First aid for the emergency medicine boards
By: [edited by] Barbara K. Blok, Dickson S. Cheung, Timothy Fortescue Platts-Mills.
Contributors: Blok, Barbara K.; Cheung, Dickson S.; Platts-Mills, Timothy Fortescue.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 954
ISBN-13: 9780071496179
Subjects: Emergency medicine -- Examinations, questions, etc; Emergency Treatment -- methods -- Examination Questions; Emergency Treatment -- methods -- Handbooks; Emergency Medicine -- methods -- Examination Questions; Emergency Medicine -- methods -- Handbooks
Genres: Examinations, questions, etc.; Examination Questions.; Handbooks.
Description: "First Aid for the Emergency Medicine Boards, 2e is a concise review of every topic found on the emergency medicine written board examination. The book is a collection of hundreds of frequently tested, high-yield facts and visual aids based on the most recently administered in-service and board exams. Features: Full-color insert with must-know clinical images ; Written by residents and ER doctors who passed the exam ; A chapter on how to prepare for the exam provides valuable test-taking advice."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Resuscitation / Jeffrey Sankoff and Lisa Cheng; title: Cardiovascular emergencies / Jonathan Claud and Greg Burcham; title: Major trauma / Hagop Afarian; title: Orthopedics / Kim Fredericksen; title: Pediatrics / Hardin Pantle and Aaron Chen; title: Toxicology / Jennie Buchanan ... [et al.]; title: Endocrine, metabolic, fluid, and electrolyte disorders / Kenny Bahn; title: Infectious disease / Ross Donaldson; title: Hematology/oncology and allergy/immunology / Alex Ho; title: Thoracic and respiratory emergencies / Lauren Grossman; title: Abdominal and gastrointestinal emergencies / Allison Hobelmann ... [et al.]; title: Obstetrics and gynecology / Danielle Campagne; title: Environmental emergencies / Mashal Ahmadi; title: HEENT and dental emergencies / Manon Kwon; title: Neurology / Matero; title: Psychobehavioral disorders / Maryam Shapland; title: Dermatology / Mitzi Dillon; title: Renal and urogenital emergencies / Liza Cadnapaphornchai; title: Procedures and skills / Ana Uranga; title: EMS and disaster medicine / Jacqueline Ward-Gaines; title: Ethics, legal issues, and emergency department administration / Hugh F. Hill III.