Pediatric Emergency Medicine Secrets

I Advanced Life Support
CHAPTER 1 CHILDHOOD RESUSCITATION
CHAPTER 2 NEONATAL RESUSCITATION
CHAPTER 3 RESPIRATORY FAILURE
CHAPTER 4 SHOCK
II Chief Complaints
CHAPTER 5 ABDOMINAL PAIN
CHAPTER 6 ALTERED MENTAL STATUS
CHAPTER 7 APNEA, SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME, AND BRIEF RESOLVED UNEXPLAINED EVENTS
CHAPTER 8 CHEST PAIN
CHAPTER 9 COUGH
CHAPTER 10 CRYING AND IRRITABILITY IN THE YOUNG CHILD
CHAPTER 11 DIARRHEA
CHAPTER 12 EAR PAIN
CHAPTER 13 FEVER
CHAPTER 14 FOREIGN BODIES IN CHILDREN
CHAPTER 15 HEADACHE
CHAPTER 16 HEMATURIA AND DYSURIA
CHAPTER 17 HYPERTENSION
CHAPTER 18 JAUNDICE
CHAPTER 19 LIMP
CHAPTER 20 NECK MASSES
CHAPTER 21 PEDIATRIC RASHES
CHAPTER 22 SCROTAL PAIN
CHAPTER 23 SORE THROAT
CHAPTER 24 STIFF NECK
CHAPTER 25 STRIDOR
CHAPTER 26 SYNCOPE
CHAPTER 27 VAGINAL BLEEDING/DISCHARGE
CHAPTER 28 VOMITING
III Medical Emergencies
CHAPTER 29 ANAPHYLAXIS
CHAPTER 30 CARDIAC EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 31 CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 32 ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
CHAPTER 33 FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES
CHAPTER 34 GASTROINTESTINAL EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 35 GYNECOLOGIC EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 36 HEMATOLOGIC AND ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 37 INFECTIOUS DISEASE EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 38 OPHTHALMOLOGIC EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 39 POISONINGS
CHAPTER 40 PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 41 RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 42 TECHNOLOGY-ASSISTED CHILDREN—ACUTE CARE
IV Surgical Emergencies
CHAPTER 43 DENTAL/PERIODONTAL EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 44 GENERAL SURGERY EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 45 NEUROSURGICAL EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 46 ORTHOPEDIC EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 47 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 48 UROLOGIC EMERGENCIES
V Trauma
CHAPTER 49 ABDOMINAL TRAUMA
CHAPTER 50 BURNS AND SMOKE INHALATION
CHAPTER 51 CHILD ABUSE
CHAPTER 52 SEXUAL ASSAULT
CHAPTER 53 DENTAL INJURIES
CHAPTER 54 EXTREMITY INJURIES
CHAPTER 55 EYE INJURIES
CHAPTER 56 HEAD TRAUMA
CHAPTER 57 MINOR TRAUMA
CHAPTER 58 MULTIPLE TRAUMA
CHAPTER 59 NECK AND CERVICAL SPINE TRAUMA
CHAPTER 60 PELVIC TRAUMA AND GENITOURINARY INJURY
CHAPTER 61 THORACIC TRAUMA
VI Environmental Emergencies
CHAPTER 62 BITES AND STINGS
CHAPTER 63 DROWNING
CHAPTER 64 ELECTRICAL AND LIGHTNING INJURIES
CHAPTER 65 HYPOTHERMIA AND HYPERTHERMIA
CHAPTER 66 HIGH-ALTITUDE ILLNESS
VII Special Topics
CHAPTER 67 CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM
CHAPTER 68 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
CHAPTER 69 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND TRANSPORT MEDICINE
CHAPTER 70 PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
CHAPTER 71 RISK MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL ISSUES
CHAPTER 72 SEDATION AND ANALGESIA
CHAPTER 73 POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND
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