Resident Readiness Emergency Medicine

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction......Page 15
I. Approach to the Patient in the Emergency Department......Page 17
1. A New Resident Begins the First Day of Emergency Medicine Residency......Page 18
II. The ED Rotation—Cases You Will Definitely See......Page 32
2. A 67-year-old Male With Severe Chest Pain......Page 34
3. A 35-year-old Female With Left-sided Chest Pain......Page 44
4. A 15-year-old Female With Acute Abdominal Pain......Page 52
5. A 50-year-old Male With Upper Abdominal Pain......Page 64
6. A 23-year-old Female With Dyspnea......Page 74
7. A 72-year-old Male With Dyspnea......Page 86
8. A 64-year-old Female With Vertigo......Page 92
9. A 32-year-old Male With Vertigo......Page 100
10. An 82-year-old Female With Altered Mental Status......Page 106
11. A 30-year-old Female With Altered Mental Status......Page 112
12. A 72-year-old Female With Low Back Pain......Page 120
13. A 40-year-old Male With Low Back Pain......Page 128
14. An 84-year-old Male Becomes Unresponsive......Page 136
15. A 21-year-old Female With a Reported Overdose......Page 146
16. A 3-week-old Male With a Fever......Page 154
17. A 5-year-old Female With Fever......Page 166
18. A 5-year-old Male With Abdominal Pain......Page 174
19. A 9-month-old Female With Abdominal Pain, Vomiting, and Diarrhea......Page 190
20. A 32-year-old Female With Headache......Page 196
21. A 47-year-old Male With Headache......Page 204
22. A 32-year-old Female With Vaginal Bleeding......Page 210
23. A 19-year-old Female With Vaginal Bleeding......Page 220
III. The Trauma Service......Page 226
24. A New Emergency Medicine Resident Joins the Trauma Team......Page 228
25. A 23-year-old Female Status Post High-speed Motor Vehicle Accident......Page 230
IV. The Intensive Care Unit......Page 256
26. A New EM Resident Joins the ICU Team......Page 258
27. A 35-year-old Male on a Ventilator Develops Hypoxia......Page 264
28. A 60-year-old Male With Fever and Hypotension......Page 268
29. A 40-year-old Female With Headache......Page 278
30. A 65-year-old Male With Hematemesis......Page 284
31. A 45-year-old Male With Abdominal Pain, Vomiting, and Altered Mental Status......Page 290
32. A 76-year-old Male With Dyspnea......Page 296
33. A 70-year-old Male With Altered Mental Status......Page 302
34. An 84-year-old Female With Cough and Fever......Page 308
35. A 32-year-old Male With Multi-system Trauma......Page 314
36. A 77-year-old Male Status Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft......Page 322
V. Emergency Ultrasound......Page 332
37. A New EM Resident Is Asked to Perform a Bedside Ultrasound......Page 334
38. A 30-year-old Patient Status Post Motor Vehicle Crash......Page 342
39. A 27-year-old Female With First Trimester Vaginal Bleeding......Page 352
40. A 60-year-old Male With Flank Pain......Page 358
VI. Emergency Medical Services......Page 366
41. A 54-year-old Male With Chest Pain......Page 368
42. A 94-year-old Female With Altered Mental Status......Page 374
43. An Earthquake Strikes a Medium-sized City......Page 378
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