Emergency Medicine
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Emergency Medicine

The Principles of Practice

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eBook - ePub

Emergency Medicine

The Principles of Practice

About this book

Emergency Medicine: The principles of practice, 5th edition is a practical guide to assist doctors and other health professionals with patients presenting with acute problems. With contributions from over 60 eminent emergency physicians, doctors and other health professionals, the book provides the most up-to-date coverage of treatment and management in acute medical care including resuscitation, diagnosis, investigations, treatment and further care. Emergency Medicine, 5th edition contains essential information and provides a quick reference tool for emergency physicians, hospital residents, paramedics, ambulance officers, nurses and general practitioners, as well as students of these disciplines.- Coverage of important controversies with evidence based recommendations.- Editor comments contained in relevant chapters to provide clinical tips and advice for practice.- Increased coverage of topical issues such as deep vein thrombosis (economy class syndrome) and street drugs.- Practical rapid reference appendix.- Detailed glossary and index.- Expanded coverage of ultrasound in emergency medicine- New BLS/ALS guidelines- Expanded coverage of administration and management- New material on envenomation and psychiatry- New chapter on rural, indigenous and remote emergencies- New chapter on advanced nursing roles- New chapter on students guide to the emergency term- New chapter structure design to minimize repetition; reorganized hierarchy to highlight important information; pearls & pitfalls in boxed out sections integrated throughout text; differential diagnosis summary tables and flow diagrams at the end of each chapter

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Information

Publisher
Saunders Australia
Year
2009
Edition
5
eBook ISBN
9780729578769
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Contributors
  7. Reviewers
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Table of Contents
  10. Chapter 1: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  11. Chapter 2: Securing the airway, ventilation and procedural sedation
  12. Chapter 3: Resuscitation and emergency procedures
  13. Chapter 4: Diagnostic imaging in emergency patients
  14. Chapter 5: Ultrasound in emergency medicine
  15. Chapter 6: The approach to the patient with chest pain, dyspnoea or haemoptysis
  16. Chapter 7: Acute coronary syndromes
  17. Chapter 8: Respiratory emergencies: the acutely breathless patient
  18. Chapter 9: Acute pulmonary oedema
  19. Chapter 10: Pulmonary emboli and venous thromboses
  20. Chapter 11: Shock
  21. Chapter 12: Clinical electrocardiography and arrhythmia management
  22. Chapter 13: Pain management in the emergency department
  23. Chapter 14: Trauma
  24. Chapter 15: Neurosurgical emergencies
  25. Chapter 16: Aortic and vascular emergencies
  26. Chapter 17: Orthopaedic principles: fractures and dislocations
  27. Chapter 18: Hand injuries and care
  28. Chapter 19: Urological trauma and emergencies
  29. Chapter 20: Burns
  30. Chapter 21: Patient transport and retrieval
  31. Chapter 22: Mass casualty, chemical, biological and radiological hazard contingencies
  32. Chapter 23: The seriously ill patient: tips and traps
  33. Chapter 24: Neurological emergencies
  34. Chapter 25: Gastrointestinal emergencies
  35. Chapter 26: Endocrine emergencies
  36. Chapter 27: Metabolic disorders
  37. Chapter 28: Poisonings, overdosage, drugs and alcohol
  38. Chapter 29: Drowning
  39. Chapter 30: Envenomation
  40. Chapter 31: Electrical injuries
  41. Chapter 32: Hypothermia and hyperthermia
  42. Chapter 33: Childhood emergencies
  43. Chapter 34: Geriatric care
  44. Chapter 35: Emergency gynaecology
  45. Chapter 36: Ophthalmic emergencies
  46. Chapter 37: Ear, nose and throat emergencies
  47. Chapter 38: Management of dental emergencies
  48. Chapter 39: Psychiatric presentations
  49. Chapter 40: Dermatological presentations to emergency
  50. Chapter 41: Infectious diseases
  51. Chapter 42: The immunosuppressed patient
  52. Chapter 43: Emergency department haematology
  53. Chapter 44: Rural and Indigenous emergencies
  54. Chapter 45: Advanced nursing roles
  55. Chapter 46: Working with IT and the general practitioner
  56. Chapter 47: Emergency department administration, legal matters and quality care
  57. Chapter 48: Student's guide to the emergency department
  58. Index
  59. Quick reference

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