EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF THE HITECH PATIENT IN ACUTE AND CRITICAL CARE Emergency Management of the HiTech Patient in Acute and Critical Care helps practitioners stabilize and care for pediatric and adult patients who have specialized medical devices such as prosthetic valves cochlear transplants insulin pumps orthopedic hardware and ventriculoperitoneal VP shunts. Using a stepbystep approach to acute presentations of patients with clinical hardware this concise yet comprehensive guide provide