The NCS Unveils New OnDemand Products and Debuts as a Publishing House By J. Claude Hemphill III, MD and Alejandro Rabinstein, MD The NCS has been hard at work behind the case. At the end of each chapter, readers are presented with ten scenes to bring its members cutting edge or more multiple-choice questions and answers. The book also educational products that advance the fi eld features 99 Tables and 41 Figures. of neurocritical care. We’ve started out strong in 2015 with the launch of two exciting new Who would benefi t by investing in this book? Individuals products: the Brain Death Toolkit and the seeking preparation material for the neurocritical care certifi cation Practice of Neurocritical Care textbook. Visit examination or for the neurocritical care portion of the boards NCS OnDemand to view these and other for neurology, neurosurgery, or other critical care specialties educational offerings published by the NCS. would benefi t. Beyond these individuals, the NCS also believes J. Claude it is valuable to any practitioner interested in a current update on Hemphill III, MD Brain Death Toolkit neurocritical care from experts in the fi eld. The guidelines associated with brain death have become more rigorous over time and There are a variety of ways this book can be viewed. Add it to your the NCS believes education surrounding institutional or personal library by purchasing print copies of the brain death should keep pace with that effort. 577-page soft cover version. If you desire the portability of an Spearheaded by the NCS Brain Death Task electronic version, download the ebook at iTunes, Amazon, Barnes Force, the creation of the Brain Death Toolkit & Noble, and NCS OnDemand. Learn more about the book and aims to do just that: provide resources that all purchase options on NCS OnDemand. assist in the understanding of brain death, both conceptually and in practice. A big part of the purpose of the NCS becoming its own publisher is so that we can retain revenues from the book and use them for Alejandro Our goal in creating this complimentary NCS projects such as our Research Fellowship Grant, rather than Rabinstein, MD publication was to present a straightforward, have them retained by a professional publishing house. We hope easily accessible set of tools for use by anyone NCS members will choose to buy their own copies of the book who may be involved in the determination of brain death. It and maybe some for other colleagues and trainees. It is for a very contains access to multiple educational offerings, including good cause. It is worth noting that both Amazon and Apple take instructional videos, webinars, and web-based courses. The substantial royalties for their distribution networks. All proceeds Brain Death Toolkit is available free of charge and is publically from orders through the NCS OnDemand portal of the generic accessible through the NCS website. ePub, which works on essentially all e-readers except for Kindle, and the print version go entirely to the NCS. Spend some time exploring the diversity of resources in this toolkit. Check out the sample brain death policy and checklist which can serve as a template for adoption at individual institutions and hospitals. Read articles that explain the pitfalls and challenges in brain death determination. Get your questions answered with our FAQ’s for medical practitioners and the general public. We hope you fi nd this toolkit to be a helpful resource, and that it enables clinicians to accurately and appropriately determine brain death with confi dence and profi ciency. The Practice of Neurocritical Care The NCS is proud to announce the release of the fi rst NCS-published, multi-authored textbook, The Practice of Neurocritical Care by the Neurocritical Care Society. This book represents a new approach to medical textbooks and is authored and published exclusively by physician, nursing, and pharmacy leaders in the fi eld who represent the NCS. Many of the topics included in this book have been discussed at prior NCS Annual Meetings. Each of the 25 chapters begins with a clinical 6
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