Emergency Medicine Oral Board Review Illustrated

Description

Fully up to date with recent research and practice, including the most recent AHA guidelines, this model resource for the practising emergency medicine resident allows for a case-based interactive approach to studying for the Oral Boards examination, while also providing an excellent introduction to the field. Featuring 126 cases derived from the Model of Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, with an emphasis on EKGs, CT scans, X-rays and ultrasounds, it now includes diagnoses such as nursemaid's elbow, multiple sepsis cases, the suicidal patient, and Cushing's syndrome, as well as a chapter on the scoring of Oral Boards. Practising alone or with a partner, the reader can review critical actions and key clinical pearls for each case. The appendices contain high-yield information on subjects emphasised in the Oral Boards examination, such as pediatric, cardiovascular, traumatic, and toxicological disorders. This book truly allows the reader to feel actively immersed in the case.

• Each case includes critical actions and clinical pearls, highlighting the most important aspects of diagnostics and treatment
• Contains over 250 figures, including EKGs, X-rays, CT scans, and ultrasound images, providing the exam candidate with ample opportunity to become familiar with the image-based aspect of the examination
• Includes 16 new cases to cover further diagnoses and aspects of the examination

Contents

1. How to use this book
2. EM medical decision making
3. About the Oral Boards: The approach and practical tips
4. About the Oral Boards: format and scoring
Cases:
1. Overdose
2. Vomiting infant
3. Altered mental status
4. Chest trauma
5. Abdominal pain and vomiting
6. Weak infant
7. Chest pain
8. Back pain
9. Leg swelling
10. Weakness
11. Eye pain
12. Abdominal pain
13. Ringing in the ears
14. Vomiting child
15. Snake bite
16. Visual impairment
17. Syncope
18. Sore throat
19. Knee pain
20. Abdominal pain
21. Abdominal pain
22. Cough
23. Flank pain
24. Weakness
25. Assault to face
26. Burn
27. Vomiting blood
28. Light-headedness
29. Shortness of breath
30. Rash and fever
31. Weakness
32. Abdominal pain and vomiting
33. Chest pain
34. Seizure
35. Chest pain
36. Throat swelling
37. Abdominal pain
38. Altered mental status
39. Rectal pain
40. Vaginal bleeding
41. Agitation
42. Abdominal pain
43. Abdominal pain
44. Abdominal pain
45. Altered mental status
46. Diarrhea
47. Seizure
48. Toothache
49. Penetrating chest trauma
50. Animal bite
51. Abdominal pain. Female
52. Headache
53. Pediatric fever
54. Back pain
55. Cardiac arrest
56. Knee pain
57. Rash
58. Sickle-cell disease
59. Headache
60. Chest pain
61. Altered mental status
62. Headache
63. Altered mental status
64. Shortness of breath
65. Shortness of breath
66. Flank pain
67. Seizure
68. Fever
69. Vomiting
70. Fever
71. Palpitations
72. Cough
73. Drowning
74. Abdominal pain
75. Abdominal pain
76. Shortness of breath
77. Altered mental status
78. Weakness
79. Pedestrian struck
80. Back pain
81. Altered mental status
82. Abdominal pain
83. Abdominal pain
84. Respiratory distress
85. Overdose
86. Chest pain
87. Fever
88. Altered mental status
89. Shortness of breath
90. Stab to chest
91. Abdominal pain
92. Seizure
93. Palpitations
94. Seizure
95. Fever
96. Abdominal trauma
97. Hematochezia
98. Abdominal pain
99. Cough
100. Headache
101. Drowning
102. Cyanosis
103. Diarrhea
104. Cough
105. Altered mental status
106. Weakness
107. Foot pain
108. Neck pain
109. Abdominal pain
110. Shortness of breath
111. Arm pain
112. Altered mental status
113. Cardiac arrest
114. Leg pain
115. Shortness of breath and swelling
116. Finger pain
117. Dizziness
118. Intoxication
119. Altered mental status
120. Fatigue
121. Rash and fever
122. Arm pain
123. Headache
124. Dizziness
125. Weakness
126. 'Found drunk'
Appendix A. The chest pain patient: five life-threatening causes and critical actions
Appendix B. The confused patient: ten most common causes and critical actions
Appendix C. The poisoned patient: most common toxidromes and treatments
Appendix D. The trauma patient: the approach and important principles
Appendix E. Advanced cardiac life support review
Appendix F. Pediatric pearls: high-yield facts from fever to drugs
Appendix G. Twenty common emergency medicine procedures: indications, contraindications, technique, and complications
Appendix H. Image answer key
Index.

Authors

Yasuharu Okuda, US Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Orlando
Yasuharu Okuda is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, and National Medical Director, SimLEARN, Veterans Health Administration, Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Bret P. Nelson, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
Bret P. Nelson is Director of Emergency Ultrasound, Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai.