Porter's Pocket Guide to Emergency & Critical Care is a quick reference for emergency and critical care nurses and other healthcare professionals containing all of the key clinical information they need at their fingertips. This pocket guide covers emergency and critical care related to cardiology, neurology and pediatrics.

With nearly 500,000 copies in print, the Porter's Pocket Guide Series is well-known in the nursing field and includes Porter's Pocket Guide to Nursing, Porter's Pocket Guide to Pediatrics, and Porter's Pocket Guide to Emergency & Critical Care. Each title is a succinct portrait of the key clinical information nurses and health professionals need. Porter's Pocket Guides have been an indispensable reference to healthcare professionals and institutions for over 15 years.

• New ACLS and PALS guidelines
• Detailed coverage of 56 critical medications highlighting: dose, indications, side effects, contraindications, nursing implications, and administration
• Dosage charts
• Easy-to-read Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation
• Quick and easy 12-lead ECG interpretation
• Treatment protocols for Hypothermia, Burn Management, Acute MI, Rapid Sequence Intubation, Hyperkalemia, Organ Donation
• Extensive cross reference of brand and generic drug names, provides classifications/indications for over 1,800 drugs

• Packed with memory aids and extra space for note taking

Medications
Cardiology
Neurology
Pediatrics
Appendices

• Eye Chart
• Drug Compatibility
• ABG Interpretation
• Rapid Sequence Intubation
• Electrolytes
• Hyperkalemia
• Burns
• Trauma
• Hypothermia
• Formulas
• Lab Values
• Body Surface Area
• Metric Conversions
• Organ Donation
• Brand/Generic Drug List
• ACLS
• Notes
• Telephone Numbers