Emergency Medicine Equipment, Procedures & Drugs

Salient Features The topics included in this book will prove quite useful for a wide variety of students and professionals, including medical, nursing and allied health sciences students, interns, nurses, emergency medicine technicians, trainee doctors and faculty Simple, well-formatted text studded with appropriate headings, sub-headings, tables and illustrations are some of the added features. Key Points placed at the end of the chapters help to summarize the entire chapter and aid in quick reference. Section I: Equipment – Physics of working, clinical uses, fallacies and trouble-shooting are incorporated. Section II: Procedures – All commonly performed emergency department procedures are covered, with indications, contraindications, preparation for procedure, different methods and complications Section III: Emergency Drugs – Mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, uses and detailed dosage schedule of commonly used drugs in the emergency setting are included.