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This page intentionally left blank. CONTENTS Contributors ix Preface xi Administration, Ethics, and Legal Aspects Questions 1 Answers, Explanations, and References 4 Anesthesia and Analgesia Questions 7 Answers, Explanations, and References 9 Cardiologic Emergencies Questions 11 Answers, Explanations, and References 22 Dermatologic Emergencies Questions 35 Answers, Explanations, and References 37 Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine Questions 39 Answers, Explanations, and References 41 Environmental Emergencies Questions 45 Answers, Explanations, and References 47 Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, and Maxillofacial Emergencies Questions 51 Answers, Explanations, and References 59 Gastroenterologic Emergencies Questions 67 Answers, Explanations, and References 74 vii Copyright 2000 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click Here for Terms of Use. viii CONTENTS Geriatric Emergencies Questions 83 Answers, Explanations, and References 85 Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies Questions 87 Answers, Explanations, and References 91 Infectious Disease Emergencies Questions 95 Answers, Explanations, and References 101 Metabolic, Endocrinologic, and Rheumatologic Emergencies Questions 107 Answers, Explanations, and References 112 Neurologic and Psychiatric Emergencies Questions 119 Answers, Explanations, and References 123 Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies Questions 129 Answers, Explanations, and References 133 Orthopedic Emergencies Questions 137 Answers, Explanations, and References 141 Pediatric Emergencies Questions 145 Answers, Explanations, and References 152 Pulmonary Emergencies Questions 161 Answers, Explanations, and References 167 Renal and Urologic Emergencies Questions 175 Answers, Explanations, and References 177 Toxicologic Emergencies Questions 181 Answers, Explanations, and References 186 Trauma Questions 191 Answers, Explanations, and References 200 CONTRIBUTORS Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP H. Gene Hern, Jr., MD, MS Director, Emergency Management Department of Emergency Medicine Strategic Healthcare Group Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus Veterans Health Administration Oakland, California Washington, DC Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, andMaxillofacial Emergencies R. Carter Clements, MD, FACEP Amy M. Hutson, MD Department of Emergency Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus Oakland, California Oakland, California Toxicologic Emergencies Metabolic, Endocrinologic, and Rheumatologic Emergenices Elizabeth Dorn, MD Department of Emergency Medicine Loretta Jackson-Williams, MD PhD Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus Assistant Professor Oakland, California Emergency Medicine Department Cardiologic Emergencies University of Mississippi Rochelle Eggleston, MD Jackson, Mississippi Department of Emergency Medicine Neurologic and Psychiatric Emergencies Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus Oakland, California Amin Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM, FACEP Gastroenterologic Emergencies Associate Division Chief Associate Clinical Professor David K. English, MD, FACEP Division of Emergency Medicine Director of Informatics University of California, Irvine Department of Emergency Medicine Dermatologic Emergencies Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus Pulmonary Emergencies Oakland, California Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Linda E. Keyes, MD University of California, San Francisco Department of Emergency Medicine San Francisco, California Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus Administration, Ethics, and Legal Aspects Oakland, California Cardiologic Emergencies Environmental Emergencies Geriatric Emergencies Renal and Urologic Emergencies Cherie A. Hargis, MD Attending Physician Susan Lambe, MD Department of Emergency Medicine Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus University of California, Los Angeles Oakland, California Los Angeles, California Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies Anesthesia and Analgesia Pediatric Emergencies Orthopedic Emergencies ix Copyright 2000 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click Here for Terms of Use.