Tag: education
Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Thrust into a pandemic unlike any other, health professionals today must continually adapt to an ever-changing environment. Protocols change at dizzying rates, while the physical and mental demands of our jobs increase... read more
Evidence-Based Practice of Critical Care
Objective data and expert guidance on managing critically ill patients in unique question-based chapters that focus on best practices. Now thoroughly updated by Drs. Clifford S. Deutschman, Patrick J. Neligan, and nearly... read more
Dr. Fauci Headlines COVID-19-focused Opening Session at CHEST 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic upended the practices and lives of CHEST members—and changed CHEST 2020 into a virtual meeting—so it's fitting that this year's Opening Session focused on the defining global event of the year. Anthony... read more
How Doctors Think
On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within eighteen seconds. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely diagnosis and best treatment. Often, decisions made this way are... read more
Critical Care Medicine: Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult
Now completely revised to bring you up to date with the latest advances in the field, Critical Care Medicine: Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult, 5th Edition, delivers expert, practical guidance on virtually... read more
Core Curriculum for Pain Management Nursing
Learn how to successfully work with patients in pain with The Core Curriculum for Pain Management Nursing, 3rd Edition. Written by the American Society for Pain Management Nursing (the primary nursing organization in pain... read more
Essentials of Perioperative Nursing
Essentials of Perioperative Nursing, Sixth Edition is an essential reference for new perioperative nurses as well as experienced nurses who need a refresher. Succinct and easy to use, it addresses the basics associated with... read more
The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures
Now in its tenth edition, The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures has been the definitive, market-leading guide to clinical nursing skills for over three decades. This internationally best-selling title sets... read more
Wallach’s Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests
An excellent resource for appropriate test ordering and interpretation, Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, 11th Edition, helps you save time, avoid errors, and arrive at an accurate diagnosis. Organized into two... read more
When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon
A gifted surgeon illuminates one of the most profound, awe-inspiring, and deeply affecting achievements of modern day medicine—the movement of organs between bodies—in this exceptional work of death and life that takes... read more
Case Studies in Adult Intensive Care Medicine
Guiding FFICM and EDIC exam candidates through the intensive care medicine curriculum, this book provides 48 case studies mapped to eight key areas of study in the UK and European syllabuses. Cases include clinical vignettes,... read more
ECG’s for the Emergency Physician 1
With over 200 traces to test your knowledge, this book is a first class learning tool for emergency physicians. Basic student-level knowledge of ECGs is assumed, so the reader can move directly to learning about the more... read more
Mechanical Ventilation: Physiology and Practice
Mechanical ventilation is an essential life-sustaining therapy for many critically-ill patients. As technology has evolved, clinicians have been presented with an increasing number of ventilator options as well as an ever-expanding... read more
Perceived Barriers to Rapid Response Team Activation Among Nurses
The purpose of this literature review was to investigate the major barriers nurses face when it is necessary to seek additional assistance and resources by calling the rapid response team (RRT) in order to manage and stabilize... read more
Acid-Base, Fluids, and Electrolytes Made Ridiculously Simple
A brief, highly readable book providing the clinician with a straightforward approach to solving even the most complex, acid-base, fluid, and electrolyte problems. Useful to medical students, interns and residents, nurses... read more
Lange Critical Care
LANGE Critical Care delivers concise, evidenced-based, and highly clinical coverage of the surgical and medical aspects of critical care. The book provides basic fundamentals, applications and insights that will be of lasting... read more
Surgery of the Inferior Vena Cava
This book addresses an urgent need, offering an updated, detailed and multidisciplinary review of surgery of the inferior vena cava (IVC). Over the past two decades, tremendous advances have been made in this field and related... read more
A Guide to Performance Evaluation for the Intensivist
Currently, there is no standard process to develop Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation and Focused Professional Practice Evaluation processes in critical care medicine. Departments and institutions can tailor metrics... read more
Critical Care and Hospitalist Medicine Made Ridiculously Simple
A fundamental and thorough guide to the treatment of hospitalized patients in critical care situations, "Critical Care and Hospitalist Medicine Made Ridiculously Simple" provides both introductory information as well as a... read more
What We Should Learn From the First Wave of COVID-19
The pace at which the healthcare system has evolved in 2020 has been staggering. What system improvements we sustainably hold on to may be the most important factor in determining our community's future success. We may... read more
Manual of ICU Procedures
Manual of ICU Procedures is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to intensive care procedures. The book is divided into four anatomical sections, and a final miscellaneous section. Section one covers airway and respiratory,... read more
