Critical Care Notes : Clinical Pocket Guide

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.