The Physician Assistant Student’s Guide to the Clinical Year: Emergency Medicine

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“A lifesaver – not just for PA students, but for faculty and administrators trying our best to prepare them. Perfect for students to read and use on rotation.” – James Van Rhee, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA, Program Director, Yale Physician Assistant Online Program The first pocket-size resource to guide PA students through their emergency medicine rotation Prepare for and thrive during your clinical rotations with the quick-access pocket guide series, The Physician Assistant Student’s Guide to the Clinical Year. The Emergency Medicine edition of this 7-volume series, discounted when purchased as a full set, delineates the exact duties required in this specialty. Written by experienced PA educators, this guide details the clinical approach to common presentations such as chest pain, altered mental status, and headache. It also provides a systems-based approach to more than 40 of the most frequently encountered disease entities you will see in this rotation, including traumatic injury, cerebrovascular accident, and acute coronary syndrome. Distinguished by brief, bulleted content with handy tables and figures, the reference offers all pertinent laboratory and imaging studies needed to confirm a diagnosis, with medication and management guidelines. This guide also describes the most common procedures you will learn during the emergency medicine rotation, including incision and drainage, wound repair, and foreign body removal. Also included is a special chapter on non-medical situations you’ll find in the emergency department, such as drug-seeking behavior, violent or incarcerated patients, and malingering and factitious disorders. Key Features: Provides a pocket-size overview of the PA emergency medicine rotation Describes common clinical presentations, disease entities, and procedures Offers clinical pearls throughout Reflects the 2019 NCCPA PANCE blueprint Includes three bonus digital chapters! Guided case studies to reinforce clinical reasoning, 25 rotation exam-style questions with remediating rationales, and additional resources to enhance your emergency department experience Includes full digital access on Springerpub Connect Other books in this series: The Physician Assistant Student’s Guide to the Clinical Year: Family Medicine Internal Medicine Surgery OB-GYN Pediatrics Behavioral Health Contributor Peer Reviewers Preface Introduction: The Approach to the Patient in Emergency Medicine Share: The Physician Assistant Student’s Guide to the Clinical Year: Emergency Medicine 1. Common Presentations in Emergency Medicine Abdominal Pain Altered Mental Status Chest Pain Headache Low-Back Pain Traumatic Injury 2. Common Disease Entities in Emergency Medicine Abdominal Pain Altered Mental Status Chest Pain Dyspnea Headache Low-Back Pain Traumatic Injury 3. Diagnostic Testing in Emergency Medicine Labs Diagnostic Imaging Studies Other Diagnostic Testing 4. Patient Education and Counseling in Emergency Medicine Age-Appropriate Screenings Legal Issues in Emergency Medicine Preventive Medicine Guidelines Selected Patient Education Topics Pertinent to Emergency Medicine Vaccinations 5. Selected Topics in Emergency Medicine Patient Care Advanced Directives/End-of-Life Care Care of Incarcerated Patients and Patients in Police Custody Drug-Seeking Behavior Malingering and Factitious Disorders Management of the Violent Patient Patients With Healthcare Proxies Patients With Limited English Proficiency 6. Common Procedures in Emergency x Medicine Digital Block Foreign-Body Removal: Ears Foreign-Body Removal: Eyes Foreign-Body Removal: Skin/Soft Tissue Incision and Drainage of Abscess Lumbar Puncture Nasal Packing (Anterior) Wound Repair 7. Common Abbreviations in Emergency Medicine Index e-Chapter 8. Case Studies in Emergency Medicine https://connect.springerpub.com/content/book/978-0-8261-9537- 1/chapter/ch08 e-Chapter 9. Review Questions in Emergency Medicine https://connect.springerpub.com/content/book/978-0-8261-9537- 1/chapter/ch09 e-Chapter 10. Additional Resources to Enhance the Emergency Medicine Rotation https://connect.springerpub.com/content/book/978-0-8261-9537- 1/chapter/ch10