Acute critical events simulation (ACES) : course syllabus / David Neilipovitz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Neilipovitz, David, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Resuscitation--Simulation methods.

Resuscitation.

Critical care medicine--Simulation methods.

Critical care medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Acute resuscitation and crisis management

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While the management of critically ill patients has traditionally been an undeveloped area of medicine, recent advances in drugs, surgical techniques, and medical equipment now allow patients to survive illnesses and disorders that previously were uniformly fatal. Unfortunately, the knowledge and techniques that are required to do this are not traditionally taught in medical school. Thus, medical errors in this population group are not uncommon and are more likely to have adverse, often fatal, consequences. In 2001, physicians responsible for the care of the critically ill were intr

Contents:

Table of Contents; SECTION I: CRISIS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SECTION II: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; SECTION III: RESPIRATORY MANAGEMENT; SECTION IV: CIRCULATION; SECTION V: SEPSIS; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613667755

9781280690815

128069081X

9780776615349

0776615343

OCLC:

742332949