Critical thinking : skill of observation and interpretation -- Monitoring of the critically ill or injured patient -- Patient's lifeline : intravenous catheter -- Fluid therapy -- Transfusion medicine -- Nutritional support for the critically ill patient -- Oxygen therapy techniques -- Mechanical ventilation -- Pain assessment and treatment -- Supporting the critically ill or injured through physical rehabilitation techniques -- Anesthesia in the critically ill or injured patient -- Isolation techniques in clinical practice -- Emergency receiving -- Management of patients in shock -- Cardiopulmonary cerebrovascular resuscitation -- Traumatic emergencies -- Hematologic emergencies -- Cardiovascular emergencies -- Respiratory emergencies -- Gastrointestinal emergencies -- Metabolic and endocrine emergencies -- Urologic emergencies -- Reproductive emergencies -- Ocular emergencies -- Neurologic emergencies -- Toxicologic emergencies : dogs and cats -- Avian and exotic emergencies -- Disaster medicine -- Fostering wellbeing in the ER and ICU -- The art of scheduling -- Client communication in an emergency -- Management of pharmaceuticals in the ER.