Acute Resuscitation and Crisis Management: Acute Critical Events Simulation (ACES)

While the management of critically ill patients has traditionally been an undeveloped area of medicine, recent advances now allow patients to survive illnesses and disorders that were previously fatal. Unfortunately, the knowledge and techniques that are required to do this are not traditionally taught in medical school. Thus, medical errors are not uncommon. In 2001, physicians responsible for the care of the critically ill were introduced to a new program: the Acute Critical Events Simulation (ACES) Program, an intensive and highly interactive course on the acute resuscitation of critically ill patients and the management of crisis situations. This book is a compendium to the ACES Program, containing its important background information and reference material. With contributions by recognized physicians from across Canada, it presents the specifics of acute resuscitation in the context of crisis resource management and teaches readers life saving resuscitation skills in a way that allows them to use their medical training more effectively. With increasing doctor shortages forcing more physicians to manage acutely ill patients, this book will aid physicians looking for a simple yet useful text to help them manage critically ill patients in connection with the ACES Program.