Resident Readiness Emergency Medicine

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Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 Contributors......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 14 Introduction......Page 15 I. Approach to the Patient in the Emergency Department......Page 17 1. A New Resident Begins the First Day of Emergency Medicine Residency......Page 18 II. The ED Rotation—Cases You Will Definitely See......Page 32 2. A 67-year-old Male With Severe Chest Pain......Page 34 3. A 35-year-old Female With Left-sided Chest Pain......Page 44 4. A 15-year-old Female With Acute Abdominal Pain......Page 52 5. A 50-year-old Male With Upper Abdominal Pain......Page 64 6. A 23-year-old Female With Dyspnea......Page 74 7. A 72-year-old Male With Dyspnea......Page 86 8. A 64-year-old Female With Vertigo......Page 92 9. A 32-year-old Male With Vertigo......Page 100 10. An 82-year-old Female With Altered Mental Status......Page 106 11. A 30-year-old Female With Altered Mental Status......Page 112 12. A 72-year-old Female With Low Back Pain......Page 120 13. A 40-year-old Male With Low Back Pain......Page 128 14. An 84-year-old Male Becomes Unresponsive......Page 136 15. A 21-year-old Female With a Reported Overdose......Page 146 16. A 3-week-old Male With a Fever......Page 154 17. A 5-year-old Female With Fever......Page 166 18. A 5-year-old Male With Abdominal Pain......Page 174 19. A 9-month-old Female With Abdominal Pain, Vomiting, and Diarrhea......Page 190 20. A 32-year-old Female With Headache......Page 196 21. A 47-year-old Male With Headache......Page 204 22. A 32-year-old Female With Vaginal Bleeding......Page 210 23. A 19-year-old Female With Vaginal Bleeding......Page 220 III. The Trauma Service......Page 226 24. A New Emergency Medicine Resident Joins the Trauma Team......Page 228 25. A 23-year-old Female Status Post High-speed Motor Vehicle Accident......Page 230 IV. The Intensive Care Unit......Page 256 26. A New EM Resident Joins the ICU Team......Page 258 27. A 35-year-old Male on a Ventilator Develops Hypoxia......Page 264 28. A 60-year-old Male With Fever and Hypotension......Page 268 29. A 40-year-old Female With Headache......Page 278 30. A 65-year-old Male With Hematemesis......Page 284 31. A 45-year-old Male With Abdominal Pain, Vomiting, and Altered Mental Status......Page 290 32. A 76-year-old Male With Dyspnea......Page 296 33. A 70-year-old Male With Altered Mental Status......Page 302 34. An 84-year-old Female With Cough and Fever......Page 308 35. A 32-year-old Male With Multi-system Trauma......Page 314 36. A 77-year-old Male Status Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft......Page 322 V. Emergency Ultrasound......Page 332 37. A New EM Resident Is Asked to Perform a Bedside Ultrasound......Page 334 38. A 30-year-old Patient Status Post Motor Vehicle Crash......Page 342 39. A 27-year-old Female With First Trimester Vaginal Bleeding......Page 352 40. A 60-year-old Male With Flank Pain......Page 358 VI. Emergency Medical Services......Page 366 41. A 54-year-old Male With Chest Pain......Page 368 42. A 94-year-old Female With Altered Mental Status......Page 374 43. An Earthquake Strikes a Medium-sized City......Page 378 A......Page 386 C......Page 388 D......Page 391 E......Page 392 G......Page 393 H......Page 394 I......Page 396 M......Page 397 N......Page 398 P......Page 399 S......Page 400 T......Page 401 U......Page 402 V......Page 403 Z......Page 404