Decision Making in Emergency Medicine -- Management of Cardiac Arrest and Principles of Resuscitation -- Airway Management -- Rescue Airway Devices -- Shock -- Emergency Ultrasound -- Geriatric Emergency Medicine -- Safety in Emergency Medicine -- How to Critically Review Emergency Medicine Literature -- Evidence-Based Rational Use of Diagnostic Imaging -- Altered Mental Status and Coma -- Fever -- Chest Pain -- Abdominal Pain -- Nausea and Vomiting -- Headache -- Syncope, Vertigo and Dizziness -- Seizures -- Anaphylaxis -- Low Back Pain -- Nontraumatic Ocular Emergencies -- Nontraumatic ENT Emergencies -- Dental and Oral Surgical Emergencies -- Transient Ischemic Attack and Cerebrovascular Accident -- Meningitis -- Breathing and Ventilation -- Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Pneumonia -- Venous Thromboembolism -- Congestive Heart Failure and Acute Pulmonary Edema -- Ischemic Heart Disease -- Cardiac Dysrhythmias, Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators -- Hypertension, Hypertensive Crisis, Aortic Dissection and Aortic Aneurysms -- Pericarditis and Myocarditis -- Esophagus and Stomach Disorders -- Bowel Disorders -- Liver and Biliary Tract Disease -- Renal Colic and Scrotal Pain -- Acute Urinary Retention -- Urinary Tract Infection: Cystitis, Pyelonephritis and Prostatitis -- Chronic Renal Failure and Dialysis -- Hemostasis and Coagulopathies -- Sickle Cell Disease -- Oncologic Emergencies -- Fluids and Electrolytes -- Acid-Base Disorders -- Diabetes Mellitus -- Thyroid and Adrenal Disorders -- Sepsis Syndromes -- Soft-Tissue Infections -- Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV Infection -- Toxic Shock Syndrome -- Tetanus, Botulism, and Food Poisoning -- Mosquito and Tick-Borne Diseases of North America -- Arthritis -- Skin Diseases -- Lightning and Electrical Injuries -- Submersion Incidents -- Hypothermia and Frostbite -- Heat Illness -- Altitude Illness and Dysbarisms -- Evaluation of Fever in Children Younger Than Age Three -- Seizures in Infancy and Childhood -- Acute Respiratory Disorders in Children -- Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disorders and Dehydration -- Pediatric Infectious Diseases -- Emergency Department Evaluation of Child Abuse -- Procedural Sedation and Analgesia of the Pediatric Patient -- Pediatric and Neonatal Resuscitation -- General Approach to Poisonings -- The Alcohols: Ethanol, Ethylene Glycol, Methanol and Isopropyl Alcohol -- Antipyretic Poisoning -- Bites and Stings -- Smoke Inhalation -- Common Drugs of Abuse -- Cardiovascular Toxicology -- One Pill Can Kill -- Pediatric Ingestions -- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Sexual Assault -- Spontaneous Abortion, Ectopic Pregnancy, and Vaginal Bleeding -- Third-Trimester Complications and Delivery -- Multiple Trauma -- Maxillofacial Trauma -- Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Trauma -- Head Trauma -- Traumatic Ophthalmologic Emergencies -- Neck Trauma -- Chest Trauma -- Abdominal Trauma -- Pelvic Fractures and Genitourinary Trauma -- Trauma in Pregnancy -- Pediatric Trauma -- Musculoskeletal Trauma and Conditions of the Extremity -- Hand Injuries and Infections -- Burns -- Wound Management -- Acute Psychosis -- Depression and Suicide -- Management of the Violent Patient -- Intimate Partner Violence -- Cost Containment and Risk Management in Emergency Medicine -- EMTALA, JC, and HIPAA -- Weapons of Mass Destruction
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The 5th Edition, by Drs. Vincent J. Markovchick, Peter T. Pons, and Katherine M. Bakes, gives you the emergency medicine answers you need to succeed on your rotations and boards. Featuring new chapters and revised content to bring you completely up to date, this dependable review and reference retains its engaging question-and-answer format, ideally suited for board preparation, recertification exams, or quick clinical reference. Stay current with thorough updates to both text and references in all chapters, and related websites added to the bibliography. Get the answers you need to succeed on emergency medicine rotations and boards