A clear, concise guide for clinicians new to the Emergency Department
Written by authors who are practicing emergency physicians and emergency medicine educators, Clinical Emergency Medicine distills the entire content of the emergency medicine curriculum into less than one hundred succinct, clinically relevant chapters. This unique book is intended to guide you through what you must know and be able to do during an actual shift and give you a better understanding of the issues and problems you will face while working in the Emergency Department.

Featuring a consistent, find-it-now design, Clinical Emergency Medicine delivers concise, must-know information on ninety-eight chief complaints and disorders, ranging from asthma and chest pain to fever and poisoning. Each chapter begins with Key Points, followed by an Introduction, Clinical Presentation (History and Physical Examination), Diagnostic Studies, Medical Decision Making, Treatment and Disposition, and Suggested Reading. Whenever possible, the authors provide practical advice on drug dosing, the medical decision-making thought process, treatment plans, and dispositions that will be of value in a clinical environment. Numerous diagnostic algorithms simplify the problem and point you towards a solution.

Valuable to medical students, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and junior level residents, Clinical Emergency Medicine teaches you things that may not have been covered in medical or physician assistant school, but have an important bearing on patient outcomes.

Table of contents

1. Resuscitation
2. Cardiovascular Emergencies
3. Pulmonary Emergencies
4. Abdominal Emergencies
5. Infectious Disease Emergencies
6. Genitourinary Emergencies
7. Obstetrics and Gynecology
8. Pediatrics
9. Toxicology
10. Environmental Emergencies
11. Metabolic/Endocrine Emergencies
12. Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies
13. HEENT Emergencies
14. Neurologic Emergencies
15. Trauma
16. Orthopedics
17. Dermatology
18. Common Procedures