Pocket Emergency Medicine Looseleaf with Binder

Pocket Emergency Medicine contains the essential information that residents and medical students in the emergency department need to have at their fingertips. Major sections cover symptoms and diseases of each organ system as well as infectious diseases, environmental exposures, hematology and oncology, pediatric emergencies, the psychiatric patient, toxicology, airway management, and trauma.

Information is presented in concise, rapid-access format, with easy-to-scan bulleted lists and tables. Chapters follow a standard structure—differential diagnosis, history, classic findings, critical studies, ED interventions, pearls, and references. The six-ring binder can accommodate the student's or resident's own notes.

New topics covered in this edition include bioterrorism, distraction injuries, and indications for bedside emergency ultrasound. A special considerations section has been added to each chapter. Other new features include an acronym table, an introductory differential diagnosis table boxed for quick access, and an updated appendix with ACLS/PALS protocols, ICU medications, antibiotics, and formulas.

Table Of Contents

CARDIOVASCULAR: Electrocardiography / Chest Pain / Syncope / Hypertension and Hypertensive Emergencies / Hypotension / Dysrhythmia / Pacemaker and AICD Malfunction
PULMONARY: Cough / Dyspnea (Shortness of Breath) / Hemoptysis
GASTROINTESTINAL: Abdominal Pain / Nausea and Vomiting / Gastrointestinal Bleed / Difficulty Swallowing / Diarrhea / Constipation / Jaundice / Rectal Pain
INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Fever / Abscess / Soft Tissue Infections / Viral Infections / Rabies / Tetanus / Parasitic Infections / Vector Borne Infections / Bioterrorism
NEUROLOGY: Altered Mental Status / Vertigo / Facial Droop / Headache / Seizure / Stroke
RENAL & GENITOURINARY: Dysuria / Flank Pain / Hematuria / Acute Renal Failure / Testicular Torsion/Torsion of Testicular Appendix / Epididymitis/Orchitis / Prostatitis / Phimosis and Paraphimosis / Priapism / Emergencies in Dialysis Patients
OB-GYN: Vaginal Bleeding / Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia / Hyperemesis Gravidarum / Emergency Delivery / Female Pelvic Pain / Vaginal Discharge (Sexually Transmitted Infection) / Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Tubo-Ovarian Abscess
DERMATOLOGY: Rash / Dermatologic Emergencies
ENDOCRINE & METABOLIC: Metabolic Acidosis / Abnormal Electrolytes / Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Diabetes / Thyroid Problems / Adrenal Insufficiency
ENVIRONMENTAL: Dehydration / Bites and Stings / Occupational Exposure / Burns / Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Dysbarism / Electrical Injury / High Altitude Illness / Hypothermia / Hyperthermia / Lightning Injury / Drowning / Botulism
HEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY: Allergic Reactions, Anaphylaxis, and Angioedema / Oncologic Emergencies / Sickle Cell Disease / Abnormal Bleeding: Platelet Disorders and Coagulopathy / Transfusions, Reversal, Transfusion Complications / Approach to the Transplant Patient
MUSCULOSKELETAL & RHEUMATOLOGICAL: Leg Pain and Swelling / Lower Back Pain / Joint Pain
OTOLARYNGOLOGY/DENTAL/OPHTHALMOLOGY: Ear Pain / Hearing Loss / Sore Throat / Epistaxis / Eye Pain/Redness / Vision Change and Vision Loss / Toothache
PEDIATRICS: Abdominal Pain / Cyanosis / Urinary Tract Infection / Pediatric Fever / Jaundice / Otitis Media and Pharyngitis (See Otolaryngology-Ear Pain) / Limp / Pediatric Seizure / Nausea and Vomiting / Meningitis / Neonatal Complaints / Congenital Cardiac Disease / Pneumonia / Asthma and Bronchiolitis / Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / Upper Airway Emergencies / Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Hypoglycemia / Fluid and Electrolyte Abnormalities / Pediatric Exanthems
PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT
TOXICOLOGY: General Approach to the Intoxicated Patient / Anticholinergic Ingestion / Psychopharmacologic Ingestion and Adverse Effects / Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Serotonin Syndrome / Neuroleptics, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome / Lithium / Tricyclic Antidepressants / Alcohol Ingestions / Drugs of Abuse / Analgesic Overdose / Cardiac Medication Overdose / Caustic Ingestions / Cyanide / Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Methemoglobinemia / Hypoglycemics / Other Ingestions
AIRWAY MANAGEMENT: RSI / Cricothyrotomy
TRAUMA: Primary Survey / Head Trauma / Maxillofacial Injury / Eye Injury / Neck Trauma / Cervical Spine Trauma / Thoracic/Lumbar/Sacral Spine Trauma / Thoracic Trauma / Abdominal Trauma / Genitourinary Trauma / Hip/Pelvic Trauma / Extremity Injury / Wound Management / Abuse
APPENDIX: Abbreviations / PALS / Mechanical Ventilation / Analgesia & Conscious Sedation / ICU Medications / Equations / Procedures