Accident & emergency medicine books

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Care of Children Exposed to the Traumatic Effects of Disaster addresses the effects of disaster on children and their families, and explores the various resources that mental health practitioners and others who routinely...

In this book I want to show you the dark side to nursing homes. There is so much you, as the family member or guardian, should know and research before you trust such places to care for your loved ones. Life is so dark for many...

This book is the coursebook for the highly acclaimed Advanced Life Support Group course, which prepares health professionals to respond to major incidents, from natural disasters to war situations. The clear, structured approach...

In this engaging, thought-provoking book, Dwight Read explores the fundamental scientific debate about how culture and social organization separate humans from our primate cousins.

In recent years political, religious, and scientific communities have engaged in an ethical debate regarding the development of and research on embryonic stem cells. Does the manipulation of embryonic stem cells destroy human...

A visually dynamic atlas that covers image interpretations for a broad spectrum of conditions encountered in the emergency setting.

A high-quality, exam-focused resource to facilitate passage through ICU Fellowship examinations. This is the first publication to specifically meet the goals of an examination guide for ICM trainees. Carole Foot, University of...

Procedural sedation is commonly utilized in the emergency department (ED) for patients undergoing painful procedures. It is a critical interprofessional skill set required to allow the delivery of painful procedures such as...

Includes Scrotal Emergencies; Penile Emergencies; Male GU Procedures; GU Trauma;Renal Stone Disease; Renal Stone Disease; Imaging of GU Emergencies; Sexual Assault; Female GU Emergencies (non-pregnant); Pediatric UTI; and,...

Rheumatology, Orthopaedics and Trauma at a Glance is the new edition of The Musculoskeletal System at a Glance. The book now includes not just basic anatomy, but also features presenting complaints and patient examination and...

Provides you with coverage of the 1999 National Standard Curriculum for the EMT-Intermediate. Reflecting the 2005 emergency cardiac care guidelines, this book includes eight chapters, as well as content on HIPAA regulations,...

Provides encyclopedic, multidisciplinary coverage of both medical and surgical intensive care and includes a 'how-to' atlas of procedures and a section on noninvasive monitoring. This title includes chapters that identify the...

Humidification has become an important aspect of modern intensive care medicine. This book is designed to serve as a practical guide for clinicians, providing information on the theoretical background of humidification, the...

This handbook provides practical, accessible guidelines on a huge range of situations that present to the emergency department. Deliberately precise and prescriptive, it gives up-to-date step-by-step advice on presentation,...

This consecutive volume in the 'What Do I Do Now?' series provides clinicians with specific focus and insight on interventions in acute neurologic disorders. Written in a conversational tone, using a case-based approach,...

Covers the basics - how to set up the machine, how to acquire the different views, relevant cardiac anatomy and pathophysiology, normal and abnormal values, how to perform the TEE exam, as well as basic assessment and...