Chapter 9 Clinical information systems David Fraenkel Clinical record-keeping requires an integrated system to manage the information, including its acquisition during clinical care, and archiving and availability for future clinical,…
Chapter 6 Critical care nursing John R. Welch, Chris Theaker NATURE AND FUNCTION OF CRITICAL CARE NURSING Nurses are the one round-the-clock constant for critically ill patients and their families,…
Chapter 5 Physiotherapy in intensive care Fiona H. Moffat, Mandy O. Jones Historically, physiotherapy in the intensive care unit (ICU) was confined to the treatment of respiratory problems performed routinely…
Chapter 4 Transport of the critically ill Evan Everest, Blair Munford All intensive care units (ICUs) are required to move critically ill patients for investigations or procedures that cannot be…
Chapter 7 Ethics in intensive care Raymond F. Raper, Malcolm McD. Fisher DEFINITION Ethics is the study of how one ought to behave. In contrast, the law defines how one…
Chapter 1 Design and organisation of intensive care units Felicity Hawker An intensive care unit (ICU) is a specially staffed and equipped area of a hospital dedicated to the management…
6 Biomechanics of the Spine Eve C. Tsai, Eric P. Roger, and Edward C Benzel The discipline of biomechanics embodies the application of the principles of physics to biologic systems….
5 Imaging Spinal Cord Injuries Paul D. Campbell Jr. and John A. Carrino In the setting of trauma, imaging of the spine is often of paramount importance. There are 30,000…
9 Management of Cervical Injuries David O. Okonkwo, Rod J. Oskouian Jr., and Christopher I. Shaffrey Cervical spinal injury occurs in 4 to 10% of patients who sustain traumatic brain…
