The Physician Assistant Student’s Guide to the Clinical Year: Emergency Medicine [1st ed.] 9780826195272, 9780826195371, 0826195377, 082619527X

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Table of contents :
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Preface
Introduction: The Approach to the Patient in Emergency Medicine
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1. Common Presentations in Emergency Medicine
Abdominal Pain
Altered Mental Status
Chest Pain
Headache
Low-Back Pain
Traumatic Injury
2. Common Disease Entities in Emergency
Medicine
Abdominal Pain
Altered Mental Status
Chest Pain
Dyspnea
Headache
Low-Back Pain
Traumatic Injury
3. Diagnostic Testing in Emergency Medicine
Labs
Diagnostic Imaging Studies
Other Diagnostic Testing
4. Patient Education and Counseling in Emergency
Medicine
Age-Appropriate Screenings
Legal Issues in Emergency Medicine
Preventive Medicine Guidelines
Selected Patient Education Topics Pertinent to Emergency Medicine
Vaccinations
5. Selected Topics in Emergency Medicine Patient
Care
Advanced Directives/End-of-Life Care
Care of Incarcerated Patients and Patients in Police Custody
Drug-Seeking Behavior
Malingering and Factitious Disorders
Management of the Violent Patient
Patients With Healthcare Proxies
Patients With Limited English Proficiency
6. Common Procedures in Emergency x
Medicine
Digital Block
Foreign-Body Removal: Ears
Foreign-Body Removal: Eyes
Foreign-Body Removal: Skin/Soft Tissue
Incision and Drainage of Abscess
Lumbar Puncture
Nasal Packing (Anterior)
Wound Repair
7. Common Abbreviations in Emergency
Medicine
Index
e-Chapter 8. Case Studies in Emergency Medicine
https://connect.springerpub.com/content/book/978-0-8261-9537-
1/chapter/ch08
e-Chapter 9. Review Questions in Emergency Medicine
https://connect.springerpub.com/content/book/978-0-8261-9537-
1/chapter/ch09
e-Chapter 10. Additional Resources to Enhance the Emergency Medicine
Rotation
https://connect.springerpub.com/content/book/978-0-8261-9537-
1/chapter/ch10

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