Critical Care Study Guide

1) Airway Management 2) Oxygenation without Intubation 3) Blood Gas Sampling 4) Hemodynamic Monitoring 5) Drainage Tube Management 6) Implantable Devices for Cardiac Pacing and Difibrillation 7) Enteral Feeding Tubes 8) Common Procedures in the Intensive Care Unit: Thoracentesis, Lumbar puncture, Paracentesis, and Pericardiocentesis 9) Noninvasive Monitoring In ICU 10) Endoscopy in the Intensive Care Unit 11) Radiologic Imaging in Critically Ill Patient 12) Neurologic Illness and Critical Care 13) Respiratory Failure 14) Heart Failure 15) Cardiac Arrythmias 16) Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage 17) Hepatic Failure 18) Pathophysiology of the Sepsis Syndromes 19) Acute Renal Failure 20) Bleeding Diathesis 21) Nutrition Assessment and Nutrition Support in ICU Patients 22) Oxygen Content, Delivery, and Uptake 23) Circulatory Shock 24) Neuromyopathies in the Critically Ill 25) Disorders of Thermoregulation 26) Infections in the ICU 27) Critical Care Endocrinology 28) Evaluation and Management of Toxicologic Emergencies 29) Metabolic Disturbances of Acid Base and Electrolytes 30) Special Problems in the Critically Ill Trauma Patient 31) Ethics in Critical Care 32) Psychological Dysfunction in the ICU Patient 33) Host Defenses 34) Mechanical Ventilation 35) Noninvasive Ventilation 36) Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation 37) Mechanical Hemodynamic Support 38) Pharmacologic Hemodynamic Support of Shock States 39) Antiarrythmic Drug Management 40) Dialysis 41) Use of Blood Products 42) Advanced Cardiopulmonary Resusitation 43) Antimicrobials 44) Use of Analgesics and Sedatives in Critical Care 45) Prophylactic Regimes in the Intensive Care Unit 46) Use of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in the ICU 47) Hypertensive Crises - Appendix A) Commonly Used Parenteral Medications and Dosage Recommendations for Adult Therapeutics Appendix B) Commonly Used Calculations