Current diagnosis & treatment emergency medicine / edited by C. Keith Stone, Roger L. Humphries.

"A Lange medical book."

Rev. ed. of: Current emergency diagnosis & treatment. 5th ed. c2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CONTENTS
Section I -- Special aspects of emergency medicine --
1. Approach to the emergency department patient / T. Russell Jones --
2. Prehospital emergency services / Margaret Strecker-McGraw and Robert D. Greenberg --
3. Nuclear, biologic and chemical agents; weapons of mass destruction / David L. Morgan --
4. Disasters medicine/ Kevin A. Rodriguez --
5. Legal aspects of emergency care / Charles A. Eckerline, Jr. and Steven D. Rothert --
6. Emergency bedside ultrasound --
7. Emergency procedures / William Randall Partin --
8. Procedural sedation and analgesia --
Section II -- Management of common emergency problems --
9. Basic and advanced cardiac life support / Eric C. Goshorn and Salvator J. Vicario --
10. Compromised airway / Rebecca C. Bowers and Jeffrey D. Weaver --
11. Shock / William F. Young, Jr. --
12. The multiply injured patient / Julia Martin and Lisa Gwin --
13. Respiratory distress / David A. Smith --
14. Chest pain / Timothy G. Price --
15. Abdominal pain / Melissa Platt, Samir Doshi and Eric Telfer --
16. Gastrointestinal bleeding / Alicia Haywood, Tammy L. Ray, and Timothy G. Price --
17. Coma / James E. Morris --
18. Syncope / C. Keith Stone and Margaret Strecker-McGraw --
19. Seizures / Derek R. Cooney, and C. Keith Stone --
20. Headache / Ross Tobleman and C. Keith Stone --
21. Arthritis and back pain / Terry C. Hermance and L. Richard Boggs --
Section III -- Trauma emergencies --
22. Head injuries / Roger L. Humphries --
23. Maxillofacial and neck trauma / Troy T. Pope, and Troy C. Rock --
24. Chest trauma / Seth Stearley and L. Richard Boggs --
25. Abdominal trauma / Roger L. Humphries --
26. Genitourinary trauma / Roger Humphries --
27. Vertebral column & spinal cord trauma / James E. Cleveland and Troy C. Rock --
28. Orthopedic emergencies / Royce Coleman and Aaron Collins --
29. Hand trauma / Raymond G. Hart --
30. Wound care / David A. Fritz --
Section IV -- Nontrauma emergencies --
31. Eye emergencies / Robert D. Greenberg and Jerry Castleberry --
32. Emergency disorders of the ear, nose, sinuses, oropharynx, and mouth / Timothy C. Stallard --
33. Pulmonary emergencies / David A. Smith --
34. Cardiac emergencies / Roger L. Humphries --
35. Cardiac arrhythmias / B.C. Bollinger and Joseph Heidenreich --
36. Gastrointestinal emergencies / Roger L. Humphries --
37. Neurologic emergencies / C. Keith Stone and Derek R. Cooney --
38. Obstetric and gynecologic emergencies and rape / Melissa Platt & Mary Nan Mallory --
39. Genitourinary emergencies / Charles F. McCuskey --
40. Vascular emergencies / David A. Fritz --
41. Hematologic emergencies / C. Keith Stone, Robert D. Greenberg, and James E. Morris --
42. Infectious disease emergencies / Jon Jaffe and James E. Morris --
43. Metabolic and endocrine emergencies / Shane Frederick & Daniel F. Danzl --
44. Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base emergencies / James E. Morris --
45. Burns and smoke inhalation / David A. Fritz --
46. Disorders due to physical & environmental agents / Rebecca C. Bowers and Timothy K. Anderson --
47. Poisoning / David L. Morgan and Douglas J. Borys --
48. Dermatologic emergencies / Ben H. Chlapek --
49. Psychiatric emergencies / Gregory Hall and Denis J. FitzGerald --
50. Pediatric emergencies / Eric Yazel and Sandra Herr.

Offers coverage of common emergency problems, organized by organ system/anatomic region. This guide reviews special aspects of emergency medicine, the management of common emergency problems, traumatic emergencies, and non-trauma emergencies.