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Section I Resuscitation Skills and Techniques

1 Basic Airway Management, David A. Caro
2 Advanced Airway Management, Aaron E. Bair and Erik G. Laurin
3 Mechanical Ventilation, Robert J. Sigillito
4 Circulatory Assessment and Support, Michael E. Winters
5 Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access, Emily Baran
6 Dysrhythmias in Cardiorespiratory Arres, Jeffrey D. Ferguson, Kostas Alibertis, and William J. Brady
7 Trauma Resuscitation, Trevor J. Mills
8 The Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma, Emily Baran
9 Ethics of Resuscitation, Tammie E. Quest
10 Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine, Jennifer Avegno
11 Procedural Sedation, Andy Godwin and Beranton Whisenant
12 Local and Regional Anesthesia, Heather Murphy-Lavoie
13 Resuscitation in Pregnancy, Susan B. Promes
14 Newborn Resuscitation, Katherine Bakes and Kurt Whitaker
15 Pediatric Resuscitation, Ghazala Q. Sharieff and Maureen McCollough
16 Pediatric Trauma, Kurt Whitaker and Katherine Bakes

Section II Special Considerations in the Pediatric Patient

17 General Approach to the Pediatric Patient, Antonio E. Mu?z
18 The First Weeks of Life, John Nelson Perret
19 Infants and Toddlers, Mark McIntosh

Section III Head and Neck Injuries

20 Eye Emergencies, Kriti Bhatia and Rahul Sharma
21 Ear Emergencies, Thomas Morrissey and Andy Godwin
22 Dental Emergencies, Kip Benko
23 Pharynx and Throat Emergencies, H. Gene Hern
24 Maxillofacial Disorders, Laura J. Bontempo

Section IV Gastrointestinal Diseases

25 Approach to the Patient with Abdominal Pain, Jared N. Strote and David A. Townes
26 Esophageal Disorders, Chad Crystal and Marc Levsky
27 Diseases of the Stomach, Danielle Ware-McGee
28 Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Sheryl L. Heron and Patricia Baines
29 Mesenteric Ischemia, Kelly P. O'Keefe and Tracy G. Sanson
30 Diverticulitis,Kelly P. O'Keefe and Tracy G. Sanson
31 Inflammatory Bowel Disease,Michael I. Omori and Michael A. Gisondi
32 Constipation, Kathleen Schrank
33 Hernias, Chandra D. Aubin
34 Appendicitis, Rita A. Manfredi and Claudia Ranninger
35 Bowel Obstructions, Keith Boniface
36 Anorectal Disorders, John M. Boe and Tara Roeder
37 Hepatic Disease, Richard Paula
38 Pancreatitis, Mitchell C. Sokolosky
39 Biliary Disease, Sanjay Shetty
40 Emergency Biliary Ultrasonography, Emily Baran
41 Pediatric Abdominal Disorders, Russ Horowitz
42 Gastrointestinal Devices and Procedures, Kerin A. Jones
43 Complications of Bariatric Surgery, Robert F. Poirier

Section V Pulmonary Diseases

44 Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Rita K. Cydulka and Craig G. Bates
45 Lung Infections, David S. Howes and Joseph F. Peabody
46 Pneumothorax, David E. Manthey and Bret Nicks
47 Pleural Effusion, Bret Nicks and David E. Manthey
48 The Lung Transplant Patient in the Emergency Department, Robert L. Rogers

Section VI Cardiac Diseases

49 Cardiac Imaging and Stress Testing, Andra L. Blomkalns and Rhonda S. Cadena
50 Congestive Heart Failure, Joshua M. Kosowsky
51 Bradyarrhythmias, Sarah A. Stahmer and Robert Cowan
52 Tachycardias, Keith A. Marill
53 Pericarditis, Pericardial Tamponade, and Myocarditis,Amal Mattu and Joseph P. Martinez
54 Cardiac Valvular Emergencies, Todd C. Rothenhaus
55 Endocarditis, Osman R. Sayan and Wallace A. Carter
56 Pediatric Cardiac Emergencies, Nathan W. Mick
57 Chest Pain, Matthew Strehlow and Jeffrey Tabas
58 Emergencies Associated with Implanted Cardiac Devices, Daniel Cabrera, Amy Jo Irvin, and Wyatt W. Decker
59 Acute Coronary Syndrome, David F. M. Brown

Section VII Vascular Diseases

60 Aortic Dissection, Nima Afshar and Chris Newton
61 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm,Danielle Ware-McGee and Jamie Collings
62 Aortic Ultrasound, Mary Ann Edens, Emily Baran
63 Peripheral Arterial Disease, Christopher Ross and Theresa Schwab
64 Hypertensive Crisis, Philip Shayne and Tara D. Director
65 Pulmonary Embolism, D. Mark Courtney
66 Venous Thrombosis and Venous Disorders, James V. Ritchie
67 Emergency Lower Extremity Venous Ultrasonography for Deep Vein Thrombosis, Emily Baran

Section VIII Injuries to Bones and Organs

68 Traumatic Brain Injury, Daniel Davis
69 How to Read a Head CT Scan, Andrew D. Perron
70 Spine Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury, Michelle Lin and Swaminatha V. Mahadevan
71 Facial Trauma, John H. Burton and Nicholas Armellino
72 Penetrating Neck Trauma, Niels K. Rathlev, Mark E. Bracken, and Ron Medzon
73 Thoracic Trauma, John Bailitz
74 Blunt Abdominal Trauma,Carlo L. Rosen, Eric L. Legome, and Richard E. Wolfe
75 Penetrating Abdominal Trauma, Eric L. Legome and Carlo L. Rosen
76 Pelvic Fractures, Leigh A. Patterson
77 Genitourinary Trauma, Michael S. Runyon and Michael A. Gibbs
78 Hip and Femur Injuries, Philip Bossart
79 Knee and Lower Leg Injuries, Christy McCowen
80 Foot and Ankle Injuries, Jorge del Castillo
81 Tendinitis and Bursitis, Erin Lareau and Ted Koutouzis
82 Injuries to the Shoulder Girdle, M. Scott Linscott
83 Forearm Fractures, Trevor J. Mills
84 Hand and Wrist Injuries, John C. Southall
85 Arterial and Venous Trauma and Great Vessel Injuries, Stephen J. Wolf and Gayle Braunholtz
86 Acute Compartment Syndrome, David A. Peak
87 Low Back Pain, Gerard S. Doyle
88 Pediatric Orthopedic Emergencies, Russ Horowitz

Section IX Neurologic Diseases

89 Altered Mental Status and Coma, Jeremy L. Cooke and William G. Barsan
90 Cranial Nerve Disorders, Ernest E. Wang
91 Vertigo,Gretchen S. Lent and Andrew K. Chang
92 Peripheral Nerve Disorders, Phillip Andrus and Andy Jagoda
93 Demyelinating Disorders, Scott E. Rudkin
94 Seizures, Asim F. Tarabar, Andrew S. Ulrich, and Gail D'Onofrio
95 Transient Ischemic Attack and Acute Ischemic Stroke, Scott Jolley and Todd L. Allen
96 Headache, Joshua N. Goldstein and Jonathan A. Edlow
97 Intracranial and Other Central Nervous System Lesions, Steven M. Zahn
98 Intracranial Hemorrhages, J. Stephen Huff and Chris Ghaemmaghami
99 Syncope, James Quinn
100 Delirium and Dementia, Yasuharu Okuda and Andy Jagoda
101 Neurologic Procedures, Edward C. Jauch and Brian A. Stettler

Section X Allergic, Inflammatory, and Autoimmune Disorders

102 Allergies, Allergic Disease, and Anaphylaxis,T. Paul Tran and Robert L. Muelleman
103 Arthritis and Inflammatory Joint and Synovial Disorders, Kathleen Schrank and Amy Zosel
104 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, James G. Adams and Clare Sercombe
105 Connective Tissue and Inflammatory Disorders, Raveendra S. Morchi
106 Vasculitis Syndromes, Paul J. Allegretti

Section XI Genitourinary and Renal Diseases

107 Male Genitourinary Emergencies, Jonathan E. Davis
108 Nephrolithiasis, Carl R. Menckhoff
109 Hematuria, Edward John Ward
110 Pediatric Genitourinary and Renal Disorders, Ingrid T. Lim and N. Ewen Wang
111 Renal Failure, Troy P. Coon and Michael A. Miller
112 Emergency Renal Ultrasonography, Emily Baran
113 Dialysis-Related Emergencies, Yi-Mei Chng and Gregory H. Gilbert
114 Renal Transplant Complications, Gerald Maloney

Section XII Women뭩 Health and Gynecologic Diseases

115 The Healthy Pregnancy, Jon D. Van Roo and Matthew Kippenhan
116 Disorders of Early Pregnancy, Matthew Kippenhan
117 First-Trimester Ultrasonography: Evaulation for Intrauterine Pregnancy, Mary Ann Edens and Emily Baran
118 Complications of Third Trimester Pregnancy, S