ROBERT L.CLOUTIER, MD Oregon Health and Sciences University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Portland, Oregon Chapter 13.

JASON CAPRA, MD United States Air Force, Medical Corps Chapter 17.CyanideīARBARA A.CARR, MD,CPT, MC, USA Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas Chapters 06.

JOHN H.CALHOON, MD Professor, Department of Surgery, Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas Chapter 20.Cardiac and Lung Transplantation MARY ANN BROWNING, FNP Family Nurse Practitioner, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Portland, Oregon Chapters 04. ROGER MATTHEW BAUTISTA, MD,CPT, MC, USA Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas Chapters 07.Tetanus 10. Abdominal Trauma Pelvic Trauma Thoracic Trauma Trauma in the Pregnant Patient BAUER, MD,CPE, FACS, FACPE, FACEP Director, Center for Public Health Preparedness & Biomedical Research, Professor of Surgery & Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas Chapter 18. ASHWORTH, DO,CPT, MC, USA Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington Chapter 03.Toxicodendron DermatitisĭAVE BARRY, MD, MAJ, MC, USA Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas Chapter 17. AROCHO, MD,CPT, USAF United States Air Force Chapter 17. Ectopic Pregnancy Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (Preeclampsia and Eclampsia) Acute Renal FailureĬULLEN ARCHER, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas Chapter 10. Diabetic Ketoacidosis Hyperglycemic Hypersmolar Nonketotic Coma 19. JONATHON ALLEN, MD Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia Chapters 08. ABRAHAMIAN, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, Transplant Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas Chapter 20. God bless all of you!Ĭontributors GREG A. And a special prayer for all those men and women on the frontiers of freedom who everyday defend our way of life and keep us all free. And to all those Physician Assistants and physicians who have chosen the profession of Emergency Medicine and who still go to work everyday still caring about the lives, hearts, and souls of their patients. Printed in the United States of America Last digit is the print number: 9ĭedication To my wife Sally, my daughter Laura Emilie, and my son Zachary who gave up so much “daddy” time while I wrote and edited this second book. RC86.7.E785 2007 616.02'5–dc22Īcquisitions Editor: Rolla Couchman Developmental Editor: Mary Beth Murphy Project Manager: Bryan Hayward Design Direction: Steven Stave Emergency medicine–Handbooks, manuals, etc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Essential emergency medicine : for the healthcare practitioner / Steven W. To the fullest extent of the law, neither the Publisher nor the Editor assumes any liability for any injury and/or damage to persons or property arising out or related to any use of the material contained in this book. It is the responsibility of the practitioner, relying on their own experience and knowledge of the patient, to make diagnoses, to determine dosages and the best treatment for each individual patient, and to take all appropriate safety precautions. Readers are advised to check the most current information provided (i) on procedures featured or (ii) by the manufacturer of each product to be administered, to verify the recommended dose or formula, the method and duration of administration, and contraindications.

As new research and experience broaden our knowledge, changes in practice, treatment and drug therapy may become necessary or appropriate.

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