An easy-to-use guide to the diagnosis, treatment, and managemenet of the full range of clinical conditions seen in emergency medicine
This updated edition in the trusted CURRENT series is valuable to anyone practicing in an emergency department or acute-care setting. It emphasizes immediate management of life threatening problems, then covers the evaluation and treatment of specific disorders.
Key Features
- Priority-based and problem-oriented organization encompasses all aspects of emergency medicine, including common emergencies, trauma, neonatal and pediatric emergencies.
- Extensive at-a-glance algorithms facilitate quick management and diagnosis.
- Comprehensive tables of drugs commonly used in the ED.
- NEW chapters on beside ultrasound, procedural sedation, and pandemic flu.
- MORE radiologic images throughout.
- ALL chapters updated with the latest developments.
Contents
I. Special Aspects Of Emergency Medicine - 1. Approach to the Emergency Department Patient
- 2. Prehospital Emergency Services
- 3. Nuclear, Biologic, and Chemical Agents; Weapons of Mass Destruction
- 4. Disaster Medicine
- 5. Legal Aspects of Emergency Care
- 6. Emergency Bedside Ultrasound
- 7. Emergency Procedures
- 8. Procedural Sedation and Analgesia
II: Management Of Common Emergency Problems
- 9. Basic & Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- 10. Compromised Airway
- 11. Shock
- 12. The Multiply Injured Patient
- 13. Respiratory Distress
- 14. Chest Pain
- 15. Abdominal Pain
- 16. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- 17. Coma
- 18. Syncope
- 19. Seizures
- 20. Headache
- 21. Arthritis & Back Pain
III: Trauma Emergencies
- 22. Head Injuries
- 23. Maxillofacial & Neck Trauma
- 24. Chest Trauma
- 25. Abdominal Trauma
- 26. Genitourinary Trauma
- 27. Vertebral Column & Spinal Cord Trauma
- 28. Orthopedic Emergencies
- 29. Hand Trauma
- 30. Wound Care
IV: Non Trauma Emergencies
- 31. Eye Emergencies
- 32. Emergency Disorders of the Ear, Nose, Sinuses, Oropharynx, and Mouth
- 33. Pulmonary Emergencies
- 34. Cardiac Emergencies
- 35. Cardiac Arrhythmias
- 36. Gastrointestinal Emergencies
- 37. Neurologic Emergencies
- 38. Obstetric and Gynecological Emergencies and Rape
- 39. Genitourinary Emergencies
- 40. Vascular Emergencies
- 41. Hematologic Emergencies
- 42. Infectious Disease Emergencies
- 43. Metabolic & Endocrine Emergencies
- 44. Fluid, Electrolyte, & Acid-Base Emergencies
- 45. Burns & Smoke Inhalation
- 46. Disorders Due to Physical & Environmental Agents
- 47. Poisoning
- 48. Dermatologic Emergencies
- 49. Psychiatric Emergencies
- 50. Pediatric Emergencies
Index
About the Author
- C. Keith Stone, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Scott & White Healthcare, Temple, Texas.
- Roger L. Humphries, MD, Assistant Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky.
Product Details
- Paperback: 1020 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 7 edition (2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071701079
- ISBN-13: 978-0071701075
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.6 inches
List Price: $80.00