Emergent Field Medicine

by VanRooyen, Michael J.

• ISBN13: 9780071351423
• ISBN10: 0071351426
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-11
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional

Summary

The defining book for physicians and other health care workers practicing outside the US. Provides guidelines for evaluating community needs, implementing preventive medicine, assessing refugee health situations, and dealing with the impact of cultural issues. Also includes walk-throughs of common emergent situations including infectious disease and trauma management, and discusses travel preparation and clinic set-up

Author Biography

Michael VanRooyen, MD, MPH, Director of the Center for International Emergency Medicine Studies, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Thomas Kirsch, MD, MPH, Vicre President and Medical Director, Doctors Community Healthcare Corporations, Scottsdale, Arizona. Kathleen Clem, MD, Director of the Center for International Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California. James Holliman, MD, Associate Residency Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Milton Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The International Health Worker.

1. Evaluating Community Health Needs.

2. Public Health and Disease Prevention.

3. Health Education Techniques.

4. Refugee Health Needs.

5. Culture and Health.

6. Field Assessment of General Health and Nutrition.

7. General Care for the Sick and Injured.

8. Use and Misuse of Medications.

9. Assessment of the Acutely Ill Patient/Adult Emergencies.

10. Infectious Diseases.

11. Tropical Medicine.

12. Pediatric Emergencies.

13. Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

14. Women's Health Issues.

15. Gynecology.

16. Obstetrics.

17. Toxicology.

18. Environmental Emergencies.

19. Trauma Management.

20. Skin and Wound Management.

21. Orthopedic Injuries.

22. Ophthalmology and ENT Emergencies.

23. Dental Emergencies.

24. Anesthesia and Pain Management.

25. The Field Laboratory.

26. Travel Health and Occupational Medicine.

Appendices:

1: Differential Diagnosis Tables.

2: Common Medications and Dosing Regimens.

3: WHO Basic and Supplemental Health Kits.

4: The Mobile Medical Kit.

5: Sample Medical Records and Immunization Records.

6: Medical Treatment Using Local Materials.

7. Informational Resources.

8: Geographical Distribution of Disease.