The Physician Assistant Emergency Medicine Handbook

Here's the first handbook designed specifically for physician assistants working in the emergency department and for every physician assistant who handles emergencies no matter where they take place! This practical, pocket-sized reference offers concise coverage of more than 175 emergency conditions and disorders. Its superb outline format, augmented by a wealth of lists and tables, puts at-a-glance clinical guidance at the reader's fingertips. A consistent design makes use easy. Each chapter features a definition of the disorder or condition, followed by expert information on pathology, clinical presentation, examination, laboratory findings, and treatment. Encompasses a full range of emergency conditions. The text presents chapters on environmental emergencies, toxicological emergencies, medical emergencies, pediatric emergencies--and much more!--to help readers manage a broad range of patients. Written by a physician assistant for physician assistants. The author's extensive experience in emergency medicine makes him uniquely qualified to address the needs of PAs in the emergency department