Drs. John C. Perkins and Michael E. Winters have assembled an expert team of authors on the topic of Sepsis in the Emergency Department. Article topics include: Defining and Diagnosing Sepsis; Appropriate Antibiotic Therapy; Severe Sepsis Resuscitation in Resource Limited Settings; Source Control in Severe Sepsis; Considerations in Special Populations with Severe Sepsis; Pediatric Severe Sepsis Resuscitation; The New Usual Care; Prehospital Sepsis Care; Endpoints of Sepsis Resuscitation; Pitfalls in the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Disposition of Severe Sepsis; Biomarkers in Sepsis; Vasopressors and Inotropes in Sepsis; and Sepsis Quality Measures and Performance Improvement.

This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, edited by Drs. Robert Vissers and Michael Gibbs, focuses on Pulmonary Emergencies. Articles include: Approach to the Adult Patient with Acute Dyspnea,Approach to the Pediatric Patient with Acute Dyspnea,Advances in Pulmonary Imaging,Respiratory Monitoring,Management of Acute Asthma and COPD,Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Embolus,Pulmonary Manifestations Of Systemic Diseases,Pleural Disease,Management of Hemoptysis, and more!

This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, edited by Drs. Stephen Borron and Ziad Kazzi focuses on emergencies arising from contact with Hazardous Materials. Article topics include: Selected classes and examples of dangerous industrial chemicals, weapons of mass destruction, and their syndromic identification; Hospital preparedness for chemical and radiological disasters; Personnel protection and decontamination of adults and children; Resources for toxicological information and assistance; Asphyxiants; Corrosives and irritants; Organophosphates and carbamates; Intentional and unintentional food, drug, and water contamination, and more!

Drs. Stephen Bohan and Josh Kosowsky have assembled a panel of expert authors for this edition on Cardivascular Emergencies. Topics include: Ischemia, Heart Failure, Congenital Heart Disease, Supreventricular Dysrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation, Uncommon Dysrhythmias, Electrophysiology, Pericardial Disease, and Cardiac Arrest.

This brand-new book offers virtual hands-on experience to over 65 emergency procedures, allowing readers to rehearse them over again in their mind-then perform them on demand correctly. Colour drawings of each procedure that illuminate relevant anatomical structures and their relationship to each new step paired with full-colour photographs provide a realistic clinical view of the identical anatomy. Plus, each step is accompanied by concise text, allowing the illustrations and photographs to guide clinicians effortlessly through the procedure. Presents step-by-step, side-by-side full-color illustrated guidance. Uses a standard chapter organization for quick reference. Offers a brief description of each procedure. Features bulleted lists of clinical indications, oft-overlooked contraindications, and potential complications. Displays the essential equipment needed to perform the procedure. And more.

Major Incident Medical Management and Support (MIMMS) is the coursebook for the Advanced Life Support Group's internationally taught training for health care professionals responding to major incidents. The practical approach employed in MIMMS has proved an invaluable aid to both civilian and military doctors, nurses and paramedics working in disaster management worldwide. The third edition has been fully revised to make MIMMS appropriate for the 21st century, with greater emphasis on human factors, a more structured approach to medical management, and new chapters on: * Hazardous materials * Incidents involving large numbers of children * Management of a major incident with multiple burn casualties * Mass gatherings * Natural disasters There are also revised appendices covering responsibility for the dead, radio use, and voice procedures, and what to do beyond the immediate situation. Covering all eventualities in medical management during major incidents, MIMMS provides a comprehensive and practical guide for all who are involved in this aspect of emergency medicine.

In the last few decades, our increased knowledge of the mechanisms involved in wound repair has stimulated the development of many new dressings and wound management techniques. If these are to be used in the most appropriate and cost-effective manner, practitioners must have a good understanding of the properties and key functions of the products concerned. This book has been produced to offer specific guidance in this important area, containing chapters on silver dressings, honey products, medical maggots and negative pressure therapy in addition to more conventional products including hydrocolloids, foam, films and fibrous dressings made from alginate or CMC. Each chapter contains an account of the historical development, structure and method of use of the individual treatments, and all of this information is supplemented by the results an extensive review of the clinical literature for each product group. A final chapter offers some simple observations on the principles of dressing selection by making reference to a variety of different wound types. This section also illustrates how the use of an incorrect treatment may cause significant problems to the patient and their carers. The book contains 720 pages and 125 illustrations, many in full colour, making it perhaps the most comprehensive source of reference of its type currently available.

Pa faltet raknas varje sekund. PHTLS: Akut prehospitalt omhandertagande av traumapatienter, Nionde upplagan lar ut och foerstarker principerna foer att snabbt utvardera en traumapatient genom ett organiserat tillvagagangssatt. Livshotande problem behandlas omedelbart vid identifiering och foerseningar av transport till en lamplig destination minimeras. Kursen har utvecklats av National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) i samarbete med American College of Surgeons Committtee on Trauma (ASC-COT). PHTLS, Nionde upplagan aterspeglar gallande, evidensbaserad kunskap och praxis samt framjar kritisk tankande som grunden foer att erbjuda kvalitetsvard. Att snabbt bedoema en traumapatient foer att kunna satta in livraddande vard ar karnan i den nionde upplagan av PHTLS. Det tar maximalt 2 minuter foer en patient att foerbloeda. Inget annat ingripande av prehospitala vardgivare ar viktigare an att stoppa en sadan niva av bloedning i traumapatienter. Foer att aterspegla detta anvander PHTLS, Nionde upplagan minnesregeln XABCDE vid patientutvardering foer att placera bloedningar framst vid varje patientmoete. Vikten av XABCDE (foerbloedning, fri luftvag, andning, blodcirkulation, bedoemning av neurologi, exponering) underbyggs i varje kliniskt kapitel. PHTLS, Nionde upplagan innehaller: * Aktuell information om vatsketillfoersel och spinal immobilisering fran evidensbaserad forskning och erfarna prehospitala vardgivare som tillampar PHTLS principer och praxis pa faltet. * Uppdaterade patienthanteringstekniker, inkluderat placering av tryckfoerband, lage foer naldekompression, anvandning av backengoerdel, pediatrisk vatsketillfoersel och pediatrisk luftvagshantering * Betoning pa skador som gar att foerebygga, fran distraherad koerning till fall hos aldre till vald i nara relationer * Fokus pa civila taktiska hot och svar, fran fordon som massfoerstoerelsevapen till ett nytt floedesdiagram foer fjarrbedoemningsmetodik. Dynamiska kursdelar PHTLS, Nionde upplagans huvudlarobok ar traumavardens slutgiltiga resurs som beskriver de medicinska belaggen bakom rekommenderade principer och praxis i PHTLS-kursen. Som en utveckling av PHTLS-programmet kommer huvudlaroboken att atfoeljas av den nya PHTLS-kursboken som foerstarker och klarlagger nyckelkoncept fran kursen, har en engagerande, interaktiv utformning och som skrivits sa att det kanns som om du deltar i ett samtal istallet foer att lyssna pa en lektion.

In this issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest editors Drs. Jeremy G. Berberian and Leen Albkaihed bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Cardiovascular Emergencies. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as approach to the pediatric ECG; ACS in women; the aging heart; cardiogenic syncope; the ischemic ECG; and more. Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including evaluation and management of pacemaker malfunction; medicolegal topics in emergency cardiology; tachydysrhythmias; ED evaluation and management of patients with LVAD; acute heart failure; cardiovascular pharmacology; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on cardiovascular emergencies, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Henry Galan and Patricia Huguelet bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Emergencies in Obstetrics and Gynecology. This issue provides a comprehensive overview of obstetric and gynecologic emergencies, with emphasis on standards of practice and interdisciplinary collaboration. Expert authors discuss how to arrive at a differential diagnosis and how to prevent, manage, and treat an emergency. Contains 15 practice-oriented topics including hypertensive crisis in pregnancy; sexual assault/domestic violence; evaluation and management of heavy vaginal bleeding (non-cancerous); first trimester miscarriage; simulation in Ob/Gyn emergencies; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on emergencies in obstetrics and gynecology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics, guest editors Drs. John Conklin and Michael Lev bring their considerable expertise to the topic of MR in the Emergency Room. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as penile and scrotal trauma, thoracic emergencies, biliary obstruction, GI/GU emergencies, abdominal and pelvic emergencies in the pregnant patient, pediatric emergencies, and more. Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including acute stroke; intracranial trauma, hemorrhage, and other non-stroke vascular emergencies; spinal emergencies; head and neck emergencies; musculoskeletal trauma and infection; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on MR in the emergency room, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.