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Summary Table of Contents

This pocket-size, go-anywhere handbook offers busy clinicians selected tables & figures from the textbook, AACN Handbook of Critical Care Nursing. Included are tables for critical care drugs, normal values for lab tests, cardiac rhythms, chest x-ray, mechanical ventilation, and more.

Contributors

xiii

(4)

Preface

xvii

Section 1

(6)

1.1 Normal Values Table

(5)

Section 2

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(23)

2.1 Prearrival and Admission Quick Check Assessments

(2)

2.2 Comprehensive Admission Assessment

(2)

2.3 Review of Past History

(4)

2.4 Ongoing Assessment Template

(2)

2.5 Symptom Assessment

(1)

2.6 Chest Pain Assessment

(1)

2.7 Pain Assessment Tools for Critically Ill Patients

(1)

2.8 Glasgow Coma Scale

(1)

2.9 Glasgow Coma Scale: Motor Movement with Noxious Stimuli

(2)

2.10 Sensory Dermatomes

(2)

2.11 Peripheral Pulse Rating Scale

(1)

2.12 Edema Rating Scale

(1)

2.13 Physiologic Effects of Aging

(2)

Section 3

(97)

3.1 ECG Lead Placement for a Three-Wire System

(2)

3.2 ECG Lead Placement for a Five-Wire System

(2)

3.3 Twelve-Lead ECG Placement

(1)

3.4 Recommended Leads for Continuous ECG Monitoring

(1)

3.5 Cardiac Rhythms, ECG Characteristics, and Treatment Guide

(34)

3.6 Normal Twelve-Lead ECG Waves

(2)

3.7 Normal ST Segment and T Waves

(2)

3.8 Zones of Myocardial Ischemia, Injury, and Infarction

(2)

3.9 ECG Patterns Associated with Myocardial Ischemia

(2)

3.10 ECG Patterns Associated with Acute Myocardial Injury

(2)

3.11 ECG Changes Associated with Myocardial Infarction

(1)

3.12 Clinical Presentation of Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction

(4)

3.13 Cardiac Axis

(1)

3.14 Causes of Axis Deviations

(1)

3.15 Nomogram for Rate Correction of QT Interval

(1)

3.16 Advantages of Common ECG Monitoring Leads

(1)

3.17 Pacemaker Codes

(1)

3.18 Dual-Chamber Pacing Modes

(1)

3.19 Intraaortic Balloon Pump Frequency of 1:2

(1)

3.20 Intraaortic Balloon Pump Frequency of 1:1

(1)

3.21 Inaccurate IABP Timing

(2)

3.22 Universal Algorithm for Adult Emergency Cardiac Care

(1)

3.23 Algorithm for Ventricular Fibrillation and Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia

(2)

3.24 Algorithm for Pulseless Electrical Activity

100

(2)

3.25 Asystole Treatment Algorithm

102

(2)

3.26 Bradycardia Algorithm (with the Patient Not in Cardiac Arrest)

104

(2)

3.27 Tachycardia Algorithm

106

(2)

3.28 Electrical Cardioversion Algorithm (with the Patient Not in Cardiac Arrest)

108

(1)

3.29 Problems Encountered with Arterial Catheters

109

(3)

3.30 Inaccurate Arterial Pressure Measurements

112

(2)

3.31 Problems Encountered with Pulmonary Artery Catheters

114

(6)

3.32 Inaccurate Pulmonary Artery Pressure Measurements

120

(3)

3.33 Troubleshooting Problems with Thermodilution Cardiac Output Measurements

123

(4)

Section 4

127

(40)

4.1 Normal Chest X-Ray

128

(1)

4.2 Mediastinal Structures Visible on a Chest X-Ray

129

(1)

4.3 Acid-Base Abnormalities

130

(1)

4.4 Indications for Mechanical Ventilation

131

(2)

4.5 Traditional Wean Criteria (Pulmonary Specific)

133

(1)

4.6 Burns' Wean Assessment Program (BWAP)

134

(2)

4.7 Algorithm for Managing Ventilator Alarms and/or Acute Respiratory Distress

136

(1)

4.8 Ventilatory Troubleshooting Guide

137

(30)

Section 5

167

(38)

5.1 Intravenous Medication Administration Guidelines

168

(20)

5.2 Neuromuscular Blocking Agents

188

(3)

5.3 Vasoactive Agents

191

(3)

5.4 Antiarrhythmic Agents

194

(6)

5.5 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

200

(3)

5.6 Tips for Calculating Intravenous Medication Infusion Rates

203

(2)

Section 6

205

6.1 Healing Rituals for Relaxation, Music Therapy, Imagery, and Touch

206

(4)

6.2 Intracranial Pressure Waveforms

210

(2)

6.3 Complications of Enteral Feeding

212

(3)

6.4 Transport Personnel and Equipment Requirements

215

(2)

6.5 Monitoring During Transport

217

(1)

6.6 Pretransfer Coordination and Communication

218

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