Critical Care Notes

This pocket-sized, quick reference is your go-to guide for the precise yet comprehensive clinical information you need to care for adult patients safely and effectively.Completely revised and updated, you'll find even more of what you need at a moment's notice, including coverage of rebreathing masks, cardiac surgeries, traumatic brain and head injuries, MRSA prevention and treatment guidelines, and much more.Write-on, wipe-off, reusable pages make it easy to take notes in any setting!Quick-reference coverage of must-know concepts, skills, and procedures to ensure safe patient care.Consistent presentation by body system of 95 commonly-encountered diseases/conditions as well as multiple system failure, trauma, and burns.Definition of disease or condition underlying pathophysiology.Clinical presentation (signs/symptoms).Diagnostic tests and arrhythmia strips (where applicable).Management of clinical condition.Information on 40 medications specific to critical care.Coverage of multiple system failure, trauma, and burns.Handy tools, including a guide to abbreviations.ECG record, form for phone numbers/community resources.Spanish and non-verbal communication tools, and index for quick reference.Write-on, wipe-off, reusable pages with full-colour illustrations.