Emergency medicine : avoiding the pitfalls and improving the outcomes / edited by Amal Mattu and Deepi Goyal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mattu, Amal.

Goyal, Deepi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub./BMJ Books, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Emergency Medicine is a brand new book focusing on the common pitfalls and mistakes that can occur when dealing with high-risk conditions during standard medical practice. Concise chapters focus on clinical relevance, addressing the mistakes, the consequences and the knowledge necessary to avoid high-risk mistakes. An essential book for all staff dealing with emergencies.

Contents:

Emergency Medicine: Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Evaluation and Management of Patients with Chest Syndromes; 2. Management of the Dyspneic Patient in the ED; 3. Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Abdominal Pain; 4. Management of Patients with Acute Back Pain in the ED; 5. Headache Management; 6. Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Neck Pain; 7. Trauma Management in the ED; 8. Management of Infectious Diseases; 9. Wound Care in Emergency Medicine; 10. Management of the Pregnant Patient in the ED

11. Pediatric Care in the ED12. Management of Hematology/Oncology Patients in the ED; 13. Management of Intoxicated/Violent Patients; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611320522

9781281320520

1281320528

9780470493519

0470493518

9780470755938

0470755938

9780470755174

0470755172

OCLC:

244441247