The ICU Bedside Quick Reference: Emergency Algorithms, Drip Titration, Ventilator Settings, ABG Patterns, Critical Lab Values and Scales for Care Nurses

The answer, in thirty seconds, without leaving the bedside. A quick reference built for the moment you are standing at a bedside with a question and no time. Five color-tabbed sections you can find by riffling the page edges - emergency, drips, ventilator and ABG, labs, and scales. - 95 pages, 6 x 9 - sized for a bag, a locker or a work tote - Color thumb index down the outer edge of every page - Emergency algorithms: arrest, airway, shock, bleeding, seizures, sepsis - Drips: vasopressors, sedation, insulin, dose calculations, safety checks - Ventilator settings, alarm troubleshooting and a five-step ABG method with worked examples - Critical lab values, electrolytes and normal ranges at a glance >ICU, CCU, PCU and step-down nurses - new graduates and orientees - float and travel nurses meeting unfamiliar units - anyone who wants one book in the bag rather than six tabs open. Tables, numbers and algorithms. No padding, no chapters to wade through.