This portable quick-reference handbook gives residents, medical students, and practitioners a bedside refresher on the key components of 86 procedures used in emergency medicine. Procedures are grouped by organ system, with additional sections on nerve blocks and pediatric procedures. Unique to this handbook is a section on limited, goal-directed bedside ultrasonography and echocardiography—procedures that are an integral part of emergency medicine care and trauma assessment and are not described in detail in any other handbook.

Each procedure is presented in a similar format: indications, contraindications, risks/consent issues, anatomic landmarks, technique, precautions, and pearls. More than 300 illustrations complement the text.

RESPIRATORY: Intubation: Tracheal and Nasotracheal / Cricothyroidotomy: Standard and Needle / Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) / Thoracentesis / Tube Thoracostomy
CARDIAC: Cardiac Pacing / Pericardiocentesis / Thoracotomy / Induced Therapeutic Hypothermia
VASCULAR: Femoral Vein: Central Venous Access / Internal Jugular Vein: Central Venous Access / Subclavian Vein: Central Venous Access / Intraosseous (IO) Vascular Access / Peripheral Venous Cutdown: Saphenous Vein / Radial Arterial Cannulation
GASTROINTESTINAL: Paracentesis / Gastroesophageal Balloon Tamponade (GEBT) or Sengstaken-Blakemore Tube / Hernia Reduction / Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage (DPL) / Nasogastric Tube (NGT) Placement / Anorectal Foreign Body Removal / Rectal Prolapse Reduction / Excision of Acutely Thrombosed External Hemorrhoids
GENITOURINARY: Testicular Torsion / Phimosis Reduction / Paraphimosis Reduction / Suprapubic Catheterization / Priapism: Intracavernous Aspiration
OBSTETRIC: Perimortem Cesarean Section / Shoulder Dystocia / Vaginal Breech Delivery / Episiotomy
NEUROLOGY: Emergency Bedside Craniostomy (Burr Hole) / Epley Maneuver / Hallpike Test (Dix-Hallpike, Nylan-Barany) / Lumbar Puncture / Occipital Nerve Block
MUSCULOSKELETAL
General: Methylene Blue Injection/Open Joint Evaluation / Colles' Fracture Reduction with Hematoma Block / Extensor Tendon Repair / Digital Nerve Block / Fasciotomy / Measurement of Compartment Pressures
Arthrocentesis: Knee Arthrocentesis / Elbow Arthrocentesis / Ankle Arthrocentesis / Shoulder Arthrocentesis / Interphalangeal Arthrocentesis / Wrist (Radiocarpal) Arthrocentesis / Arthrocentesis Appendix: Joint Fluid Analysis
Joint Reduction: Shoulder Dislocation and Reduction / Knee Dislocation and Reduction / Patella Dislocation and Reduction / Elbow Dislocation and Reduction / Hip Dislocation and Reduction / Ankle Dislocation and Reduction / Digit Dislocation and Reduction
SOFT TISSUE: Perianal Abscess: Incision and Drainage / Paronychia: Incision and Drainage / Felon: Incision and Drainage / Subungal Hematoma / Wound Closure and Suture Techniques / Foreign Body Removal: Ticks, Rings, and Fish Hooks / Escharotomy & Burn Care
HEENT: Epistaxis / Eye Foreign Body Removal / Lateral Canthotomy / Peritonsillar Abscess (PTA) / Auricular Hematoma Drainage
NERVE BLOCKS: Intercostal Nerve Block / Dental Nerve Blocks / Facial Nerve Blocks / Ankle and Foot Nerve Blocks / Wrist Nerve Blocks
PEDIATRICS: Intubation of the Pediatric Patient / Sedation and Analgesia for the Pediatric Patient / Ear Foreign Body Removal / Nasal Foreign Body Removal / Umbilical Vein Catheterization (UVC) / Nursemaids Elbow (Radial Head Subluxation)
BASIC ULTRASOUND: LIMITED, GOAL-DIRECTED: Bedside Gallbladder (GB) Ultrasonography / Bedside Echocardiography / Bedside FAST: Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma / Bedside Obstetric/Gynecologic Ultrasonography / Bedside Aortic Ultrasonography / Bedside Renal Ultrasonography