Critical Care Study Guide

Critical Care Procedures Diagnostic Testing and ICU Policies.- Airway Management.- Oxygenation Without Intubation.- Blood Gas Sampling.- Hemodynamic Monitoring.- Drainage Tube Management.- Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation.- Enteral Feeding Tubes.- Common Procedures in the Intensive Care Unit: Thoracentesis, Lumbar Puncture, Paracentesis, and Pericardiocentesis.- Noninvasive Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit.- Endoscopy in the Intensive Care Unit.- Radiologic Imaging in the Critically Ill Patient.- Critical Care Research and Regulatory Compliance.- Nursing Care in the Intensive Care Unit Setting: The Role of the Nurse in the ICU.- Transport of Critically Ill Patients.- Pathophysiologic Disease States Encountered in the Critically Ill Patient.- Respiratory Failure.- Acute Lung Injury (ALI) and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).- Management of Massive Pulmonary Embolism.- Heart Failure.- Cardiac Arrhythmias.- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage.- Acute Liver Failure.- Acute Renal Injury.- Sepsis Syndromes.- Bleeding Diathesis.- Nutrition Assessment and Nutrition Therapy in Intensive Care Unit Patients.- Oxygen Content, Delivery, and Uptake.- Circulatory Shock.- Critical Care Neurology.- Neuromyopathies in the Critically Ill.- Neurosurgical Emergencies.- Disorders of Thermoregulation.- Infections in the Intensive Care Unit.- Critical Care Endocrinology.- Evaluation and Management of Toxicological Emergencies.- Metabolic Disturbances of Acid–Base and Electrolytes.- Special Problems in the Critically Ill Trauma Patient.- Ethics in Critical Care.- Psychological Dysfunction in the Intensive Care Unit Patient.- Host Defenses.- Burn Critical Care.- ICU Care of the Solid Organ Transplant Recipient.- Postoperative Care of the Cardiac Surgery Patient.- Obstetrical Care in the ICU Patient.- Specific Treatments in the Critically Ill Patient.- Modes of Mechanical Ventilation: Part 1.- Mechanical Ventilation – Part II: Monitoring of Respiratory Mechanics During Mechanical Ventilation and Ventilator Strategies.- Noninvasive Ventilation.- Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation.- Mechanical Hemodynamic Support.- Pharmacologic Hemodynamic Therapy of Shock.- Advanced Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.- Antiarrhythmic Drug Management.- Acute Coronary Syndromes.- Hypertensive Crisis.- Dialysis.- Use of Blood Components.- Antimicrobials.- Use of Analgesics and Sedatives in Critical Care.- Use of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in the Intensive Care Unit.- Prophylactic Regimens in the Intensive Care Unit.- Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care Unit.