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The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners, for its concise and simple approach and excellent illustrations.
Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text.
Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond.
Everything you need to know about Adult Emergency Medicine... at a Glance!
A fully updated edition of the concise yet comprehensive text
The market-leading at a Glance series offers easy-to-use, strongly visual, full-color texts for medical students and qualified practitioners. The second edition of this book provides a user-friendly introduction to the key concepts and knowledge required to dive successfully into this fast-paced, exciting, and increasingly important area of healthcare.
Readers of the second edition of Adult Emergency Medicine at a Glance will also find:
Updates incorporating the latest research and clinical guidelines
Detailed discussion of topics including how the Emergency Department works, effective clinical reasoning, rational use of investigations, and core presentations in emergency medicine
Clear, easy-to-follow diagrams and concise text that are both accessible and easy to use
Now expanded with new chapters and updated material throughout, Adult Emergency Medicine at a Glance, Second Edition is the perfect resource for anyone learning to work in emergency care, e.g. medical students, ED nurses, physician associates, paramedics, advanced clinical practitioners, and doctors in training.
Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgements viii
1 How the Emergency Department Works 2
2 Diagnosis / using tests 4
3 Diagnostic Tests 6
4 Imaging in ED 12
5 Blood Gas Analysis 14
6 Shock and Intravenous Fluids 16
7 Analgesia 18
8 Sedation and Anaesthesia 20
9 Airway and Breathing 22
10 Major Trauma 24
11 Head and Neck Injury 1 26
12 Head and Neck Injury 2 28
13 Wounds 30
14 Burns 32
15 Hand Injuries 34
16 Wrist and Forearm Injuries 36
17 Shoulder and Elbow Injuries 38
18 Back Pain 40
19 Tibia, Ankle and Foot Injuries 42
20 Hip and Knee Injuries 44
21 Abdominal Pain 46
22 Urology 48
23 Ear/Nose/Throat/Dental 50
24 Eyes 52
25 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 54
26 Toxicology 1 - General Principles 56
27 Toxicology 2 - Specific Poisons 58
28 Psychiatry 1: Self- harm 60
29 Psychiatry 2: Behavioural Disturbance 62
30 Social Factors in the ED 64
31 The Extended ED 66
32 Older Patients in the ED and Frailty 68
33 Syncope/Collapse 70
34 Slow Heart Rate and Conduction Problems 72
35 Fast Heart Rate 74
36 Cardiac Arrest 76
37 Chest Pain I - Cardiovascular 78
38 Chest Pain II - Non- Cardiovascular 80
39 Shortness of Breath 82
40 Anaphylaxis 84
41 Sepsis 86
42 Endocrine Emergencies 88
43 Gastrointestinal Symptoms 90
44 Headache 92
45 Stroke/Transient Ischaemic Attack 94
46 Seizures 96
47 Cold and Heat Injury 98
48 Pre- Hospital Medicine 100
49 Disaster/Major Incident 102
50 Pandemic 104
51 Chemical, Biological, Radiation, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Incidents 106
52 Medicolegal Aspects of ED Work 108
Index 110
