"A Lange medical book."

Rev. ed. of: Current emergency diagnosis & treatment. 5th ed. c2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section I -- Special aspects of emergency medicine -- Approach to the emergency department patient / T. Russell Jones -- Prehospital emergency services / Margaret Strecker-McGraw and Robert D. Greenbergons -- Nuclear, biologic and chemical agents; weapons of mass destruction / David L. Morgan -- Multicasualty incidents and disasters / Kevin A. Rodriguez -- Legal aspects of emergency care / Charles A. Eckerline, Jr. -- Emergency procedures / William Randall Partin -- Section II -- Management of common emergency problems -- Basic and advanced cardiac life support / Eric C. Goshorn and Salvator J. Vicario -- Compromised airway / Rebecca C. Bowers and Jeffrey D. Weaver -- Shock / David A. Smith -- The multiply injured patient / Julia Martin and Lisa Gwin -- Respiratory distress / David Smith -- Chest pain / Timothy G. Price -- Abdominal pain / Melissa Platt, Samir Doshi and Eric Telfer -- Gastrointestinal bleeding / Alicia Haywood, Tammy L. Ray, and Timothy G. Price -- Coma / James E. Morris -- Syncope / C. Keith Stone -- Seizures / Derek R. Cooney, and Keith Stone -- Headache / Ross Tobleman and C. Keith Stone -- Arthritis and back pain / Terry C. Hermance and L. Richard Boggs -- Section III -- Trauma emergencies -- Head injuries / Roger L. Humphries -- Maxillofacial and neck trauma / Troy T. Pope, and Troy C. Rock -- Chest trauma / Seth Stearley and L. Richard Boggs -- Abdominal trauma / Roger L. Humphries -- Genitourinary trauma / Roger Humphries -- Vertebral column & spinal cord trauma / James E. Cleveland and Troy C. Rock -- Orthopedic emergencies / Royce Coleman and Aaron Collins -- Hand trauma / Raymond G. Hart -- Wound care / David A. Fritz -- Section IV -- Nontrauma emergencies -- Eye emergencies / Robert D. Greenberg and Jerry Castleberry -- Emergency disorders of the ear, nose, sinuses, oropharynx, and mouth / Timothy C. Stallard -- Pulmonary emergencies / David Smith -- Cardiac emergencies / Roger L. Humphries -- Cardiac arrhythmias / B.C. Bollinger and Joseph Heidenreich -- Gastrointestinal emergencies / Roger L. Humphries -- Neurologic emergencies / C. Keith Stone and Derek R. Cooney -- Obstetric and gynecologic emergencies and rape / Melissa Platt & Mary Nan Mallory -- Genitourinary emergencies / Charles F. McCuskey -- Vascular emergencies / David A. Fritz -- Hematologic emergencies / C. Keith Stone, Robert D. Greenberg, and James E. Morris -- Infectious disease emergencies / Jon Jaffe and James E. Morris -- Metabolic and endocrine emergencies / Shane Frederick & Daniel F. Danzl -- Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base emergencies / James E. Morris -- Burns and smoke inhalation / David A. Fritz -- Disorders due to physical & environmental agents / Rebecca C. Bowers and Timothy K. Anderson -- Poisoning / David L. Morgan and Douglas J. Borys -- Dermatologic emergencies / Ben H. Chlapek -- Psychiatric emergencies / Gregory Hall -- Pediatric emergencies / Eric Yazel and Sandra Herr -- Index.