Author : Marie Baldisseri
Release : 2019-08-24
Genre : Medical
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 924/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Intensive Care Unit in Disaster,An Issue of Critical Care Clinics by : Marie Baldisseri
Download or read book Intensive Care Unit in Disaster,An Issue of Critical Care Clinics written by Marie Baldisseri. This book was released on 2019-08-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Marie Baldisseri, Mary Reed, and Randy Wax, in collaboration with Consulting Editor John Kellum, is devoted to Intensive Care Unit in Disaster. Topics in this issue include: Intensive care role in disaster management; Preparing the ICU for disaster; Augmenting capacity; Triage; Natural disasters; Biological/pandemic disasters; Chemical disasters; Radiation; Anthropogenic (terrorist/criminal act) disasters; Special populations (i.e., chronically ill, morbidly obese, pregnant); Pediatrics; Austere environments; Hospital as disaster Ground Zero; and Special considerations (i.e., mental health, ethics, public relations).