Essentials of Emergency Medicine, Second Edition, provides physicians and medical residents with a comprehensive reference guide to the practice of emergency medicine in clinical settings. Covering both complicated and straightforward issues, Essentials of Emergency Medicine, Second Edition, serves as a quick-reference handbook for the full range of challenges encountered in emergency departments, as well as a manual for physician self-assessment and a study guide for those seeking recertification. This second edition, compiled by an editorial board of veteran emergency medicine providers, draws expert content from 184 contributors. New and updated chapters include expanded sections on pediatrics and toxicology as well as the latest science on emergency psychiatric care. With Essentials of Emergency Medicine, Second Edition, physicians and medical residents can readily assess and expand their knowledge of emergency medicine, ensuring that their patients receive the highest-quality care over the full continuum of treatment, from the emergency room to inpatient departments. --Book Jacket.

""Book Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""Section I: Resuscitation""; ""Chapter 1 Adult Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation""; ""Chapter 2 Pediatric Resuscitation""; ""Section II: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Disaster Medical Care""; ""Chapter 3 Emergency Medical Services""; ""Chapter 4 Public Health Issues After a Disaster""; ""Chapter 5 Disaster Triage""; ""Chapter 6 Critical Incident Stress Debriefing""; ""Chapter 7 Pediatric Disaster Medicine""; ""Chapter 8 Radiation Exposures, Blast Injury, and Bioterrorism"" ""Section III: Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Disorders""""Chapter 9 Approach to Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Disorders""; ""Chapter 10 Esophagus and Stomach""; ""Chapter 11 Liver""; ""Chapter 12 Diseases of the Gallbladder and Biliary Tract""; ""Chapter 13 The Pancreas""; ""Chapter 14 Small Bowel""; ""Chapter 15 Large Bowel""; ""Chapter 16 Rectum and Anus""; ""Section IV: Cardiovascular Disorders""; ""Chapter 17 Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)""; ""Chapter 18 Acute Heart Failure""; ""Chapter 19 Pericarditis""; ""Chapter 20 Endocarditis and Myocarditis""; ""Chapter 21 Cardiomyopathies"" ""Chapter 22 Valvular Disease""""Chapter 23 Dysrhythmias""; ""Chapter 24 Hypertension""; ""Chapter 25 Peripheral Vascular Disease""; ""Section V: Cutaneous Disorders""; ""Chapter 26 Dermatitis""; ""Chapter 27 Bacterial Infections""; ""Chapter 28 Fungal Infections""; ""Chapter 31 Maculopapular Lesions""; ""Chapter 32 Purpura and Petechiae""; ""Chapter 33 Urticaria/Angioedema""; ""Chapter 34 Papular/Nodular Lesions""; ""Chapter 35 Erythemas""; ""Chapter 36 Vesicular/Bullous Lesions""; ""Chapter 37 Cancers""; ""Section VI: Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders"" ""Chapter 38 Acid-Base Disturbances""""Chapter 39 Adrenal Disease""; ""Chapter 40 Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances""; ""Chapter 41 Disorders of Glucose Metabolism""; ""Chapter 42 Nutritional Disorders""; ""Chapter 43 Parathyroid Disorders""; ""Chapter 44 Pheochromocytoma""; ""Chapter 45 Pituitary Disorders""; ""Chapter 46 Thyroid Disease""; ""Chapter 47 Endocrine Manifestations of Neoplasia""; ""Section VII: Head, Ears, Eyes, Nose, and Throat Disorders""; ""Chapter 48 Life-Threatening Emergencies""; ""Chapter 49 Disorders of the External Ear""; ""Chapter 50 Disorders of the Internal Ear"" ""Chapter 51 Nose/Sinus""""Chapter 52 Throat and Oropharynx""; ""Chapter 53 External Eye""; ""Section VIII: Introduction to Hematologic Disorders""; ""Chapter 54 Hemostatic Disorders""; ""Chapter 55 Lymphomas""; ""Chapter 56 Red Blood Cell Disorders""; ""Chapter 57 Transfusions""; ""Chapter 58 White Blood Cell Disorders""; ""Chapter 59 Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)""; ""Section IX: Introduction to Immune System Disorders""; ""Chapter 60 Autoimmune Diseases""; ""Chapter 61 Cardiac Transplantation""; ""Chapter 62 Hypersensitivity""; ""Section X: Systemic Infectious Diseases""