CURRENT Emergency Diagnosis & Treatment

Chair Department of Emergency Medicine Texas A & M University Health Sciences Center Scott & White Memorial Hospital Temple Texas Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

I. SPECIAL ASPECTS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE 1. Approach to the Emergency Department Patient 2. Prehospital Emergency Medical Services 3. Multicasualty Incidents & Disasters 4. Legal Aspects of Emergency Care 5. Emergency ProceduresII. MANAGEMENT OF COMMON EMERGENCY PROBLEMS 6. Basic & Advanced Cardiac Life Support 7. Compromised Airway 8. Shock 9. The Multiply Injured Patient 10. Dyspnea, Respiratory Distress, & Respiratory Failure 11. Chest Pain 12. Abdominal Pain 13. Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding 14. Diarrhea & Vomiting 15. Coma 16. Syncope, Seizures, & Other Causes of Episodic Loss of Consciousness 17. Weakness & Stroke 18. Headache 19. Delirium & Acute Confusional States 20. Arthritis & Back PainIII. TRAUMA EMERGENCIES 21. Head Trauma 22. Maxillofacial & Neck Trauma 23. Chest Trauma 24. Abdominal Trauma 25. Genitourinary Trauma 26. Vertebral Column & Spinal Cord Trauma 27. Orthopedic Emergencies 28. Hand Trauma 29. Wound CareIV.NON-TRAUMA EMERGENCIES 30. Eye Emergencies 31. ENT Emergencies: Disorders of the Ears, Nose, Sinuses, Oropharynx 32. Pulmonary Emergencies 33. Cardiac Emergencies 34. Cardiac Arrhythmias 35. Obstetric & Gynecologic Emergencies & Rape 36. Genitourinary Emergencies 37. Vascular Emergencies 38. Hematologic Emergencies 39. Infectious Disease Emergencies 40. Metabolic & Endocrine Emergencies 41. Fluid, Electrolyte, & Acid-Base Emergencies 42. Burns & Smoke Inhalation 43. Disorders Due to Physical & Environmental Agents 44. Poisoning 45. Dermatologic Emergencies 46. Psychiatric Emergencies 47. Pediatric Emergencies Index