Manual of Critical Care Nursing

Ranvir Singh Tyagi MD FICCM FCCM Director, Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Synergy Plus Hospital and Galaxy Hospital, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaSusruta Bandyopadhyay MD (Medicine) Diploma in CardiologyDirector, Department of Critical Care, Manipal Hospitals,Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaSheila Nainan Myatra MD FCCM FICCM Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Immediate Past President, ISCCM Chair, Intensive and Critical Care Medicine Committee, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA)Babu K Abraham MD MRCP (UK) Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine (University of Toronto) FICCM Senior Consultant, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaSumit Ray MD FICCM Medical Director and Head, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Holy Family Hospital New Delhi, India

• SECTION 1: An Introduction to Critical Care Nursing1. Intensive Care Unit Nursing: How is it Different?2. Initial Nursing Assessment of a Patient Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit3. Intensive Care Unit Rounds (FAST HUG BIDS) and Beyond4. Resuscitation of an Acutely Ill PatientSECTION 2: Monitoring5. Bedside Monitoring: Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Blood Sugar, and Temperature6. Electrocardiogram and Arrhythmias7. Arterial Blood Gas Analysis and Electrolyte Imbalances8. Hemodynamic MonitoringSECTION 3: Organ Support9. High-flow Nasal Oxygen and Noninvasive Ventilation10. Mechanical Ventilation Simplified11. Renal Replacement Therapy12. The Role of Nurses in the Care of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation PatientsSECTION 4: Systems13. Cardiac Critical Care14. Critical Care Neurology and Neurosurgery15. Pulmonary Critical Care Nursing16. Emergencies in Gastroenterology17. Care of a Patient Undergoing Major Surgery18. Endocrine Emergencies19. Trauma and BurnsSECTION 5: General Nursing20. Airway Management21. Oral and Eye Care in Critically Ill Patients22. Delirium and Sedation in Intensive Care Unit23. Bedsore and Pressure Injuries24. Physiotherapy and Mobilization25. Transferring a Critically Ill Patient26. Nutrition27. Defibrillation, Cardioversion, and Transcutaneous Pacing28. Injections and Infusions29. Transfusion Medicine30. Intravenous Fluid Therapy in Intensive Care Nursing31. Setting Up Trays32. Alarm Fatigue and Burn Out33. Sample Collection34. Nursing Care of the Terminally IllSECTION 6: Infection35. Infection Control36. Needlestick Injury37. Sterilization, Disinfection, and Waste DisposalSECTION 7: Soft Skills38. Communication for Nurses39. Documentation in Intensive Care Unit: Nursing Guideline40. Nursing Standards and Quality IndicatorsSECTION 8: Disaster Management41. Disaster ManagementSECTION 9: Brain Death and Organ Donation42. Brain DeathSECTION 10: Formulas and Scores43. Formulas and Scores Used in Intensive Care Unit