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EMERGENCY
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P T ® S -A R
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Director, Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare Group
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CONTENTS
Contributors ix
Preface xi
Administration, Ethics, and Legal Aspects
Questions 1
Answers, Explanations, and References 4
Anesthesia and Analgesia
Questions 7
Answers, Explanations, and References 9
Cardiologic Emergencies
Questions 11
Answers, Explanations, and References 22
Dermatologic Emergencies
Questions 35
Answers, Explanations, and References 37
Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine
Questions 39
Answers, Explanations, and References 41
Environmental Emergencies
Questions 45
Answers, Explanations, and References 47
Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, and Maxillofacial Emergencies
Questions 51
Answers, Explanations, and References 59
Gastroenterologic Emergencies
Questions 67
Answers, Explanations, and References 74
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Geriatric Emergencies
Questions 83
Answers, Explanations, and References 85
Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies
Questions 87
Answers, Explanations, and References 91
Infectious Disease Emergencies
Questions 95
Answers, Explanations, and References 101
Metabolic, Endocrinologic, and Rheumatologic Emergencies
Questions 107
Answers, Explanations, and References 112
Neurologic and Psychiatric Emergencies
Questions 119
Answers, Explanations, and References 123
Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
Questions 129
Answers, Explanations, and References 133
Orthopedic Emergencies
Questions 137
Answers, Explanations, and References 141
Pediatric Emergencies
Questions 145
Answers, Explanations, and References 152
Pulmonary Emergencies
Questions 161
Answers, Explanations, and References 167
Renal and Urologic Emergencies
Questions 175
Answers, Explanations, and References 177
Toxicologic Emergencies
Questions 181
Answers, Explanations, and References 186
Trauma
Questions 191
Answers, Explanations, and References 200
CONTRIBUTORS
Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP H. Gene Hern, Jr., MD, MS
Director, Emergency Management Department of Emergency Medicine
Strategic Healthcare Group Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus
Veterans Health Administration Oakland, California
Washington, DC Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, andMaxillofacial Emergencies
R. Carter Clements, MD, FACEP
Amy M. Hutson, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus
Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus
Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Toxicologic Emergencies
Metabolic, Endocrinologic, and Rheumatologic
Emergenices
Elizabeth Dorn, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Loretta Jackson-Williams, MD PhD
Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus
Assistant Professor
Oakland, California
Emergency Medicine Department
Cardiologic Emergencies
University of Mississippi
Rochelle Eggleston, MD Jackson, Mississippi
Department of Emergency Medicine Neurologic and Psychiatric Emergencies
Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus
Oakland, California Amin Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM, FACEP
Gastroenterologic Emergencies Associate Division Chief
Associate Clinical Professor
David K. English, MD, FACEP
Division of Emergency Medicine
Director of Informatics
University of California, Irvine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Dermatologic Emergencies
Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus
Pulmonary Emergencies
Oakland, California
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Linda E. Keyes, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Department of Emergency Medicine
San Francisco, California
Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus
Administration, Ethics, and Legal Aspects
Oakland, California
Cardiologic Emergencies
Environmental Emergencies
Geriatric Emergencies
Renal and Urologic Emergencies
Cherie A. Hargis, MD
Attending Physician Susan Lambe, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus University of California, Los Angeles
Oakland, California Los Angeles, California
Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies Anesthesia and Analgesia
Pediatric Emergencies Orthopedic Emergencies
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