Clinical Pocket Emergency Medicine and Critical Care: High-Yield Protocols Decision Pathways from the ED to ICU

When a patient is critically ill, the transition from the emergency department to the intensive care unit leaves little room for fragmented decision-making. Clinical Pocket Emergency Medicine and Critical Care brings the essential principles of both settings into one practical, clinically organized reference. Built around high-yield protocols and decision pathways, this comprehensive guide follows acute care from triage and rapid assessment through resuscitation, stabilization, advanced procedures, ICU management, and end-of-life considerations. Twenty chapters connect core physiology with bedside action across airway management, mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic monitoring, shock, acute coronary syndromes, arrhythmias, cardiac arrest, respiratory failure, trauma, toxicology, neurologic crises, sepsis, renal and metabolic emergencies, special populations, sedation, and critical-care procedures. Inside, readers will find structured clinical explanations; learning objectives; practical pearls; case-based applications; drug, ventilator, laboratory, and resuscitation references; and focused coverage of point-of-care ultrasound, vascular access, thoracic procedures, acid-base interpretation, antimicrobial strategy, and ICU safety. Designed for emergency physicians, intensivists, residents, fellows, hospitalists, advanced practice clinicians, and senior medical learners, this resource supports rapid review while preserving the depth needed to understand why clinical decisions matter. Use it to strengthen emergency assessment, organize critical-care reasoning, review high-risk presentations, and connect immediate stabilization with ongoing ICU management.