Michael E. Winters, MD, FACEP, FAAEM. Dr. Winters is an
associate professor of emergency medicine and medicine at the
University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is the Director of the
Combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine Residency
Program and the founder and Co-Director of the Combined
Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine/Critical Care Residency
Program. Dr. Winters has received numerous teaching awards,
including the National Emergency Medicine Faculty Teaching Award
from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), the
Young Educators Award from the American Academy of Emergency
Physicians, and the 2014-2015 Honorable Mention Outstanding
Speaker of the Year from ACEP. He has lectured nationally and
internationally, authored numerous articles and textbook chapters,
and hosts a monthly podcast on the management of the critically ill
emergency department patient, Critical Care Perspectives in
Emergency Medicine. Dr. Winters completed a combined emergency
medicine/internal medicine residency at the University of Maryland,
after which he completed a teaching fellowship with a special focus
on emergency critical care.
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Michael C. Bond, MD, FACEP, FAAEM. Dr. Bond is an associate
professor and the Residency Program Director in the Department of
Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland. He was guest
editor of an Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America edition on
orthopedic emergencies; has written several book chapters on
cardiology emergencies, specifically pericarditis, myocarditis, Wolff-
Parkinson-White syndrome, and temporary pacing; and has
coauthored multiple orthopedic and cardiology literature summaries.
In June 2005, Dr. Bond completed the combined Emergency
Medicine/Internal Medicine Residency Program at Allegheny General
Hospital, where he found it particularly rewarding to care for the
most critical of patients while teaching new interns to do the same.
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Peter DeBlieux, MD, FACEP. Dr. DeBlieux is a professor of clinical
medicine and an attending physician in emergency medicine and the
medical intensive care unit of Louisiana State University Health
Sciences Center (LSUHSC) Charity Hospital, where has served for 25
years. He also is the Chief Medical Officer and Director of Quality at
University Medical Center and a clinical professor of surgery at
Tulane University Medical School, both in New Orleans. He is the
former Program Director of the LSUHSC Charity Hospital Emergency
Medicine Residency and former Director of Resident and Faculty
Development—positions he held for a decade each. Dr. DeBlieux
earned his medical degree from LSUHSC, where he later completed
an internship in internal medicine. He has remained at his alma
mater, where he completed an emergency medicine residency
followed by a pulmonary critical care fellowship.
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