Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine by James R. Roberts, Jerris R. Hedges, Arjun S. Chanmugam

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The standard in emergency procedures for both children and adults is back...completely revised and updated in a new 4th Edition. Detailed, step-by-step instructions and illustrations help to ensure that every technique is performed correctly. Each chapter explores the full range of issues surrounding a clinical procedure, including indications and contraindications, equipment, technique, interpretation, complications, and more.

• Provides new chapters on use of monitoring devices, vagal maneuvers, EKG techniques, procedures during pregnancy standard precautions and infectious exposure management, and the management, administrative, and educational aspects of clinical procedures.
• Offers a new section on teaching procedures to residents and house staff.
• Features 30% new authors, including 4 new associate editors, ensuring a broad perspective.
• Includes over 500 new illustrations
• With 112 additional contributing experts.

Ira J. Blumen

This is the third edition of this emergency medicine procedures text. It contains an extensive and rational approach to the various procedures that are necessary in the practice of emergency medicine. It was written to satisfy the needs of physicians with varied backgrounds and training. It outlines basic knowledge of the procedural skills, indications, benefits, alternative methods where appropriate, and potential complications (and ways to avoid them) of procedures. The primary audience is the specialist in emergency medicine. It is also intended for practicing physicians, educators, residents, and students who may be called upon to do procedures either on a regular or infrequent basis. There are nearly 100 contributors, with approximately 75 percent representing the specialty of emergency medicine. There are also contributors from pediatric emergency medicine, surgery, internal medicine, neurology, ophthalmology, and anesthesiology. The wide range of procedures are logically presented in thirteen sections. The well-referenced chapters explain the procedures in depth. Black-and-white photographs and x-ray reproductions are of varying quality, though generally very good. Throughout the text, the authors have included tricks of the trade and helpful suggestions for modification or improvement of even the most familiar techniques. This is clearly an authoritative source on procedures in emergency medicine. Topics are presented in a clear and straightforward manner that is appropriate for all practitioners, with or without previous experience. The vast majority of emergency medicine procedures are presented. However, ultrasonography procedures, which are becoming increasinglyimportant for emergency physicians, are not included. There are a few references to the use of ultrasound, but the various procedures are not presented. This would be a welcome addition to the next edition. Emergency physicians will find this text an essential reference for their personal library and for the emergency department. Residents and students will find this is an excellent didactic resource for learning procedures. Other physicians (family practice, surgeons, and other specialists) who may perform procedures infrequently will also find significant benefit from this book.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Rohit Gupta, MD (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine)
Description:This book stands as one of the core reference texts of emergency medicine, providing detailed, encyclopedic explanations of every procedure within an emergency medicine physician's scope of practice. This edition updates the third edition published in 1997.
Purpose:The authors seek to provide a literature-based clinical guide to the indications, methods, and complications of a wide variety of clinical procedures. The book accomplishes its worthy objective with great skill, being one of the most commonly referred to books both during and after clinical shifts.
Audience:This book is targeted at physicians at all levels of their training. Medical students will find that the book provides detailed, easy to understand descriptions of common procedures. Residents will find the book useful in mastering not only the procedures but also their indications. For attending physicians, the book covers such a wide range of procedures that there is always something new to learn.
Features:The book covers the entire gamut of procedures that the practicing clinician would ever need to perform. Indeed, it covers many procedures most emergency medicine physicians will never perform. The book covers most procedures in detail including indications, thorough descriptions of the procedures, and discussions of possible complications.
Assessment:This is one of the core textbooks of emergency medicine. It should be immediately available in every emergency department, and on the bookshelf of every emergency medicine physician. It is anexcellent book and this edition is a worthwhile update.

The Journal of Emergency Medicine

"If I am asked what is the best text on how to do procedures. There is only one answer, Roberts and Hedges...There are now four associate editors and 106 contributors, the list of whom is a "whos who" of Emergency Medicine...this is going to continue to be the most used textbook in the Emergency Department and will be a great source of background information and techniques for those giving lectures and setting up workshops in emergency procedures. I highly recommend that everyone involved in Emergency Medicine, whether clinical, teaching, pre-hospital care, or research, have access to this book."

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

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