Emergency Services

An introduction to prehospital emergency medicine and comprehensive exploration of the primary survey, airway, breathing, and circulation assessments. Practical discussions of prehospital anesthesia, analgesia, sedation, monitoring and ultrasound. The prehospital management of medical, trauma and psychiatric emergencies and considerations in mass casualty and chemical, biological, radiation, and nuclear incidents.

The authors emphasize the qualities of personal interactions, courtesy and sensitivity, and consideration to upgrade triage category when history is hampered by youth, age, impairment of faculties, or language ability that might otherwise conceal potential problems. Appropriate treatments to initiate at triage are indicated where needed. This book puts forward a practical way of coming back to basics and helps categorize priority for patients.

A comprehensive guide to the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of various musculoskeletal/extremity disorders in the emergency department. Includes illustrations and step-by-step procedural instruction.

This book describes theory and techniques of empathic communication, normalization and de-escalation procedures for the management of aggressive or violent patients in clinical critical settings.

Provides evidence-based content to help you meet any clinical challenge in the emergency care of pediatric patients. Features an extensive signs and symptoms section, plus sections on resuscitation and stabilization, medical emergencies, trauma, surgical emergencies and behavioral health emergencies.

The most clear, complete, and easy-to-understand review of emergency medicine procedures - enhanced by an animation library and more than 1,500 full-color photographs. It is written to provide a detailed, step-by-step approach to more than 200 procedures performed in an emergency or acute care setting.

Complete, up-to-date coverage of the essentials emergency nurses need to know. Each condition commonly seen in the emergency setting is thoroughly addressed, from signs and symptoms, to diagnosis, treatment, developmental considerations, patient education, and more.

The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) is an educational program jointly sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Heart Association (AHA). This 8th edition introduces a new educational methodology to better meet the needs of health care professionals who manage the newly born baby.

Covers everything from prehospital care, disaster preparedness, and basic and advanced resuscitative techniques, to all the significant medical, traumatic, and environmental conditions requiring emergency treatment in adults, children and neonates.

Hands-on approach provides the concrete guidance you need to effectively respond wherever adult or pediatric airway emergencies may occur, including in and out of hospital settings, emergency departments, and urgent care centers.

Templated chapters rapidly guide you to up to date information on clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, evaluation, management, and disposition, including highlighted critical interventions and common pitfalls.

Effectively apply the newest emergency medicine techniques and approaches, including evidence-based therapies for shock; high-cost imaging; evaluation and resuscitation of the trauma patient; cardiovascular emergencies; evaluation and risk stratification for transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients; and much more. Locate the answers you need quickly thanks to a user-friendly, full-color design, complete with more illustrations than ever before.

Covers the issues and procedures unique to the emergency department. User-friendly format features more than 150 high-quality illustrations and tables that highlight essential concepts and offer quick access to vital information.

The emergency physician's most trusted reference for handling orthopedic injuries and disorders in the ED.