Table of contents : Contributor Peer Reviewers Preface Introduction: The Approach to the Patient in Emergency Medicine Share: The Physician Assistant Student’s Guide to the Clinical Year: Emergency Medicine 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