This new text covers basic principles commonly found in the introduction to emergency medicine course. Comprised of five sections, diagnosis and management is presented from an emergency medicine perspective. It includes 75 case-based clinical vignettes to help students prepare for the course and clerkship as well as the USMLE. The common complaint section features a template covering differential history and physical, pathophysiology, and treatment of the given topics. Illustrations and line drawings supplement the text. Curricula objectives from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) are addressed.
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PART I: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE Section 1: Introduction History of Emergency Medicine Principles of Resuscitation Shock (Robert S. Chang) PART II: CASE STUDIES IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE Section 2: Chest Pain Introduction Myocardial Infarction Pulmonary Embolus Pneumothorax Atypical Chest Pain Questions and Answers Section 3: Shortness of Breath Introduction Congestive Heart Failure Asthma COPD Pneumonia Questions and Answers Section 4: Back Pain Introduction Aortic Dissection Nephrolithiasis Pyelonephritis Musculoskeletal disorder Questions and Answers Section 5: Abdominal Pain Introduction Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Cholecystitis Appendicitis Diverticulitis Questions and Answers Section 6: Vomiting Introduction GI Bleed Bowel Obstructions Hyperemesis Gastroenteritis Questions and Answers Section 7: Pelvic Complaints Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding in the Nonpregnant Patient Complications of the First Trimester Pregnancy Pelvic Infections Pelvic Pain Questions and Answers Section 8: Headache Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Migraine CNS Infections CNS Neoplasms Questions and Answers Section 9: Change in Mental Status Alcohol Intoxication Metabolic Disorders Seizure Disorder Psychiatric Emergencies Questions and Answers Section 10: Weak and Dizzy Introduction Cerebrovascular Accident Vertigo Syncope Neuromuscular Weakness Questions and Answers Section 11: Fever Introduction Traveler's Fever HIV and Fever Bacterial Source of Fever Fever of Uncertain Etiology Questions and Answers PART III: TOPICS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE Section 12: Prehospital Prehospital EMS Systems Disaster Management Hazardous Material Section 13: Trauma General Approach to Trauma Musculoskeletal Trauma Trauma During Pregnancy Burns Section 14: Toxicology Introduction to the Poisoned Patient Toxidromes Drugs of Abuse Cardiovascular Medications Overdose Acetaminophen Salicylate Overdose Section 15: Environmental Hypothermia Hyperthermia Submersion Injuries Electrical and Lightning Injuries Bites and Stings Section 16: The Laboratory in Emergency Medicine Laboratory Medicine Arterial Blood Gases Culturing Fluids PART IV: PROCEDURES IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE Pain Management/Analgesic and Sedation Section 17: ABCs Airway Management Peripheral Intravenous Access Central Catheter Insertion Section 18: Wound Care Anesthesia: Local Anesthetic Agents and Regional Blocks Wound Care Soft Tissue Infections Section 19: Musculoskeletal Lumbar Puncture Arthrocentesis Dislocations Extremity Splinting
