Manual of Emergency Medicine

by Jenkins, Jon L.; Braen, G. Richard

• ISBN13: 9780781750356
• ISBN10: 0781750350
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-31
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Thoroughly updated for its Fifth Edition, this best-selling Spiral® Manual is the most user-friendly quick reference available in emergency medicine. In an easy-to-scan outline format with key terms boldfaced, the book offers practical guidance for diagnosis and management of all types of emergencies. Lists of possible causes of symptoms lead readers rapidly to appropriate information. Chapters are organized by body system and extensively cross-referenced to make material easy to locate. This edition includes new guidelines for advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) and new information on disaster medicine and terrorism preparedness, thrombolytic therapy for stroke and heart attack, and alternative therapies.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	xi
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
I. CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation	3	(17)
2. Rapid Sequence Intubation	20	(9)
II. TRAUMA
3. Initial Assessment of the Multiple Trauma Patient	29	(12)
4. Head, Neck, and Facial Trauma	41	(17)
5. Eye and Periorbital Trauma	58	(5)
6. Chest Trauma	63	(13)
7. Abdominal Trauma	76	(6)
8. Pelvic Trauma	82	(2)
9. Genitourinary Trauma	84	(2)
10. Extremity Trauma	86	(31)
11. Trauma in Pregnancy	117	(6)
III. EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT DISORDERS
12. Ear Pain	123	(8)
13. Epistaxis	131	(2)
14. Facial Pain-Atraumatic	133	(3)
15. Hoarseness	136	(2)
16. Sore Throat	138	(6)
17. Red Eye	144	(8)
18. Visual Disturbances	152	(9)
IV. RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
19. Cough	161	(8)
20. Hemoptysis	169	(4)
21. Shortness of Breath	173	(19)
22. Mechanical Ventilation	192	(7)
V. CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
23. Chest Pain	199	(16)
24. Hypertension	215	(3)
25. Palpitations	218	(13)
VI. GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS
26. Abdominal Pain	231	(24)
27. Constipation and Diarrhea	255	(11)
28. Gastrointestinal Bleeding	266	(7)
29. Hiccups (Singultus)	273	(1)
30. Jaundice	274	(6)
31. Nausea and Vomiting	280	(5)
VII. GENITOURINARY AND PREGNANCY-RELATED DISORDERS
32. Hematuria	285	(3)
33. Sexually Acquired Disorders	288	(8)
34. HIV Disease and AIDS	296	(12)
35. Sexual Assault	308	(5)
36. Testicular, Scrotal, and Inguinal Pain or Swelling	313	(3)
37. Vaginal Bleeding	316	(5)
38. Childbirth and Emergency Delivery	321	(3)
39. Drug Therapy in Pregnancy	324	(7)
VIII. NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS
40. Coma, Seizures, and Other Disorders of Consciousness	331	(16)
41. Stroke and Syncope	347	(11)
42. Dizziness	358	(4)
43. Headache	362	(10)
44. Weakness	372	(15)
IX. MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SOFT-TISSUE DISORDERS
45. Abscesses	387	(2)
46. Back Pain	389	(9)
47. Extremity Pain and Swelling-Atraumatic	398	(22)
48. Joint Pain-Atraumatic	420	(9)
49. Abrasions, Avulsions, Lacerations, and Puncture Wounds	429	(20)
X. ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES
50. Diving Accidents	449	(4)
51. Near Drowning	453	(2)
52. Electrical and Lightning Injuries	455	(5)
53. High Altitude Illness	460	(4)
54. Radiation Injury	464	(11)
55. Smoke Inhalation	475	(3)
56. Burns	478	(7)
57. Heat Illness and Cold Exposure	485	(8)
58. Bites and Stings	493	(16)
XI. SELECTED PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES
59. Child Abuse	509	(3)
60. Fever	512	(3)
61. Pediatric Sedation	515	(6)
XII. OTHER EMERGENCIES
62. Foreign Bodies	521	(8)
63. Oncologic Emergencies	529	(6)
64. Pain Management	535	(4)
65. Poisoning and Ingestions	539	(60)
66. Rashes	599	(20)
XIII. PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES
67. Evaluation of Psychiatric Patients in the Emergency Department	619	(10)
68. Managing Agitation and Aggression in the Emergency Department	629	(2)
69. Evaluating the Suicidal Patient in the Emergency Department	631	(6)
70. Evaluation and Management of Drug and Alcohol Problems in the Emergency Department	637	(12)
Subject Index	649