Thoroughly updated for its Fifth Edition, this best-selling
Spiral? Manual is the most user-friendly quick reference
available in emergency medicine. In an easy-to-scan outline
format with key terms boldfaced, the book offers practical
guidance for diagnosis and management of all types of
emergencies. Lists of possible causes of symptoms lead readers
rapidly to appropriate information. Chapters are organized by
body system and extensively cross-referenced to make material
easy to locate. This edition includes new guidelines for
advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) and new information on
disaster medicine and terrorism preparedness, thrombolytic
therapy for stroke and heart attack, and alternative therapies.