Emergency Medicine 4th edition includes the latest advances and approaches in Emergency Medicine as well as incorporating extensive refinements of existing clinical management. Over sixty senior practising emergency clinicians and physicians have contributed on key areas such as resuscitation, CPR, heart attacks, trauma, paediatrics, airway management, pain relief, HIV, geriatric patients and overdose which have all been completely updated and rewritten. Providing concise information on diagnosis, investigations and treatment, Emergency Medicine 4th edition covers over 20 new topics and introduces 2 new chapters.
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Marrickville, NSW
Australien
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Medical students
Emergency medicine clinicians
Postgraduate and practicing emergency nurses.
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978-0-7295-3747-6 (9780729537476)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
1. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation2. Securing the airway and ventilation3. Resuscitation procedures4. Emergency department ultrasound5. Physiological monitoring in the Emergency Department6. The patient with chest pain, dyspnoea or haemoptysis7. Coronary syndromes and myocardial infarction.8. Acute pulmonary oedema9. Pulmonary emboli and venous thromboses10. Shock11. Emergency treatment of hypertension12. Clinical electrocardiography and arrhythmia management,13. Respiratory emergencies: The acutely breathless patient14. Assessment and management of major trauma15. Neurosurgical emergencies16. Aortic aneurysms, dissections and acute limb ischaemia17. Musculoskeletal injuries and orthopaedic principles18. Head injuries19. Urological trauma and emergencies20. Burns21. Lacerations and minor ED surgery22. Analgesia and sedation in the emergency department23. Patient transport and retrieval24. Mass casualty, chemical, biological and radiological hazard contingencie25. The seriously ill patient: Tips and traps26. Neurological emergencies27. Gastrointestinal emergencies28. Overdose and poisoning29. Drowning30. Envenomation31. Electrical injuries32. Hypothermia and hyperthermia33. Childhood emergencies34. Geriatric care35. Emergency gynaecology36. Endocrine emergencies37. Metabolic disorders38. Ophthalmic emergencies39. Ear, nose and throat emergencies40. Dental emergencies41. Psychiatric presentations42. Dermatological emergencies43. Infectious diseases44. Patiens with HIV infection45. The cancer neutropenic patient:46. Emergency presentations of drugs and alcohol: 47. Emergency department haematology:48. Diagnostic imaging in emergency patients49. The General Practitioner50. Medico-legal issues and assuring quality in emergency careAppendix:Emergency rapid reference
