General Medical Information

The Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine

Ann Harwood-Nuss, MD, FACEP
Allan B. Wolfson, MD, FACEP, FACP

SECTION I CHIEF COMPLAINT

SECTION II SURGICAL EMERGENCIES

PART I. Emergency Aspects of Ophthalmology
PART II. Emergency Aspects of Dental and Oral Surgery
PART III. Emergency Aspects of Otolaryngology
PART IV. Emergency Aspects of General Surgery
PART V. Emergency Aspects of Vascular Surgery
PART VI. Emergency Aspects of Orthopedic Surgery
PART VII. Emergency Aspects of Neurosurgery
PART VIII. Emergency Aspects of Urology
PART IX. Emergency Aspects of Obstetrics
PART X. Emergency Aspects of Gynecology

SECTION III TRAUMA

PART I. General Considerations
PART II. System Considerations
PART III. Orthopedic Considerations
PART IV. Special Considerations
PART V. Special Procedures

SECTION IV GENERAL MEDICAL EMERGENCIES

PART I. Cardiovascular Disease
PART II. Pulmonary Disease
PART III. Gastrointestinal Disease
PART IV. Renal, Metabolic, and Endocrine Disease
PART V. Infectious Disease
PART VI. Neurologic Disease
PART VII. Hematology/Oncology
PART VIII. Allergy and Immunology
PART IX. Rheumatology
PART X. Dermatology
PART XI. Psychiatry

SECTION V PEDIATRICS

PART I. Resuscitation
PART II. Signs and Symptoms
PART III. Specific Diseases
PART IV. Pediatric Trauma
PART V. Administrative and Clinical Issues

ECTION VI TOXICOLOGY

SECTION VII ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES

PART I. Bites and Stings
PART II. Cold-, Heat-, and Pressure- Related Illness and Injury
PART III. Dysbaric Emergencies
PART IV. Other Environmental Emergencies

SECTION VIII ESSENTIALS OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLINICAL ISSUES IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

PART I. Administrative and Operational Aspects of Emergency Medicine
PART II. Medicolegal and Special Clinical Considerations

SECTION IX APPENDIXES