Description

The series "At a Glance" is traditionally structured into chapters that are covered in just two pages. The knowledge provided is absolutely condensed and standardized, focusing on the most essential. In the subject addressed by this text – adult emergency medicine – this very standardization of information is more than necessary. As Emergency and Intensive Health Care is particularly demanding and health professionals face many pathological and surgical cases of patients, the structure of the manual "Adult Emergency Medicine at a Glance" offers the reader the ability to make immediate assessments, therapeutic management, and monitoring of these patients. The focus on essentials makes the manual indispensable for every medical student, resident doctor, and nurse. It is ideal for revision even for the most experienced health professionals, and we hope that Greek readers will embrace it just as much as the English-speaking audience of the edition. This edition, made available to Greek-speaking scholars by Parisian Scientific Publications AE, adds to every updated library of students and health professionals.

Contents

Introduction, 7
Foreword of the Greek edition, 7
Acknowledgements, 8
List of abbreviations, 9
Part 1: General part
1. Life in the Emergency Department, 10
2. Diagnosis, 12
3. Shock and intravenous fluids, 14
4. Imaging assessment in the ED, 16
5. Analgesia, 18
6. Airway management and sedation, 20
7. Blood gas analysis, 22
Part 2: Trauma - injuries
8. Trauma: Initial assessment, 24
9. Trauma: Secondary assessment, 26
10. Major head and neck injuries, 28
11. Minor head and neck injuries, 30
12. Injuries, 32
13. Burns, 34
14. Upper extremity injuries, 36
15. Wrist and forearm injuries, 38
16. Shoulder and elbow injuries, 40
17. Back pain, hip and knee injuries, 42
18. Shin, ankle, and foot injuries, 44
Part 3: Pathological conditions
19. Abdominal pain, 46
20. Urological problems, 48
21. Ear, nose, throat, and dental problems, 50
22. Ophthalmological problems, 52
23. Obstetric and gynecological problems, 54
24. Toxicology: general principles, 56
25. Toxicology: specific poisonings, 58
26. Psychiatry: self-harm and mental state, 60
27. Psychiatry: the disturbed patient, 62
28. Day Hospital Unit, 64
29. Loss of functionality and independence, 66
30. Syncope, fainting, and falls, 68
31. Low heart rate, 70
32. High heart rate, 72
33. Cardiac arrest, 74
34. Chest pain: related to cardiovascular problems, 76
35. Chest pain: not related to cardiovascular problems, 78
36. Dyspnea, 80
37. Anaphylaxis, 82
38. Sepsis, 84
39. Emergency endocrinological conditions, 86
40. Gastroenterology, 88
41. Headache, 90
42. Stroke and transient ischemic attack, 92
43. Seizures, 94
44. Hypothermia and hyperthermia, 96
45. Pre-hospital medicine, 98
46. Mass casualty, 100
47. Weapons of mass destruction: chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive, 102
Case studies: questions, 104
Case studies: answers, 107
Index, 113