The Washington Manual of Emergency Medicine


Author: Levine
Edition: 1st, SAE
ISBN: 9789387506275
Language: English
Published: 2018
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

The Washington Manual of Emergency Medicine, the latest addition to the series, focuses on practical content on how physicians actually practice emergency care.

The Washington Manual of Emergency Medicine

About

Each high-quality volume in the esteemed Washington Manual series brings together contributions from faculty and residents at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The Washington Manual of Emergency Medicine, the latest addition to the series, focuses on practical content on how physicians actually practice emergency care. Comprehensive and concise, it also acts as a handy quick-reference, delivering need-to-know information at your fingertips, even in point-of-care situations.

Key Features

  • Goes beyond the scope of a traditional emergency medicine reference to address topics such as interactions, treatments, and patient stabilization.
  • Organized into practice-facing sections focusing on content for emergency medicine professionals.
  • Ideal for students and residents in emergency departments, emergency medicine physicians, and advanced practice nurses and physician assistantsEach chapter follows a template structure so you can uncover information quickly and apply it to a care situation effectively.
  • Covers issues appropriate for emergency departments: toxicology, end-of-life procedures, psychiatric care, ultrasound, violence in the ER, procedural skills, and more.

Table of Contents

1-Cardiovascular Emergencies

2-Dermatologic Disorders

3-Endocrine Emergencies

4-Environmental Emergencies

5-Gastrointestinal Emergencies

6-Other Emergencies and Evaluations

7-Hematologic Emergencies

8-Infectious Emergencies

9-Electrolyte Emergencies

10-Musculoskeletal Emergencies

11-Neurologic Emergencies

12-Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies

13-Psychiatric Emergencies

14-Renal and GU Emergencies

15-Pulmonary Emergencies

16-Toxicology

17-Traumatic Emergencies

18-Procedures

19-Operational Aspects of Emergency Medicine