Emergency Sedation and Pain Management
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 14, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780521870863
Subjects: Accident & emergency medicine; Anaesthetics; Anesthesiology; Pharmacology; Medical / Pharmacology; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Analgesia; Anesthesia; Emergency medicine
Description: Comprehensive medical text addressing emergency sedation and analgesia with specific emphasis on treatment of the emergency department patient. The text presents a clinical approach to the treatment of pain in emergency patients, including pediatric and adult populations. Analgesia, sedation, and anesthetic techniques are presented in an informative, authoritative, and concise format - written and edited by physicians with extensive research as well as clinical emergency medicine expertise. The chapters are supplemented with tables, photographs, and step-by-step illustrations.