Chapter 6 Cricothyrotomy and Percutaneous Translaryngeal Ventilation Randy B. Hebert, Sudip Bose and Sharon E. Mace Few clinical scenarios are as critical as when a patient’s airway cannot be controlled…
Chapter 54 Compartment Syndrome Evaluation Merle A. Carter Review Box 54-1 Compartment syndrome evaluation: indications, contraindications, complications, and equipment. Open fractures, dislocations, and exposed joints are true orthopedic emergencies that…
Chapter 27 Autotransfusion Mark J. Neavyn, Margarita E. Pena and Charlene Irvin Babcock Review Box 27-1 Autotransfusion: indications, contraindications, complications, and equipment. Introduction Autologous blood transfusion, or autotransfusion, is the…
Chapter 33 Systemic Analgesia and Sedation for Procedures Baruch Krauss and Steven M. Green Procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) refers to the use of analgesic, dissociative, and sedative agents to…
Chapter 61 Special Neurologic Tests and Procedures J. Stephen Huff Neuro-otologic tests and procedures are used in a variety of clinical scenarios ranging from evaluation of a dizzy patient to…
Chapter 25 Intraosseous Infusion Kenneth Deitch Review Box 25-1 Intraosseous infusion: indications, contraindications, complications, and equipment. Establishing vascular access in critically ill and injured patients is central to the practice…
Chapter 18 Resuscitative Thoracotomy Russell F. Jones and Emanuel P. Rivers Review Box 18-1 Resuscitative thoracotomy: indications, contraindications, equipment, and complications. In the United States, trauma is the leading cause…
Chapter 7 Tracheostomy Care John C. Greenwood and Michael E. Winters Introduction Placement of a tracheostomy tube is a common procedure in critically ill patients. Common indications for this procedure…
Chapter 44 Abdominal Hernia Reduction Michael T. Fitch and David E. Manthey When a patient is seen in the emergency department (ED) with a suspected abdominal hernia, the emergency clinician…
Chapter 1 Vital Signs Measurement Diane L. Gorgas and Jillian L. McGrath Measuring the temperature, pulse, respiratory rate (RR), blood pressure, and pulse oximetry is generally recommended for all emergency…
