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From a team of global experts comes the first detailed retrospective of the spread and management of COVID-19 and a blueprint for better management of the next major healthcare crisis
Understanding the Standard of Critical Crisis Care describes the global spread of COVID-19 and analyzes how it was managed compared to other deadly epidemics, such as SARS and MERS. The editor has gathered contributors from across the world who dealt first-hand with COVID-19, making this a truly global retrospective on new global pandemics.
Understanding the Standard of Critical Crisis Care is organized into four sections, covering critical care changes associated with crisis standard of care; health and management issues of specific populations; infectious agents WHO has identified as those that can cause pandemics; and trauma and warfare. Youâll learn how hospitals are transformed to accommodate surges in patients, while dealing with shortages in staffing, medications, mechanical ventilators, and personal protective equipment and get an invaluable look at how real-time critical decision were made during the height of the pandemic.
This one-of-a-kind guide covers:
Understanding the Standard of Critical Crisis Care describes the global spread of COVID-19 and analyzes how it was managed compared to other deadly epidemics, such as SARS and MERS. The editor has gathered contributors from across the world who dealt first-hand with COVID-19, making this a truly global retrospective on new global pandemics.
Understanding the Standard of Critical Crisis Care is organized into four sections, covering critical care changes associated with crisis standard of care; health and management issues of specific populations; infectious agents WHO has identified as those that can cause pandemics; and trauma and warfare. Youâll learn how hospitals are transformed to accommodate surges in patients, while dealing with shortages in staffing, medications, mechanical ventilators, and personal protective equipment and get an invaluable look at how real-time critical decision were made during the height of the pandemic.
This one-of-a-kind guide covers:
- Working the Frontlines
- Research and the Clinical Trials
- Anti-microbials versus Immunomodulators
- Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation
- Ultrasound
- Endocrinologic and cardiovascular Issues
- Transfusion
- Special Populations: Pediatrics, Pregnancy, Immunocompromised Patients
- SARS, MERS, COVID-19, Ebola, Anthrax, Influenza
- Traumatic Brain and Lung Injury
- Palliative Care and Bioethics
ISBN: 9781264258710
ISBN-10: 1264258712
Published: 20th January 2022
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 768
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 23 x 18.5 x 3.5
Weight (kg): 1.14
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