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Critical Illness

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Critical Illness, Catastrophic Illness

  • See Also
  1. Rapid ABC Assessment
  2. ABC Management
  3. Trauma Primary Survey
  4. Emergency Airway Management (includes Primary Survey Airway Evaluation)
  5. Emergency Breathing Management (includes Primary Survey Breathing Evaluation)
  6. Emergency Circulation Management (includes Primary Survey Circulation Evaluation)
  • Associated Conditions
  1. Cardiovascular Emergencies
    1. Ventricular Fibrillation or Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia
    2. Asystole or Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)
    3. Unstable Bradycardia
    4. Unstable Tachycardia
    5. Acute Coronary Syndrome
    6. Aortic Dissection
    7. Cardiac Tamponade
    8. Cardiogenic Shock (acute pulmonary edema)
    9. Hypertensive Emergency
  2. Respiratory Emergencies
    1. Pulmonary Embolism
    2. Foreign Body Aspiration
    3. Tension Pneumothorax
    4. Status Asthmaticus
  3. Neurologic Emergencies
    1. Status Epilepticus
    2. Closed Head Injury
    3. Brainstem Herniation
    4. Cerebrovascular Accident
    5. Penetrating Neck Trauma
  4. Fluids, Electrolytes and Nutrition Emergencies (as well as renal emergencies)
    1. Hemorrhagic Shock
    2. Metabolic Acidosis
  5. Infectious Emergencies
    1. Septic Shock
    2. Meningitis
    3. Encephalitis
  6. Abdominal Emergencies
    1. See Acute Abdomen
    2. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
    3. Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy
  7. Trauma and Environmental Injuries
    1. Heat Related Illness
    2. Burn Injury
    3. Hypothermia Management
    4. Unknown Ingestion
    5. Biological Weapon
    6. Chemical Weapon
    7. Mass Casualty Incident
    8. Blast Injury
    9. Gunshot Wound
    10. Knife Wound
  • Findings
  • Most significant markers of Critical Illness
  1. Tachypnea
  2. Metabolic Acidosis