Moulton / Yates Lecture Notes

Emergency Medicine
4. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-35073-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 456 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Lecture Notes

Emergency Medicine Lecture Notes provides all thenecessary information, within one short volume, for a soundintroduction to this core specialty area.
Presented in a user-friendly format, combining readability withflowcharts and high-quality illustrations, this fourth edition hasbeen thoroughly revised to reflect recent advances in the field ofemergency medicine. For this new edition, Emergency MedicineLecture Notes features:
* Illustrations and flow charts in a two colourpresentation throughout
* More detail on imaging, diagnosis and management of a widerange of acute conditions
* A brand new companion website at www.lecturenoteseries.com/emergencymedfeaturing a selection of MCQs to test readers on common pitfalls inemergency medicine
Not only is this book a great starting point to support initialteaching on the topic, but it is easy to dip in and out of forreference or revision at the end of a module, rotation or finalexams. Whether you need to develop or refresh your knowledgeof emergency medicine, Emergency Medicine Lecture Notespresents 'need to know' information for all those involved intreating those in an emergency setting.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moulton, Chris

Yates, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the fourth edition, vii
Preface to the second edition, viii
Preface to the first edition, ix
1 What every emergency physician must know, 1
2 Major trauma and multiple injuries, 19
3 Head injuries, 33
4 The neck and the back, 50
5 Facial injuries, 64
6 Injuries to the trunk, 72
7 The lower limb, 86
8 The upper limb, 111
9 The hand, 128
10 Burns, contamination and irradiation, 136
11 Cardiac arrest and cardiac dysrhythmias, 150
12 Chest pain, 176
13 Respiratory distress, 196
14 Collapse and sudden illness, 219
15 Poisoning, 268
16 Abdominal pain, 302
17 Obstetric, gynaecological, genitourinary and perinealproblems, 316
18 Children's problems in the emergency department,328
19 The disturbed patient, 357
20 Medicolegal aspects of emergency medicine, 370
21 Small wounds and localised infections, 391
22 Ophthalmic, ENT and facial conditions, 411
Index, 426
Companion website
A companion website is available at: www.lecturenoteseries.com/emergencymedfeaturing a selection of MCQs on common pitfalls in emergencymedicine.

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Moulton is Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Royal Bolton Hospital, UK
David Yates is Emeritus Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Manchester, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, U