This handy pocket-sized looseleaf reference contains the essential information that residents and medical students in the emergency department need to have at their fingertips. The first section covers 57 chief complaints in alphabetical order; other sections cover trauma, pediatric emergencies, environmental exposures, and airway management. Information is presented in concise, rapid-access format, with easy-to-scan bulleted lists and tables. Chapters follow a standard structure--history, classic findings, critical studies, ED interventions, pearls, and references. The six-ring binder can accommodate the student's or resident's own notes. Pocket Emergency Medicine is also available electronically for handheld computers. See Media Products section for details.
This handy pocket-sized looseleaf reference contains the essential information that residents and medical students in the emergency department need to have at their fingertips. The first section covers 57 chief complaints in alphabetical order; other sections cover trauma, pediatric emergencies, environmental exposures, and airway management. Information is presented in concise, rapid-access format, with easy-to-scan bulleted lists and tables. Chapters follow a standard structure--history, classic findings, critical studies, ED interventions, pearls, and references. The six-ring binder can accommodate the student's or resident's own notes. Pocket Emergency Medicine is also available electronically for handheld computers. See Media Products section for details.
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Höhe: 152 mm
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978-0-7817-4351-8 (9780781743518)
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Chief Complaints1 Abdominal Pain 2 Abnormal Acid-Base 3 Abnormal Electrolytes 4 Abscess 5 Abuse 6 Acute Renal Failure 7 Alcohol 8 Altered Mental Status 9 Anaphylaxis 10 Bites & Stings 11 Bradycardia 12 Cellulitis 13 Chest Pain 14 Constipation 15 Cough 16 Dehydration 17 Depression 18 Diarrhea 19 Difficulty Swallowing 20 Difficulty Walking 21 Dizzy / Lightheaded 22 Dysuria 23 Ear: Pain / Ringing 24 Epistaxis 25 Eye: Pain / Red 26 Facial Droop 27 Fever 28 Flank Pain 29 Foreign Body 30 GI Bleed 31 Headache 32 Hematuria 33 Hemoptysis 34 Hypertension 35 Hypotension / Shock 36 Jaundice 37 Joint: Pain / Effusion 38 Labor39 Laceration 40 Leg: Pain / Swelling 41 Low Back Pain 42 Medical Clearance43 Nausea / Vomiting 44 Needlestick 45 Numbness / Tingling 46 Overdose / Unknown Ingestions47 Packemaker Malfunction & AICD Firing48 Palpitations49 Rash50 Seizure51 Shortness of Breath52 Sickle Cell Crisis53 Sore Throat54 Stroke55 Syncope56 Tachycardia57 Testicular / Scrotal Pain58 Toothache59 Unresponsive60 Urinary Incontinence / Retention61 Vaginal Bleeding62 Vaginal / Penile Discharge63 Visual Changes64 Weak - focus65 Weak - generalisation Trauma / Orthopaedic Head to Toe66 Head Injury67 Maxillofacial Injury68 Eye Injury69 Dental Injury70 Neck Trauma71 Spine Injury72 Upper Extremity Injury73 Thoracic Trauma74 Abdominal Trauma75 Genitourinary Trauma76 Hip / Pelvic Trauma77 Lower Extremity Trauma Pediatrics78 Abdominal Pain79 Blue Baby80 Fever81 Jaundice82 Limp83 Nausea / Vomiting / Diarrhea84 Rash85 Seizure Environmental Exposures86 Burn87 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning88 Decompression Sickness89 Electrical Injury 90 High Altitude Illness 91 Hypothermia 92 Hyperthermia 93 Lightening Injury 94 Near Drowning 95 Rabies Exposure 96 Radiation Exposure Pharmacology 97 Local Anesthestics 98 Analgesia 99 Procedural Sedation 100 Chemical Restraints
