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Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
This practical volume highlights traditional, novel, and evolving aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE). The contributors comprise an international team of experts. Important aspects of diagnosis, risk stratification, and differential treatment of patients with PE are presented in a concise, yet comprehensive manner. Emphasis is placed on specific issues related to PE, including pregnancy, cancer, thrombophilia, and air travel.
The Wondrous Story of Anesthesia
Edited and written by an international "who's who" of more than 100 authors, including anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, bench scientists, a surgeon, and representatives of industry, this text provides a comprehensive history of anesthesia, unique in its focus on the people and events that shaped the specialty around the world, particularly during the past 70 years when anesthesia emerged from empiricism and developed into a science-based practice.
First Aid and Emergency Management in Orthopedic Injuries
This book discusses the emergency management of orthopaedic injuries. Beginning with an introduction to fractures and dislocations, topics include orthopaedic infections, open fractures, long bone fractures, acute spinal injuries and hand injuries. Additional chapters discuss injuries stemming from gunshots and both natural and man-made disasters. Differences in prehospital care for orthopaedic trauma in developed versus developing countries are examined, as are the different aspects of first aid treatment at the roadside versus emergency treatment in the casualty room.
An Anthropology of Biomedicine
In this fully revised and updated second edition of An Anthropology of Biomedicine, authors Lock and Nguyen introduce biomedicine from an anthropological perspective, exploring the entanglement of material bodies with history, environment, culture, and politics. Drawing on historical and ethnographic work, the book critiques the assumption made by the biological sciences of a universal human body that can be uniformly standardized. It focuses on the ways in which the application of biomedical technologies brings about radical changes to societies at large based on socioeconomic inequalities and ethical disputes, and develops and integrates the theory that the human body in health and illness...
Health Crisis Management in Acute Care Hospitals
In the USA, the COVID-19 crisis came as an unpleasant surprise and a shock to many healthcare systems and hospitals, especially in the crisis epicenter, New York City. The Bronx was one of the hardest hit boroughs of New York City, with significant negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its indigent population. SBH Health System (formerly known as St. Barnabas Hospital) is an integrated system of an acute care hospital, ambulatory care center, trauma center, dialysis center, stroke center and other services and facilities, serving the community of the Bronx. The story of SBH in preparing for and managing the rapidly escalating surge of severely ill patients is a treasure of lessons in h...
The French Terror Wave, 2015-2016
A torrent of Islamist terrorism swept across France in 2015 and 2016, executed by militant jihadists on behalf of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (ISIS). Their targets ranged from the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine to the Bataclan Theatre on the Boulevard Voltaire to a parish church in a Normandy village and a beachfront promenade on the Mediterranean. This book reconstructs these and other terrorist offensives France weathered during this period. Placing each attack in its sociopolitical context, the author examines the backgrounds and motives of the perpetrators, the attributes of the victims and the legacy of the attacks for the people.
Emergency Ultrasound, Second Edition
The pioneering emergency ultrasound guide-updated and expanded with coverage of the newest technologies ,/p> Emergency Ultrasound is firmly established as the first state-of-the-art reference on the training, techniques, and diagnostic skills needed to perform successful ultrasound exams in the emergency department. Utilizing a templated chapter format, this trusted resource presents a wide range of detailed guidelines on performing ultrasound exams, case studies, and side-by-side comparisons of normal and abnormal scans. Emergency Ultrasound, Second Edition, is fully updated and expanded to include the latest uses of this crucial diagnostic tool, including Doppler Ultrasound for deep vein t...
Urg' Catastrophes
La médecine de catastrophe fait partie de la médecine d’urgence. Les situations exceptionnelles auxquelles les structures médicales sont confrontées nécessitent un apprentissage rigoureux et de solides réflexes. Ce guide pratique permet à l’urgentiste et au secouriste de se consacrer à l’essentiel une fois la menace précisée. Qu’il s’agisse d’un danger chimique, nucléaire, biologique ou d’un attentat, l’ouvrage propose plus de 70 fiches pour aider les professionnels et les étudiants à définir et tenir des conduites spécifiques.
URG' ECG
180 ECG et schémas + cas cliniques corrigés L’électrocardiogramme (ECG) est un examen fondamental pour le diagnostic, l’initiation d’un traitement ou la prise en charge dans une filière adaptée aux patients présentant une pathologie aiguë. Il est extraordinaire de constater que nous découvrons toujours de nouveaux signes ECG, de nouvelles interprétations qui permettent d’affiner un diagnostic et ainsi de gagner un temps précieux pour le patient. C’est un examen qui, à lui seul, permet de déclencher le traitement d’une arythmie, d’un infarctus du myocarde ou de certains troubles métaboliques. Cet ouvrage est un outil indispensable pour vous accompagner dans le diagn...
ECG en urgence (3e édition)
« 42 cas d'observation présentés sous la forme d'un cas clinique, de l'analyse ECG, de commentaires, puis de la stratégie thérapeutique Un ouvrage didactique précieux pour tous les médecins concernés par l'urgence cardiaque L'électrocardiogramme joue un rôle central dans la gestion des urgences cardiologiques. Savoir l'interpréter, en connaître les principaux pièges et artefacts fait partie du bagage indispensable à tout médecin concerné directement par l'urgence chez l'adulte. En effet, c'est souvent de quelques centimètres de tracé enregistré dans le contexte de l'urgence, volontiers en extrahospitalier, et dans des conditions matérielles parfois difficiles, que dépend...
