In this Book
- Acute Resuscitation and Crisis Management: Acute Critical Events Simulation (ACES)
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: University of Ottawa Press
In 2001, physicians responsible for the care of the critically ill were introduced to a new program providing them with the tools to significantly decrease the number and severity of medical errors: the Acute Critical Events Simulation (ACES) Program, an intensive and highly interactive course on the acute resuscitation of critically ill patients and the management of crisis situations.
This book is a compendium to the ACES Program, containing its important background information and reference material while serving as an independent reference source for physicians and other health care professionals. With contributions by recognized physicians from across Canada, it presents the specifics of acute resuscitation in the context of crisis resource management and teaches readers life-saving resuscitation skills in a way that allows them to use their medical training more effectively.
With increasing doctor shortages forcing more physicians to manage acutely ill patients, this book will aid physicians looking for a simple yet useful text to help them manage critically ill patients in connection with the ACES Program. While the intended audience for the course is primarily emergency room doctors, family physicians, and senior medical residents, this collection is also applicable to nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and medical students.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- pp. ix-xii
- SECTION I: CRISIS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- Chapter 2 Crisis Resource Management
- pp. 11-16
- Chapter 4 Medical Errors
- pp. 27-33
- SECTION II: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
- Chapter 5 Basic Airway Management
- pp. 37-44
- Chapter 6 Advanced Airway Management
- pp. 45-54
- Chapter 8 Rapid Sequence Intubation
- pp. 65-75
- SECTION III: RESPIRATORY MANAGEMENT
- Chapter 13 Respiratory Mechanics
- pp. 123-131
- SECTION IV: CIRCULATION
- Chapter 15 Management of Shock
- pp. 145-154
- Chapter 18 Vasoactive Medications
- pp. 179-186
- Chapter 19 Hemodynamic Monitoring
- pp. 187-203
- SECTION V: SEPSIS
- Chapter 22 Fever in Critically III Patients
- pp. 234-245
- Chapter 23 Antimicrobial Therapy
- pp. 247-263