Accident and emergency medicine Books

Updated and expanded to provide the neurologic, intensive and critical care communities a comprehensive guide to common critical care illnesses and seizures, this third edition remains the premier resource on seizures in critical care. In addition to...

This text provides a high level, comprehensive but concise review of adult surgical critical care.  It can be used to review complex topics of critical illness in surgical patients, as a reference tool, or as preparation for a board examination...

This text uses cases  to illustrate differential diagnoses of various infectious diseases.  Unlike any other book on the market, this book is specifically designed for ease of use and can cater to a variety of medical professionals and their...

This book addresses the wide range of issues that face the program leader - from how to choose a site and how to negotiate for equipment, to how to determine staffing requirements and how to anticipate and defuse possible turf issues with other programs...

This book provides a unique frame work for examining acute lung syndromes that arise from hematologic disorders or is defined by a hematologic abnormality as a key feature.  Acute lung processes arising from hematologic disorders can present as...

This book highlights the practical characteristics of uncommon diseases and presents the most relevant features for the management of intensive care units. It does not aim to provide an exhaustive description of uncommon diseases, focusing instead on the...

Authored by three world experts, this is a clinically focused book on pediatric anesthesia. "The Manual", as it is known, has long dominated the market for a succinct and practical resource on administering anesthesia to children and is used by...

Part I. Infections and antibiotics.- Interpreting Procalcitoninat the Bedside.- Reducing Antibiotic Use in the ICU: A Time-based Approach to RationalAntimicrobial Use.- Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells in Severe Influenza Infection.-Critically Ill Patients...

​This book is an up-to-date reference on all aspects of anticoagulation and hemostasis in neurosurgery. After an opening section on basic principles and drug classes in current use, detailed consideration is given to coagulation issues relevant to all...

This book presents a comprehensive, state-of the-art guide and review of ultrasound applications for children and infants with surgical problems. It is meant as a single source to provide information about sonographic application, interpretation and...

This book is an up-to-date, comprehensive review of the neuropsychiatry of multiple sclerosis and related diseases, by active authorities in the field, with an emphasis on diagnosis and management. Critical appraisal of the methodological aspects and...

While many books are available on disaster medicine, none is specifically devoted to the role of physicians in the management of patients exposed to radiation leakage from a damaged nuclear power plant. Radiation Disaster...

The second edition of this book provides scientific and clinical insights on the management of patients who arrive at the hospital with a presentation consistent with a potential acute coronary syndrome. Focusing on the cardiology aspects of chest...

This book aims to give a comprehensive overview of the current challenges and solution posed to the health care professionals who need to use mechanical ventilation to treat their patients.Mechanical ventilation is a cornerstone of the treatment of...

This book comprehensively addresses the use of pulmonary function measurement for the evaluation, screening and timing of noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) from hospital to home care. To do so, it describes three clinical stages of NIMV support:...

This book aims to be a single point of reference for advances in the care of geriatric populations across medical and surgical specialties. The aging population is a unique demographic with its own health challenges. Geriatricians are specifically...

The 2nd edition of this book describes the recent techniques, strategies, and drugs that have been demonstrated by multicenter randomized trials to influence survival in critically ill, defined as those who have acute failure of at least one organ, due...

This book discusses multiple aspects of radiological and nuclear terrorism. Do you know what to do if there is a radiological or nuclear emergency in your city? These accidents are not common, but they have happened - and even though we have not seen an...

This book gathers the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Intracranial Pressure and Neuromonitoring, held in Leuven, Belgium in September 2019. It provides an overview of the current understanding, underlying research and future...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the medical and operational management of blast and explosive incidents affecting civilian populations. It incorporates global lessons learned from first responders, emergency medicine providers, surgeons,...

This book covers several areas, such as immunology, infectious diseases, physiology, general nursing, and medicine as well as measurement accuracy and the history of our understanding of fever. This book employs an interdisciplinary approach to exploring...

Discover what you need to know to respond correctly to medical emergencies when no doctor is around Do you want to stop worrying about letting your child play on their own, knowing you can confidently handle any mishaps ranging from head bumps,...

Por primera vez un libro intenta explorar los complejos temas del abuso ritual traumático y el control mental que resulta de él. Se trata de un intento de profundizar en la pesada cuestión de la pedocriminalidad elitista, también llamada pedo-satanismo...

In Pediatric Critical Review, Board certified pediatric critical care physicians uniquely capture the essence of the most common critical care scenarios in a series of carefully crafted questions and answers. With their crisp...

The origin of modern intensive care units (ICUs) has frequently been attributed to the widespread provision of mechanical ventilation within dedicated hospital areas during the 1952 Copenhagen polio epidemic.  However, modern...

This comprehensive resource brings together the most current theories, evidence and best practice parameters for the use of nocturnal non-invasive ventilation (nNIV). Chapters focus on the application of acute and chronic nNIV in patients with...

In recent years much enthusiasm and energy has been directed toward the development of human gene therapies, especially for inherited conditions and cancers. However, current gene transfer technology is limited in its...

To be asked to prepare a second edition of a book is heartening for any author or editor. Apart from the opportunity to make the corrections and amendments which are inevitable in a practical manual there is also the ...

This book describes the fight to create a new medical specialty of accident and emergency medicine against much opposition from established specialties. The specialty was first recognized in 1972. The book also charts the major developments that occurred...

This fascinating book demonstrates how hypnotic communication has the potential to improve patient outcomes in emergency care, integrating insights on the connection between mind and body for paramedics and other first responders. Providing a...

Healing Your Body from the Inside Out After years of taking antibiotics, Sharissa Bradley's body fell apart. Finally diagnosed with Hashimoto's and Celiac in 2015 and determined to heal her body, from the inside out, the author took the radical and...

Wissenschaftliche Studie aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Beratung und Therapie, Note: 250 von 250 Punkten, , Veranstaltung: Integrale Traumatherapie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Gegenstand der vorliegenden Facharbeit (Abschlussarbeit) ist...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,0, Alice-Salomon Hochschule Berlin , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit möchte sich nicht nur der klinischen Sicht auf Traumata und davon betroffenen Kindern und...

"How could something that happened so long ago affect me today?" I asked my therapist right after she told me I was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). How could an assault at six years old be the defining factor in my adult...

The only book dedicated to the College of Emergency Medicine's Membership examination, this book contains numerous questions and answers, together with data sets and clinical examples to help prepare candidates taking part B of this and other higher...

As seen in military documents, medical journals, novels, films, television shows, and memoirs, soldiers' invisible wounds are not innate cracks in individual psyches that break under the stress of war. Instead, the generation of weary warriors is caught...

Find out how to heal the past, live in the present, and create a new future. In this 7 Week's program, you will learn how to understand your emotions and accept them step by step.Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a contemporary,...

It all began with a fever and a sore throat.One night, three-year-old Shamar wakes up with a 101 temperature and a sore throat. Concerned it could be strep, Shamar's mother, Faye, ensures she sees a doctor as soon as possible. After a routine check-up...

This book is jammed packed with real human stories from David Johnson- Author and retired Paramedic who has 20 years of experience saving lives.The Book Covers:•Where It All Began•Fear of The Dead•How I Became A Paramedic•A Night To Remember•Famous...

Would you know how to prepare for an unforeseen emergency, or handle an unexpected disaster? What constitutes a disaster is relative to the event and the effect it has on the people.  Major disasters are recurring fact of life for every...

""A Comparative Study of the Intelligence of Delinquent Girls"" is a book written by Augusta Fox Bronner in 1914. It is a research-based study that aims to compare the intelligence of delinquent girls to that of non-delinquent girls. The author conducted...

The clinical management of patients with acute brain and spinal cord injury has evolved significantly with the advent of new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Acute Brain and Spinal Cord Injury presents the latest medical science and highlights...

There is a need to not only understand psychiatric emergencies in low- and middle-income countries but also to formulate logical and acceptable forms of intervention. This book gives the reader an overview of the kinds of psychiatric emergencies that can...