Written by highly regarded emergency physicians with expertise and fellowship training to practice critical care

Provides a comprehensive yet practical overview

Formatted to facilitate quick look-up

Designed expressly for community-based emergency physicians

Chapter 1: Shock Overview.- Chapter 2: Airwave Management.- Chapter 3: Acute Respiratory Failure.- Chapter 4: Non-Invasive and Mechanical Ventilation.- Chapter 5: Asthma & COPD.- Chapter 6: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.- Chapter 7: Pulmonary Embolism and Massive DVT for Emergency Critical Care, Edition.- Chapter 8: Acute Coronary Syndrome and Myocardial Infarction.- Chapter 9: Cardiac Dysrhythmias.- Chapter 10: Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Pacemakers.- Chapter 11: Cardiac Arrest and Post-Arrest Syndrome.- Chapter 12: Heart Failure.- Chapter 13: Hypertensive Emergencies.- Chapter 14: Management of Emergency Department Patients with Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage.- Chapter 15: Acute Liver Failure and Acute Decompensation of Chronic Liver Failure.- Chapter 16: Vascular Emergencies - Aortic Aneurysm, Ischemic Bowel, Ischemic Limb.- Chapter 17: Renal Emergencies.- Chapter 18: Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders.- Chapter 19: Sepsis and Septic Shock.- Chapter 20: Severe Skin and Soft Tissue Infections.- Chapter 21: Stroke: Ischemic & Hemorrhagic.- Chapter 22: Seizures and Status Epilepticus.- Chapter 23: Spinal Cord Injuries.- Chapter 24: Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury.- Chapter 25: Evaluation and management of the poly-trauma patient.- Chapter 26: Endocrine Emergencies in the ICU.- Chapter 27: Environmental Emergencies.- Chapter 28: Toxicology and OD.- Chapter 29: Oncologic Emergencies.- Chapter 30: Obstetric Emergency Critical Care.- Chapter 31: Care of the Newborn.- Chapter 32: Pediatrics 1: Intro, Airway, Respiratory, Cardiac, Neuro.- Chapter 33: Pediatrics 2: Trauma, Abuse, Drowning, Burns.- Chapter 34: Fluids and Vasoactive Agents.- Chapter 35: Blood Products.- Chapter 36: Inter-hospital Transfer of the Critically Ill.- Chapter 37: Ultrasound for Shock Evaluation, Resuscitation, and Critical Care Procedures.- Chapter 38: End of Life Care in the Emergency Department.