Full Description
"Updates in Emergency Medicine" is the ultimate portable reference for the busy emergency physician or internist. It introduces principles and practices of emergency medicine, and addresses academic controversies within the discipline. This concise, organized pocket guide is packed with the essential important clinical information, offering among its many key features: updates in Bioterrorism; high risk aspects of emergency medicine; advanced trauma support; regional anesthesia; advanced cardiac support; psychiatric emergencies; and detailed pediatric section.
Contents
The Evaluation of Cardiac Chest Pain and Equivalent Syndromes in the Emergency Department * The New 2000 ACLS Guidelines * ATLS Update: Case Studies in Trauma * Pediatric Trauma * Newborn Resuscitation * Epiglottitis * Respiratory Disease in the Child: Evaluation and Management * Meningitis * Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria in Children * Ethical Issues in Pedriatric Resuscitation * High Risk Acute Care * Ear, Nose, and Throat Emergencies * Bioterrorism * Food poisoning * Evaluation of the Febrile Traveler * Approach to the Poisoned Patient * Psychiatric Emergencies * International Emergency Medicine * Conclusion * Index.
