ICU Manual for Anaesthetic Trainees

The information provided in this manual represents the views of the contributors. Although the content of the manual is believed to be accurate, the contributors and the Prince of Wales Intensive Care Unit take no responsibility for any adverse event that may result from the use of the manual. Readers are advised to check information provided with other relevant sources and check doses of drugs on manufacturers' data sheets.

• Administrative Structure
• Administrative Organization Chart
• Responsibilities of Medical Staff
• ICU Work Schedule
• Admission and Discharge Policy
• Staff Training and Research
• Quality Assurance & Critical Incidence Reporting
• Quality Assurance & Outcome Scoring
• Chaperone use in ICU

• Management of shock
• Management of hypertension
• Management of acute coronary syndrome
• Management of heart failure
• Management of arrhythmias
• Management of the postoperative cardiac surgery patient
• Management of the post-cardiac arrest patients in the ICU
• Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation

• Diagnosis of respiratory failure
• Airway management
• Noninvasive respiratory support
• Invasive respiratory support
• Bronchopleural fistula
• Weaning
• Management of asthma
• Management of COPD
• Management of ARDS
• Massive haemoptysis

• Acute renal failure
• Electrolyte abnormalities
• Acid-base disturbance
• Renal replacement therapies
• Prophylaxis against contrast nephropathy

• GI bleed
• Common bowel problems in ICU
• Liver failure
• Surgical abdomen

• Altered consciousness
• Management of status epilepticus
• Neurosurgical patient
• Acute weakness
• Brain death and organ donation

• Nutrition
• Stress ulcer prophylaxis
• Deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis
• Sedation analgesia and neuromuscular blockade
• Management of lines
• Communication in ICU - breaking bad news
• Transport of critically ill patients
• Use of recombinant activated factor VII in ICU

• Managing fever in the ICU patient
• Sepsis and SIRS
• Catheter related bloodstream infection
• Antibiotic dosages

• Management of diabetic ketoacidosis
• Management of hyperosmolar nonketotic coma

• Trauma
• Burns
• Drug overdose

• Fibreoptic intubation
• Bronchoscopy
• BAL
• Cricothyroidotomy
• Arterial cannulation
• Central venous catheters
• Pulmonary artery catheters
• Pleural drainage
• Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation

• Claudia AY Cheng

• Doris TC Lam
• Thomas ST Li
• Claudia AY Cheng

• Philip KN Lam
• Gordon YS Choi
• Charles D Gomersall
• Florence HY Yap
• Anna KS Lee
• Anthony MH Ho
• Gavin M Joynt

• A&IC CUHK