Sheehy's manual of emergency care Sheehy, Susan Budassi,

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Section 1. Basics of Emergency Care 1. Communications in the Emergency Department -NEW! 2. Cultural Diversity -NEW! 3. Basic Legal Issues for Emergency Nurses 4. Intrafacility and Interfacility Patient Transport -NEW! 5. Emergency Operations Preparedness -NEW! Section 2. Clinical Basics of Emergency Care 6. Triage -NEW! 7. Patient Assessment -NEW! 8. Intravenous Therapy 9. Laboratory Specimens 10. Rhythm Recognition and EKG Interpretation 11. Hemodynamic Monitoring 12. Wound Management 13. Weapons of Mass Destruction -NEW! 14. Pain Management -NEW! 15. End of Life Issues for the Emergency Nurse -NEW! 16. Organ and Tissue Donation 17. Complementary and Alternative Therapies -NEW! Section 3. Medical Emergencies 18. Cardiopulmonary Arrest 19. Airway Emergencies -NEW! 20. Pulmonary Emergencies 21. Cardiovascular Emergencies 22. Shock Emergencies 23. Neurologic Emergencies 24. Abdominal Emergencies 25. Hematologic and Immunologic Emergencies 26. Metabolic Emergencies 27. Alcohol Emergencies 28. Toxicologic Emergencies 29. Environmental Emergencies 30. Renal and Genitourinary Emergencies 31. Infectious Diseases 32. Allergies and Hypersensitivities 33. Facial, Ocular, ENT, and Dental Emergencies 34. Trauma Assessment 35. Head Trauma 36. Spinal Trauma 37. Chest Trauma 38. Abdominal Trauma 39. Musculoskeletal Trauma 40. Facial, Ocular, ENT, Dental Trauma 41. Burn Trauma 42. Obstetrical Trauma 43. Pediatric Trauma 44. Elder Trauma -NEW! Section 4. Special Populations 45. OB/GYN Emergencies 46. Pediatric Emergencies 47. Abuse and Neglect 48. Psychiatric Emergencies 49. Substance Abuse Emergencies -NEW! 50. Intimate Partner Violence 51. Sexual Assault