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"There is a significant shortage of critical care physicians across the US. For this reason, advanced practice providers (including advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants) are being utilized more and more to bridge this clinical resource gap. However, APPs are trained as generalists and have limited specialization and exposure to the unique needs of perioperative critically-ill patients. Concepts in Surgical Critical Care is the only single resource designed specifically for APPs caring for this population. Featuring a user-friendly organization designed to quickly find what you're looking for, Concepts in Surgical Critical Care is the ultimate resource regarding the care of critically-ill perioperative patients. It starts with foundational critical care topics across all surgical specialties followed by the specifics within 12 - including the neurologic system, the cardiovascular system, the respiratory system, the vascular system, etc. The use of checklists, bold and italicized text, key concepts, clinical pearls, focus questions, case studies, simulations, illustrations, tables and figures to display complex topics, practice questions, chapter summaries, and suggested readings for further study aid in mastery of the subject matter"--
About the author
Bryan Boling is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in the Division of Critical Care Medicine with the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Kentucky. He has over 15 years of experience in healthcare, focusing on emergency and critical care. In addition to his clinical practice in the Neuroscience ICU, Cardiothoracic ICU, and Surgical ICU, Dr. Boling is the author of a number of published journal articles and textbook chapters and has spoken at national and international conferences. He is currently the Contributing Editor for Neurocritical Care for the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) journal Critical Care Nurse. He has served as an item writer for the AACN Cardiac Surgery Certification exam and is on the Society of Critical Care Medicine's Fundamentals of Critical Care Support course development committee. He is actively involved with the education of nurse practitioner students and nurse practitioner critical care fellows.
