Description
'Emergency Medicine Thinker' is a practical pocketbook that provides important considerations for the practice of emergency medicine. Based on the popular website created by the authors, 'emDocs.net', it covers practical thinking rules that can be applied on an emergency medicine shift and provides approaches to common and life-threatening diseases in the ED that physicians see on a regular basis. Easy to read with quick access to information, and full of essential tips and pearls from experts on the emergency frontlines, this is a handbook that can be used at the bedside on shift. Part 1 of the book explores the EM decision-making process and why it's important from a myriad of central and talented emergency physicians. Part 2 features over 170 pearls for the frontline EM clinician. This book is a must-have for anyone working in emergency medicine.
Table of Contents
Introduction: editors; Part I. Decision Making: 1. On deciding to not decide Dan Dworkis; 2. What makes emergency medicine decision making unique and why? Emily Rose; 3. Paediatric EM approach: be vigilant but be reasonable Sean M Fox; 4. Decision-making in emergency medicine: thinking differently Michael A Gisondi; 5. EM medical decision making: different and essential Andrew Grock and Jonie Hsiao; 6. Decisions Judd E. Hollander; 7. Emergency thinking and behaviour Aaron Lacy; 8. EM decision-making: thinking beyond the disposition Skyler Lentz; 9. EM decision making: is this a bug or a feature? Rob Orman; 10. EM thinking & cognitive load considerations Jessica Pelletier; 11. Decision making in uncertainty-the hallmark of emergency medicine Andrew Petrosoniak and Chris Hicks; 12. Unlearning and thinking differently Matthew Pirotte; 13. Decision making in emergency medicine Richard Wolfe; 14. An object in motion: decision-making and clinical inertia in the emergency department Hannah Seyller and Marina Boushra; 15. Too little or too much? Alexander Y Sheng; 16. Decision making in emergency medicine Judith E Tintinalli; 17. Medical decision making in the ED: balancing the patient's health with the clinician's perception of risk Michael Weinstock; Part II. Clinical Pearls: 18. Clinical pearls Alex Koyfman and Brit Long.
