For clinicians who see patients suffering from non-life-threatening crises, Minor Emergencies, 4th Edition, provides concise, expert guidance on what to do and what not to do for nearly 200 common presentations, including both the correct procedural and pharmaceutical treatments. Minor Emergencies Completely updated with the latest equipment, devices, dosages, and techniques, this award-winning reference delivers fast, efficient guidance just when you need it. Instructional videos clearly demonstrate pearls and pitfalls of a wide variety of procedures.

• Offers a practical approach to common minor emergencies, with brief, to-the-point guidance on everything from febrile seizures in children, foreign body removal, and initial management of epistaxis to rib fractures, sacroiliac joint injection, and patellar dislocation reduction.
• Includes new ultrasound examples throughout, plus new chapters on floaters, prophylaxis following sexual exposure, leg edema, piercing complications, Taser injuries, and more.
• Provides at-a-glance guidance with “What to Do” and “What NOT to Do” checklists.
• Presents information in a highly templated format, with each topic given 2-3 pages of coverage.
• Features a discussion box at the end of each chapter with a quick overview of clinical manifestations, differential diagnosis, and other points of consideration―with evidence.
• Includes access to ۳۸ procedural videos such as removing foreign body from skin, upper facial injury-fracture examination, and more.
• Offers procedural sedation recommendations from Dr. Daniel Wolfson.

Contents

۱. Acute Dystonic Drug Reaction
۲. Heat Illness : (Heat Syncope, Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion)
۳. Hyperventilation
۴. Psychogenic Nonepileptic Attack : (Dissociative Convulsions)
۵. Idiopathic Facial Paralysis (Bell Palsy)
۶. Migraine Headache
۷. Adult Seizures
۸. Seizures (Convulsions, Fits), Febrile and Pediatric
۹. Tension-Type (Muscle Contraction) Headache
۱۰. Trivial, Minimal, and Minor Head Trauma : (Concussion)
۱۱. Vasovagal or Neurocardiogenic or Neurally Mediated Syncope : (Faint, Swoon)
۱۲. Dizziness and Vertigo
۱۳. Weakness
۱۴. Conjunctivitis : (Pink Eye)
۱۵. Contact Lens Complications
۱۶. Corneal Abrasion
۱۷. Floaters
۱۸. Foreign Body, Conjunctival
۱۹. Foreign Body, Corneal
۲۰. Hordeolum : (Stye)
۲۱. Iritis : (Acute Anterior Uveitis)
۲۲. Periorbital and Conjunctival Edema
۲۳. Periorbital Ecchymosis : (Black Eye)
۲۴. Removal of Dislocated Contact Lens
۲۵. Subconjunctival Hemorrhage
۲۶. Ultraviolet Keratoconjunctivitis : (Welders or Tanning Bed Burn)
۲۷. Cerumen Impaction : (Earwax Blockage)
۲۸. Epistaxis : (Nosebleed)
۲۹. Foreign Body, Ear
۳۰. Foreign Body, Nose

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۱۵۰. Piercing Complications
۱۵۱. Puncture Wounds
۱۵۲. Ring Removal
۱۵۳. Sliver, Superficial
۱۵۴. Subcutaneous Foreign Bodies : (Metal, Dental Fragments, Glass, Gravel, and Hard Plastic)
۱۵۵. Subungual Ecchymosis : (Tennis Toe)
۱۵۶. Subungual Hematoma
۱۵۷. Superficial Thrombophlebitis/Bleeding Varicosity
۱۵۸. Taser Injuries
۱۵۹. Torn/Split Earlobe
۱۶۰. Traumatic Tattoos and Abrasions
۱۶۱. Zipper Entrapment : (Penis or Chin)
۱۶۲. Allergic Contact Dermatitis
۱۶۳. Arachnid Envenomation : (Spider Bite)
۱۶۴. Arthropod Bites : (Bug Bites, Insect Bites)
۱۶۵. Cutaneous Abscess or Pustule
۱۶۶. Cutaneous Larva Migrans : (Creeping Eruption)
۱۶۷. Diaper Dermatitis : (Diaper Rash)
۱۶۸. Erysipelas, Cellulitis, Lymphangitis
۱۶۹. Fire Ant Stings
۱۷۰. Friction Blister
۱۷۱. Frostnip, Frostbite, and Mild Hypothermia
۱۷۲. Herpes Zoster : (Shingles)
۱۷۳. Hymenoptera (Bee, Wasp, Hornet) Envenomation
۱۷۴. Impetigo
۱۷۵. Partial-Thickness (Second-Degree) Burns and Tar Burns
۱۷۶. Pediculosis : (Lice, Crabs)
۱۷۷. Pityriasis Rosea
۱۷۸. Pyogenic Granuloma or Lobular Capillary Hemangioma : (Proud Flesh)
۱۷۹. Scabies : (Human Itch Mite)
۱۸۰. Sea Bather’s Eruption : (Sea Lice)
۱۸۱. Sunburn
۱۸۲. Tick Bites and Tickborne Illness
۱۸۳. Tinea Pedis, Tinea Cruris, Tinea Corporis : (Athlete’s Foot, Jock Itch, Ringworm)
۱۸۴. Toxicodendron (Rhus) Allergic Contact Dermatitis : (Poison Ivy, Oak, or Sumac)
۱۸۵. Uticaria (Hives), Acute
۱۸۶. Warts : (Common and Plantar)