The Physician Assistant Emergency Medicine Handbook

By Steven W. Salyer and Steven W. Salyer PhD PA-C

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721658695
• ISBN13: 9780721658698
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 745 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.0" x 8.3"