Covid-19: A Critical Care Textbook - E-Book

Covid-19: A Critical Care Textbook - E-Book

Chris Carter, Joy Notter

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN:
  9780702085109
• Topic: Medizin
• Subtopic: Krankenpflege

With the major redeployment of staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, this authoritative textbook provides a practical resource for healthcare professionals who may be new to acute and critical care settings.Written by nurses for nurses, the book will help readers master patient assessment, non-invasive ventilation, the use of high flow nasal oxygenation and renal care. You will learn about the challenges of resuscitation, leadership and responding to a public health emergency, and effective personal protection and hygiene practices.Covid-19: Critical Care textbook has been written by experts with frontline experience of working in hospitals during the pandemic and will remain relevant for those responding to future infectious disease outbreaks or waves of Covid-19.- Self-assessment quizzes to support ongoing learning- Suitable for staff re-deployed and those already working in acute and critical care areas- Fully illustrated to demonstrate the use of PPE and coronavirus-specific procedures- Contributions from key experts who have dealt directly with the disease provide practical insights

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Foreword
• List of contributors
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2
• Chapter 2. Public health emergencies
• Chapter 3. Critical care nurse leadership
• Chapter 4. Reorganization of critical care services
• Chapter 5. COVID-19 perspectives in low- and low–middle-income countries
• Chapter 6. Assessment of the critically ill patient
• Chapter 7. Non-invasive ventilation and high-flow nasal oxygen in COVID-19
• Chapter 8. Invasive ventilation in COVID-19
• Chapter 9. Acute respiratory distress syndrome and the prone position in COVID-19
• Chapter 10. Haemodynamic assessment, monitoring and management
• Chapter 11. Acute kidney injury
• Chapter 12. Neurological care, sedation and pain management
• Chapter 13. Resuscitation in COVID-19
• Chapter 14. Care of the critically ill obstetric patient
• Chapter 15. Providing end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Appendix 1. Case studies and self-test questions
• Appendix 2. Glossary of terms and blood tests
• Index