Table of Contents
Authors ix
Preface xvi
I Special Aspects of Emergency Medicine 1
1 Approach to the Emergency Department Patient Thomas Russell Jones, MD, MDiv, FAAEM 1
2 Prehospital Emergency Medical Services Margaret Strecker-McGraw, MD, FACER, FAAEM Justin Holmes, MD Seth M. Kelly, MBA, EMT-B 4
3 Nuclear, Biologic, & Chemical Agents; Weapons of Mass Destruction Emily Barkanic, MD Andrew Juergens, MD 10
4 Disaster Medicine Taylor K. Ratcliff, MD, FACEP, FF/EMT-LP Erin W. Lincoln, MSI, EMT-P 30
5 Legal Aspects of Emergency Care Charles A. Eckerline Jr., MD, FACEP Jacob D. Shopp, MD 46
6 Emergency Bedside Ultrasound David A. Fritz, MD, FACEP 57
7 Emergency Procedures Walter Lubbers, MD 78
8 Procedural Sedation and Analgesia C. Keith Stone, MD 141
II Management of Common Emergency Problems 149
9 Basic & Advanced Cardiac Life Support William B. Sanderson, MD Linda Y. Katirji, MD 149
10 Compromised Airway Jordan Brunswick, MD Robert Rogers, MD 165
11 Shock Jacob Avila, MD 183
12 The Multiply Injured Patient Julia E. Martin, MD, FACEP Roger L. Humphries, MD, FACEP 192
13 Respiratory Distress J. Daniel Moore, MD Nicholas Mancuso, MD 206
14 Chest Pain J. Scott Wieters, MD James McDonough, MD Jillian Catral, MS3 222
15 Abdominal Pain Wade Murray, MD Kent A. Carter, MS4 Eric Stern, MD 239
16 Gastrointestinal Bleeding Sonia M. Reyes, MD Jonathan Bronner, MID 251
17 Coma Michelle M. McClintic, MD Shawn D. Horrall, MD, DTM&H 264
18 Syncope Ian S. Boyd, MD William F. Young Jr., MD 278
19 Seizures C. Keith Stone, MD Shannon Essler, MD 284
20 Headache Pratiksha Desai Naik, MD Matthew Mollman, MD 291
21 Arthritis & Back Pain Carlos A. Sandfoss, MD Jonathan Bronner, MD 303
III Trauma Emergencies 319
22 Head Injuries Julia E. Martin, MD 319
23 Maxillofacial & Neck Trauma Emily C. Stover, MD 333
24 Chest Trauma Lauren McCaslin, MD Seth Stearley, MD 352
25 Abdominal Trauma London A. Jones, MD 364
26 Genitourinary Trauma Brian W. Adkins, MD Ryan Smith, MD Brett Dickens 375
27 Vertebral Column & Spinal Cord Trauma Samuel Corbo, MD Christopher I. Doty, MD 390
28 Orthopedic Emergencies Farhad Aziz, MD Christopher I. Doty, MD 404
29 Hand Trauma Nick Collins, DO Justin Rose, DO 442
30 Wound Care Thomas R. Jones, MD, MDiv, FAAEM 466
IV Nontrauma Emergencies 487
31 Eye Emergencies Robert D. Greenberg, MD, FACEP Amanda L. Dippold, MD 487
32 Emergency Disorders of the Ear, Nose, Sinuses, Oropharynx, & Mouth Timothy C. Stallard, MD 511
33 Pulmonary Emergencies David A. Smith, MD 533
34 Cardiac Emergencies Michael D. Benham, MD Matthew W. Fannell, MD 550
35 Cardiac Arrhythmias Clifford James Buckley II, MD, MBA Bogar Garcia, MD 568
36 Gastrointestinal Emergencies Scott McAninch, MD, FACEP Clinton C. Smithson III, MD 597
37 Neurologic Emergencies Lipika Bhat, MD Roger L. Humphries, MD 636
38 Obstetric & Gynecologic Emergencies and Sexual Assault Brytanie Marshall, MD Kyle Marshall, MD 668
39 Genitourinary Emergencies Craig T. Carter, DO Ashley Brown, MD 691
40 Vascular Emergencies Clifford James Buckley II, MD, MBA Joshua Diviney, MD 708
41 Hematologic Emergencies Matthew Kluckman Eric Stern, MD Lacey Reeves 727
42 Infectious Disease Emergencies Christopher Belcher, MD Matthew Dawson, MD 771
43 Metabolic & Endocrine Emergencies Sameer Desai, MD Molly Seidler, MD 810
44 Fluid, Electrolyte, & Acid-Base Emergencies Timothy C. Stallard, MD 833
45 Burns & Smoke Inhalation Dorian Drigalla, MD, FACEP Brandon Barth, MD 853
46 Disorders due to Physical & Environmental Agents Rebecca C. Bowers, MD, FACEP Jon C. Vivolo, DO 866
47 Poisoning Brian E. Dillon, MD Ryan P. Morrissey, MD 896
48 Dermatologic Emergencies Shannon Brown, MD Jason N. Collins, MD, FACEP 938
49 Psychiatric Emergencies Karen M. Lommel, DO, MHA, MS Amy L. Meadows, MD, MHS, FAAP Nitin Chopra, MD Slade Thompson, MD 951
50 Pediatric Emergencies Dominic Lucia, MD, FACEP, FAAP Jared Glenn, MD 964
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