This comprehensive book provides practical guidance on the care of the critical patient in the emergency department.  It focuses on the ED physician or provider working in a community hospital where, absent the consulting specialists found in a large academic center, the provider must evaluate and stabilize critically ill and injured patients alone. Structured in an easily accessible format, chapters present fundamental information in tables, bullet points, and flow diagrams. Emergency medicine scenarios covered across 38 chapters include acute respiratory failure, spinal cord Injuries, seizures and status epilepticus, care of the newborn, and end-of-life care.
Written by experts in the field, Emergency Department Critical Care is an essential resource for practicing emergency physicians and trainees, internists and family physicians, advance practice nurses, and physician's assistants who provide care in emergency departments and urgent care centers.

Chapter 1: Shock Overview

Chapter 2: Airwave Management
Chapter 3: Acute Respiratory Failure
Chapter 4: Non-Invasive and Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 5: Asthma & COPD
Chapter 6: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Chapter 7: Pulmonary Embolism and Massive DVT for Emergency Critical Care, Edition
Chapter 8: Acute Coronary Syndrome and Myocardial Infarction
Chapter 9: Cardiac Dysrhythmias
Chapter 10: Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Pacemakers
Chapter 11: Cardiac Arrest and Post-Arrest Syndrome
Chapter 12: Heart Failure
 Chapter 13: Hypertensive Emergencies
Chapter 14: Management of Emergency Department Patients with Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
 Chapter 15: Acute Liver Failure and Acute Decompensation of Chronic Liver Failure
Chapter 16: Vascular Emergencies - Aortic Aneurysm, Ischemic Bowel, Ischemic Limb
Chapter 17: Renal Emergencies
Chapter 18: Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders
Chapter 19: Sepsis and Septic Shock
Chapter 20: Severe Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Chapter 21: Stroke: Ischemic & Hemorrhagic
Chapter 22: Seizures and Status Epilepticus
Chapter 23: Spinal Cord Injuries
Chapter 24: Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury
Chapter 25: Evaluation and management of the poly-trauma patient
Chapter 26: Endocrine Emergencies in the ICU
Chapter 27: Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 28: Toxicology and OD
Chapter 29: Oncologic Emergencies
Chapter 30: Obstetric Emergency Critical Care
Chapter 31: Care of the Newborn
Chapter 32: Pediatrics 1: Intro, Airway, Respiratory, Cardiac, Neuro
Chapter 33: Pediatrics 2: Trauma, Abuse, Drowning, Burns
Chapter 34: Fluids and Vasoactive Agents
Chapter 35: Blood Products
Chapter 36: Inter-hospital Transfer of the Critically Ill
Chapter 37: Ultrasound for Shock Evaluation, Resuscitation, and Critical Care Procedures
Chapter 38: End of Life Care in the Emergency Department.