Book  © 2018

Hardcover  –   ISBN  978-3-319-78366-6

Edition Number  1

Number of Pages  XV, 303

Number of Illustrations  11 b/w illustrations, 334 illustrations in colour

TOPICS : Surgery, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine

• Precise step-by-step demonstration of common bedside procedures and interventions that every critical care surgeon and intensive care professional must know and perform in clinical practice

• Provides unique all-inclusive resource for both trainees and professional practitioners

• A wealth of high-quality figures and photographs gained through the use of perfused and ventilated cadavers ensure excellent readability of images

• A must-have reference for surgeons, critical care physicians, nurses and all critical care professionals

About this book

This atlas is designed to provide an all-inclusive resource that describes step by step how to perform the essential bedside procedures required to provide optimal care to the critically ill patient.

Detailed descriptions of these procedures, with sequential photographs depicting each critical step, provide an in depth understanding of the anatomy, critical technical steps and common pitfalls to both military and civilian trainees.

For the advanced professional operator, this atlas will provide a rapid refresher of the critical steps and is an excellent teaching resource, based on the decades of collective experience accumulated by the authors. The top quality photographs of perfused and ventilated cadavers makes this atlas a standard reference for surgeons, critical care physicians, nurses and all critical care professionals.

Table of contents (34 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xv

Airway

Front Matter

Pages 1-1

Endotracheal Intubation: Oral and Nasal

Gillian Morrison, Joshua M. Tobin

Pages 3-14

Percutaneous Tracheostomy

Morgan Schellenberg, Kenji Inaba

Pages 15-21

Open Tracheostomy

Morgan Schellenberg, Kenji Inaba

Pages 23-29

Cricothyroidotomy

Morgan Schellenberg, Demetrios Demetriades

Pages 31-39

Transtracheal Needle Ventilation

Morgan Schellenberg, Aaron Strumwasser

Pages 41-48

Bronchoscopy in the Intensive Care Unit

Shihab Sugeir, Alice Gallo de Moraes

Pages 49-55

Bronchoalveolar Lavage

Zachary Warriner, Meghan Lewis

Pages 57-59

Respiratory

Front Matter

Pages 61-61

Thoracostomy Tube Insertion

Jennifer Cone, Demetrios Demetriades

Pages 63-73

Pigtail Chest Catheter Placement with Ultrasound Guidance

Jennifer Cone, Stuart Schroff, Kazuhide Matsushima

Pages 75-80

Percutaneous Dilational Thoracostomy Catheter and Heimlich Valve Placement

Jennifer Cone, Kazuhide Matsushima

Pages 81-86

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Cannulation

Luke Wiggins, Amy Hackmann

Pages 87-94

Cardiovascular

Front Matter

Pages 95-95

Central Venous Catheters

James Bardes, Meghan Lewis

Pages 97-107

Techniques of Intraosseous Access

James Bardes, Aaron Strumwasser

Pages 109-116

Pulmonary Artery Catheter Placement

Subarna Biswas, Katharina Pellegrin, Bradley Allen

Pages 117-124

Arterial Line

James Bardes, Lydia Lam

Pages 125-137

Pericardiocentesis

Meghan Lewis, Subarna Biswas, David Shavelle

Pages 139-148

Cardiovascular

Resuscitative Thoracotomy

Chrissy Guidry, Demetrios Demetriades

Pages 149-160

Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Insertion and Management

Fernando Fleischman, John David Cleveland

Pages 161-166

Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA)

Chrissy Guidry, Elizabeth R. Benjamin

Pages 167-173

Temporary Transvenous Cardiac Pacing

Aaron Strumwasser, Brad Allen

Pages 175-185

Kidneys

Front Matter

Pages 187-187

Dialysis Access Catheters

James Bardes, Meghan Lewis

Pages 189-194

Nervous System

Front Matter

Pages 195-195

Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and Ventricular Drainage

Joshua Bakhsheshian, Katharina Pellegrin, John P. Gruen

Pages 197-206

Lumbar Puncture

Caroline Park, Elizabeth R. Benjamin

Pages 207-214

Neuraxial Analgesia in the ICU: Epidural and Paravertebral Blocks

Adam Penman, Sanaz Ghaffari, Michel Kearns

Pages 215-219

Compartment Syndromes

Front Matter

Pages 221-221

Extremity Muscle Compartment Pressure Measurement

Caroline Park, Damon Clark, Demetrios Demetriades

Pages 223-236

Abdominal Pressure Measurement

Erin Palm, Aaron Strumwasser

Pages 237-243

Bedside Laparotomy and Decompression of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

Erin Palm, Daniel Grabo

Pages 245-249

Bedside Escharotomies for Burns

Christine Yin, Demetrios Demetriades, Warren Garner

Pages 251-254

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Soft Tissue Infections

Elizabeth R. Benjamin, Demetrios Demetriades

Pages 255-260

Abdomen

Front Matter

Pages 261-261

Diagnostic Peritoneal Aspiration/Lavage

Caroline Park, Lydia Lam

Pages 263-271

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy

Chrissy Guidry, Meghan Lewis, Travis Polk

Pages 273-281

Balloon Tamponade for Variceal Hemorrhage

Brian T. Lee, Jeffrey A. Kahn

Pages 283-288

Abdomen

Negative Pressure Therapy for Management of the Open Abdomen

Erin Palm, Elizabeth R. Benjamin

Pages 289-295

Local Management of Enteroatmospheric Fistulae

Elizabeth R. Benjamin, Demetrios Demetriades

Pages 297-303

Editors and Affiliations

Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Demetrios Demetriades, Kenji Inaba

Department of Anethesiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Philip D. Lumb

About the editors

Prof. Demetrios Demetriades 

is currently tenured Professor of Surgery  and Director of the  Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery  and  Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, the largest trauma center in California and one of the largest in the United States.

Dr Demetriades is one of the most published trauma surgeons in the United States and  has published  more than 620  peer review publications in referenced journals, two  trauma atlas books, 6 books, and more than 120  book chapters. He has delivered more than 400 invited lectures in the United States and 40  other countries. Dr Demetriades has mentored many young faculty and fellows, many of whom currently hold leadership positions nationally and internationally. For his role in education, he received the title of  «Master Teacher»  by the USC School of Medicine. He has been the founder and course director of the annual USC National Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Symposium, now in its 23nd year. Dr Demetriades was instrumental in the establishment of the USC Navy Trauma Training Program, now in its 13th year. This program has trained more than 2,500 US Navy personnel in trauma. He was honored numerous times by the US Navy. In 2011 he was honored by the American College of Surgeons and delivered  the Scudder Oration.  In 2013 he was honored by the American Heart Association with  Lifetime Achievement Award in Trauma Resuscitation Science. In 2014 he received the FDA Distinguished Service Award. In 2015 he was elected in the top «1000 International Scientists» by the  Republic of China. In 2017 he served as the Vice President and   a  member of the Executive Board of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.  He is an Honorary member of numerous national societies in many countries, received honorary doctorates from two European universities  and sits on the editorial boards of numerous journals