Comprehensively covers acute neurological emergencies and expected outcomes

Discusses how other services in the hospital interact with and assist neurocritical care operations

Reviews neurocritical care unit organization including the roles of neurocritical care unit personnel

Section 1: Review of the Clinical Standards for Acute Neurological Emergencies. Ischemic stroke.- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- Intracranial hemorrhage.- Cerebral venous thrombosis.- TBI.- Spinal Cord.- Oncological Emergencies.- Surgical Emergencies.- Status epilepticus.- Infectious Encephalitis and Meningitis.- Autoimmune Encephalitis.- Neuromuscular disorders.- Acute Causes of Encephalopathy.-Section 2: Identified Systems of Care. Triage officer models.- Telemedicine.- Tertiary/specialty care requests.- Operating room.- Emergency department.- Neurology and neurosurgery floors.- Patients with acute neurological emergencies and other primary medical needs from other services.- Neurology.- Neurosurgery.- Neurointerventional services.- Emergency department.- Nursing care.- Continuous EEG monitoring.- Multimodality monitoring.- Ultrasound-TCD and bedside.- Cardiology.- Infection control.- Pharmacy.- Neuroradiology.- Airway management.- Ethical and legal issues.- Patients who recover.- Patient with partial recovery.- Mortality.- Physician billing and RVUs.- Economic impact of physician substitutes.- Economic impact of house staff.