Emergency Department Critical CarePages: 224, Specialties: Emergency Med, Critical Care, Publisher: Oxford UP, Publication Year: 2013, Cover: Paperback, Dimensions: 127x200. 66x12. 7mm Critical care happens where it is needed, not just in the ICU. Patients with acute critical illness are often cared for initially in the ED, and the beginning actions can help alter outcomes hours, day and months later. This handbook targets selected common or high risk critical condition or therapies