Roberts and Hedges' Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, 7e

Description:

Comprehensive, detailed, and up to date, Roberts and & Hedges’ Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, 7th Edition, provides highly visual coverage of both common and uncommon procedures encountered in emergency medicine and acute care practice. It clearly describes the ins and outs of every procedure you're likely to consider, such as how, why, when to, and when not to perform them, in addition toand recommends other emergency or acute care procedures that may be an option. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, the 7th Edition remains the most well-known and trusted procedures manual in its field

Features:

• Provides clear, detailed information for practitioners at all levels of experience - from trainees who are unfamiliar with a specific procedure to those with experience in the technique.

New To This Edition:

• Covers the latest equipment, devices, drug therapies, and techniques you need to know for the effective practice of emergency medicine and acute care.
• Features new and updated information on ultrasound throughout the text, including Ultrasound Boxes that are expertly written and richly illustrated with photographs and clinical correlative images.
• Includes more Procedure Boxes that allow you to see entire procedures at a glance, functioning as a mini-atlas that allows you to quickly grasp how to perform a procedure.
• Contains more than 100 new figures-of more than 3,500 images total-including new color photographs, new Ultrasound Boxes, and new algorithms.
• Features a new chapter on Procedures in the Setting of Anticoagulation.
• Covers hot topics such as novel loop abscess drainage technique, ENT techniques, and ophthalmology techniques, as well as procedures performed by acute care practitioners such as sedation of the agitated patient, alternate methods of drug delivery, and common errors and complications in the acute care setting.
• Expert Consult™ digital version included with purchase. This enhanced digital experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices. You’ll also have access to nearly 250 procedural videos.

Table Of Contents:

Section I: Vital Signs and Patient Monitoring Techniques

Chapter

1. Vital Sign Measurement

Chapter

2. Devices for Assessing Oxygenation and Ventilation

Section II: Respiratory Procedures

Chapter

3. Basic Airway Management and Decision Making

Chapter

4. Tracheal Intubation

Chapter

5. Pharmacologic Adjuncts to Intubation

Chapter

6. Cricothyrotomy and Percutaneous Translaryngeal Ventilation

Chapter

7. Tracheostomy Care

Chapter

8. Mechanical Ventilation

Chapter

9. Thoracentesis

Chapter

10. Tube Thoracostomy

Section III: Cardiac Procedures

Chapter

11. Techniques for Supraventricular Tachycardias

Chapter

12. Defibrillation and Cardioversion

Chapter

13. Assessment of Implantable Devices

Chapter

14. Basic Electrocardiograph Techniques

Chapter

15. Emergency Cardiac Pacing

Chapter

16. Pericardiocentesis

Chapter

17. CPR and Artificial Perfusion during Cardiac Arrest

Chapter

18. Resuscitative Thoracotomy

Section IV: Vascular Techniques and Volume Support

Chapter

19. Pediatric Vascular Access and Blood Sampling Techniques

Chapter

20. Arterial Puncture and Cannulation

Chapter

21. Peripheral Intravenous Access

Chapter

22. Central Venous Catheterization and Central Venous Pressure Monitoring

Chapter

23. Venous Cutdown

Chapter

24. Indwelling Vascular Devices: Emergency Access and Management

Chapter

25. Intraosseous Infusion

Chapter

26. Alternative Methods of Drug Administration

Chapter

27. Autotransfusion

Chapter

28. Transfusion Therapy: Blood and Blood Products

Section V: Anesthetic and Analgesic Techniques

Chapter

29. Local and Topical Anesthesia

Chapter

30. Regional Anesthesia of the Head and Neck

Chapter

31. Regional Anesthesia of the Thorax and Extremities

Chapter

32. Intravenous Regional Anesthesia

Chapter

33. Systemic Analgesia and Sedation for Procedures

Section VI: Soft Tissue Procedures

Chapter

34. Principles of Wound Management

Chapter

35. Methods of Wound Closure

Chapter

36. Foreign Body Removal

Chapter

37. Incision and Drainage

Chapter

38. Burn Care Procedures

Section VII: Gastrointestinal Procedures

Chapter

39. Esophageal Foreign Bodies

Chapter

40. Nasogastric and Feeding Tube Placement

Chapter

41. Balloon Tamponade of Gastroesophageal Varices

Chapter

42. Decontamination of the Poisoned Patient

Chapter

43. Peritoneal Procedures

Chapter

44. Abdominal Hernia Reduction

Chapter

45. Anorectal Procedures

Section VIII: Musculoskeletal Procedures

Chapter

46. Prehospital Immobilzation

Chapter

47. Management of Amputations

Chapter

48. Extensor and Flexor Tendon Injuries in the Hand, Wrist, and Foot

Chapter

49. Management of Common Dislocations

Chapter

50. Splinting Techniques

Chapter

51. Podiatric Procedures

Chapter

52. Treatment of Bursitis, Tendinitis, and Trigger Points

Chapter

53. Arthrocentesis

Chapter

54. Compartment Syndrome Evaluation

Section IX: Genitourinary Obstetric, and Gynecologic Procedures

Chapter

55. Urologic Procedures

Chapter

56. Emergency Childbirth

Chapter

57. Gynecologic Procedures

Chapter

58. Examination of the Sexual Assault Victim

Section X: Neurologic Procedures

Chapter

59. Management of Increased Intracranial Pressure and Intracranial Shunts

Chapter

60. Spinal Puncture and Cerebrospinal Fluid Examination

Chapter

61. Special Neurologic Tests and Procedures

Section XI: Ophthalmologic, Otolaryngologic, and Dental Procedures

Chapter

62. Ophthalmologic Procedures

Chapter

63. Otolaryngologic Procedures

Chapter

64. Emergency Dental Procedures

Section XII: Special Procedures

Chapter

65. Procedures Pertaining to Hypothermia and Hyperthermia

Chapter

66. Ultrasound

Chapter

67. Bedside Laboratory and Microbiologic Procedures

Chapter

68. Standard Precautions and Infectious Exposure Management

Chapter

69. Physical and Chemical Restraint

Chapter

70. Noncardiac Implantable Devices

Chapter

71. Radiation in Pregnancy and Clinical Issues of Radiocontrast Agents

Chapter

72. Procedures in the Setting of Anticoagulation

Appendix I: Commonly Used Formulas and Calculations