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Pocket Emergency Medicine (Pocket Notebook Series)
from: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Binding: Ring-bound
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.025
EAN: 9780781743518
Edition: Lslf
ISBN: 0781743516
Label: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Manufacturer: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 295
Publication Date: May 01, 2003
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Studio: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Editorial Review:
This handy pocket-sized looseleaf reference contains the essential information that residents and medical students in the emergency department need to have at their fingertips. The first section covers 57 chief complaints in alphabetical order; other sections cover trauma, pediatric emergencies, environmental exposures, and airway management. Information is presented in concise, rapid-access format, with easy-to-scan bulleted lists and tables. Chapters follow a standard structure--history, classic findings, critical studies, ED interventions, pearls, and references. The six-ring binder can accommodate the student's or resident's own notes. Pocket Emergency Medicine is also available electronically for handheld computers. See Media Products section for details.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - EASILY the best ER handbook
Arranged by chief complaint, with instant access to the most pertinent information on workup and treatment.
There really is no comparable book in existence. I saw a recent review comparing it to 'Pocket Medicine'? There's no comparison. If you have a patient with chest pain, this book puts all the possible diagnoses in one section with the labs/imaging/physical exam tips that you need to decide which one is most likely...followed by the treatment. With 'Pocket Medicine' you'd have ... Read More
Rating:  - A good basic reference, but lacks citations
I am a military internist who bought this book prior to deployment to Iraq as a guide to teach my medics how to handle "ED fast lane" type complaints, and to remind me of some non-internal medicine complaints (eyes, gyn, etc) that I have not seen much of since medical school/intern year. I bought this as it was from the same series that my favorite IM pocket reference was from (Pocket Medicine). It is a good book in how it outlines things, but I was disappointed by the lack of references found in ... Read More
Rating: - Great Resource
This is a great resource for ER practice. I am a Physician Assistant in a Baltimore Emergency Room and this is a great go to guide. Its a quick and easy reference that provides pertinent info and is straight to the point. Great Investment!!
Rating:  - Great for qiuck reference
This served me well during my ER rotation - quick reference for differential diagnosis - gives basic treatment options.
Rating: - The best emergency medical reference in existance
I'm an RN working in a New York City emergency department, and I can say without a doubt, this is the best emergency medical refrence out there, and I own quite a few of them.
Physicians should find this book especially helpful.
Everything is organized by chief complaint, and then individual conditions. The book tells you, succinctly, exactly how to treat each condition, what drugs/dosages/treatments to use, what signs and symptoms are common, what complications to look for, ... Read More
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