Organized for easy reference, this comprehensive, concise, and clinically focused text covers all aspects of emergency medicine. Chapters follow a consistent, structured format—clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, evaluation, management, and disposition with highlighted critical interventions and common pitfalls.

In this edition, the Pain and Pain Management section is now at the front of the book, since a large percentage of emergency department patients present with pain-related complaints. The Trauma section now follows the High-Risk Chief Complaint section. A new two-color design will help readers find critical elements of each chapter easily.

A companion Website will include the fully searchable text, more than 400 self-assessment questions with answers, and additional images and tables.

SECTION I: RESUSCITATION

• 1 Airway Management
• 2 Airway Procedures
• 3 Cardiopulmonary Arrest
• 4 Shock
• 5 Vascular Access

SECTION II: PAIN MANAGEMENT AND PROCEDURAL SEDATION

• 6 Acute Pain Management
• 7 Chronic Pain Syndromes
• 8 Procedural Sedation and Analgesia

SECTION III: HIGH-RISK CHIEF COMPLAINTS

• 9 Chest Pain
• 10 Abdominal Pain
• 11 Shortness of Breath
• 12 Syncope
• 13 Fever
• 14 Altered Mental Status and Coma
• 15 Headache
• 16 Weakness
• 17 Dizziness

SECTION IV: TRAUMA

PART I. General Considerations

• 18 General Principles of Trauma
• 19 Trauma Airway Management
• 20 Traumatic Shock
• 21 Wound Management

PART II. Specific Injuries

• 22 Head Injuries
• 23 Maxillofacial Injuries
• 24 Dental Injuries
• 25 Eye Trauma
• 26 Blunt Neck Trauma
• 27 Penetrating Neck Trauma
• 28 Cervical Spine Fractures
• 29 Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures
• 30 Spinal Cord Injuries
• 31 Blunt Chest Trauma
• 32 Penetrating Chest Trauma
• 33 Blunt Abdominal Trauma
• 34 Penetrating Abdominal Trauma
• 35 Genitourinary Trauma
• 36 Peripheral Vascular Injuries

PART III. Orthopaedic Trauma

• 37 Approach to Musculoskeletal Injuries
• 38 Shoulder Injuries
• 39 Elbow Injuries
• 40 Wrist and Forearm Injuries
• 41 Hand Injuries
• 42 Pelvic Fractures
• 43 Hip and Femur Injuries
• 44 Knee Injuries
• 45 Ankle and Foot Injuries

PART IV. Special Considerations

• 46 Burns
• 47 Replantation
• 48 Acute Compartment Syndrome
• 49 Ballistics
• 50 Blast Injuries
• 51 Hanging and Strangulation Injuries
• 52 Trauma in Pregnancy
• 53 Trauma in the Elderly

SECTION V: EYE EMERGENCIES

• 54 The Eye Examination
• 55 Common Ophthalmic Medications
• 56 The Red Eye
• 57 Corneal Abrasion and Foreign Bodies
• 58 Acute Vision Loss
• 59 Diplopia
• 60 Acute Eye Infections
• 61 Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma

SECTION VI: ENT AND DENTAL EMERGENCIES

• 62 Dental Emergencies
• 63 Oral and Maxillofacial Disorders
• 64 Nontraumatic Upper Airway Obstruction
• 65 Sore Throat
• 66 Complications of Tracheostomies
• 67 Sinusitis and Rhinitis
• 68 Ear Infections in Adults
• 69 Epistaxis
• 70 Vertigo
• 70 Vertigo
• 71 Acute Hearing Loss and Tinnitus

SECTION VII: PULMONARY EMERGENCIES

• 72 Respiratory Failure
• 73 Pneumonia
• 74 Pleural Effusion
• 75 Asthma
• 76 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• 77 Spontaneous Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum
• 78 Pulmonary Embolism
• 79 Hemoptysis
• 80 Sarcoidosis

SECTION VIII: CARDIAC EMERGENCIES

• 81 Acute Coronary Syndrome
• 82 Congestive Heart Failure and Cor Pulmonale
• 83 Bradydysrhythmias
• 84 Tachydysrhythmias
• 85 Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators
• 86 Valvular Heart Disease
• 87 Infectious Endocarditis
• 88 Acute Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
• 89 Hypertension

SECTION IX: VASCULAR EMERGENCIES

• 90 Nontraumatic Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disorders
• 91 Peripheral Arterial Disease
• 92 Deep Venous Thrombosis
• 93 Vascular Graft Complications
• 94 Thoracic Aortic Dissection
• 95 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

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