Covering everything from airway management and ventilation, wound care, and cardiac procedures to resuscitation, diagnostic imaging, and sedation, Roberts and Hedges’ Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, Eighth Edition, provides the practical, highly visual information you need in emergency medicine and acute care practice. Comprehensive, detailed, and up to date, this copiously illustrated reference describes in detail both the common and uncommon procedures you’re likely to consider (how, why, when to, and when not to perform them), as well as recommends other emergency or acute care procedures that may be an option. For clinicians at all levels of experience, this fully revised 8th Edition remains the most well-known and trusted procedures manual in its field.

• Covers the latest equipment, devices, drug therapies, and techniques you need to know for the effective practice of emergency medicine and acute care
• Includes Procedure Boxes that depict entire procedures at a glance, functioning as a mini-atlas that allows you to quickly grasp how to perform a procedure
• Contains more than 3,500 images, including new color photographs, Ultrasound Boxes, and new algorithms
• Covers hot topics such as evaluation of patients with implantable devices, management of patients with cardiac assist devices, and care of patients after cosmetic procedures, as well as procedures performed by acute care practitioners such as sedation of the agitated patient, alternate methods of drug delivery, and common errors and complications in the acute care setting
• Includes over 400 video clips (many new to this edition) demonstrating key procedures and techniques

Contents

۱. Vital Signs Measurement
۲. Devices for Assessing Oxygenation and Ventilation
۳. Basic Airway Management and Decision-Making
۴. Tracheal Intubation
۵. Pharmacologic Adjuncts to Intubation
۶. Cricothyrotomy and Percutaneous Translaryngeal Ventilation
۷. Tracheostomy Care
۸. Mechanical Ventilation
۹. Thoracentesis
۱۰. Tube Thoracostomy
۱۱. Techniques for Supraventricular Tachycardias
۱۲. Cardioversion and Defibrillation
۱۳. Assessment of Implantable Cardiac Devices
۱۴. Basic Electrocardiographic Techniques
۱۵. Emergency Cardiac Pacing
۱۶. Pericardiocentesis
۱۷. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Artificial Perfusion During Cardiac Arrest
۱۸. Resuscitative Thoracotomy
۱۹. Pediatric Vascular Access and Blood Sampling Techniques
۲۰. Arterial Puncture and Cannulation
۲۱. Peripheral Intravenous Access
۲۲. Central Venous Catheterization
۲۳. Venous Cutdown
۲۴. Indwelling Vascular Access Devices: Emergency Access and Management
۲۵. Intraosseous Infusion
۲۶. Alternative Methods of Drug Administration
۲۷. Autotransfusion
۲۸. Transfusion Therapy: Blood and Blood Products
۲۹. Local and Topical Anesthesia
۳۰. Regional Anesthesia of the Head and Neck
۳۱. Regional Anesthesia of the Thorax and Extremities
۳۲. Intravenous Regional Anesthesia
۳۳. Systemic Analgesia and Sedation for Procedures
۳۴. Principles of Wound Management
۳۵. Methods of Wound Closure
۳۶. Soft Tissue Foreign Body Removal
۳۷. Incision and Drainage
۳۸. Burn Care Procedures
۳۹. Post–Cosmetic Procedure Interventions
۴۰. Esophageal Foreign Bodies
۴۱. Nasogastric and Feeding Tube Placement
۴۲. Balloon Tamponade of Gastroesophageal Varices
۴۳. Decontamination of the Poisoned Patient
۴۴. Peritoneal Procedures
۴۵. Abdominal and Groin Hernia Reduction
۴۶. Anorectal Procedures
۴۷. Prehospital Immobilization
۴۸. Management of Amputations
۴۹. Tendon Injuries in the Hand, Wrist, Knee, and Foot
۵۰. Management of Common Dislocations
۵۱. Splinting Techniques
۵۲. Podiatric Procedures
۵۳. Treatment of Bursitis, Tendinitis, and Trigger Points
۵۴. Arthrocentesis
۵۵. Compartment Syndrome Evaluation
۵۶. Urologic Procedures
۵۷. Emergency Childbirth
۵۸. Gynecologic Procedures
۵۹. The Sexual Assault Forensic Examination
۶۰. Management of Increased Intracranial Pressure and Intracranial Shunts
۶۱. Spinal Puncture and Cerebrospinal Fluid Examination
۶۲. Special Neurologic Tests and Procedures
۶۳. Ophthalmologic Procedures
۶۴. Otolaryngologic Procedures
۶۵. Emergency Dental Procedures
۶۶. Procedures Pertaining to Hypothermia and Hyperthermia
۶۷. Ultrasound
۶۸. Bedside Laboratory and Microbiologic Procedures
۶۹. Standard Precautions and Infectious Exposure Management
۷۰. Physical and Chemical Restraint
۷۱. Noncardiac Implantable Devices
۷۲. Radiation in Pregnancy and Clinical Issues of Radiocontrast Agents
۷۳. Procedures in the Setting of Anticoagulation
۷۴. The Impact of Health Inequities on Medical Procedures
۷۵. The Mass Casualty Incident
۷۶. Recognition and Response to Human Trafficking
۱. Commonly Used Formulas and Calculations
۲. Toxicology and Precautions