Well, maybe I exaggerated a bit, but it is in the Top 50 Must-Read Books for Nurses in 2012
While this may be a sometimes humorous account of true stories from the ER, it also reminds us that one bad decision could change our lives. The book is full of pictures, important phone numbers, and a chart with normal vital signs and lab values as well as a schedule for adult vaccinations and cancer screening tests.
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In 2014 all the buzz is about medical information at your fingertips seems to focus on tweets and apps. Some of the emergency medicine periodicals even have a monthly column on tweets and others on apps, but when is the last time you saw them do a pocket book review? Yes, I mean one made…
We all know about personality types like “Type A”, but there are also patient types, especially when it comes to effective communication during shift changes and sign-outs. We all understand the challenges of sign-out, and no one likes to get stuck with a patient who is difficult to discharge or has a hundred questions, especially when…
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Emergency Medicine Pocket References A-to-Z EM Pocket Pharmacopoeia & Antibiotic Guide, 4th ed. Tabular, alphabetic and quick to use with side effects and contraindications for each drug. Also tables on toxicities organized by side effect, a complete empiric antibiotic guide, procedural sedation, critical care and more —>> Emergency Medicine 1-Minute Consult Pocketbook, 5th ed. Our…
Emergency departments are distilleries that boil complex blends of trauma, stress and emotion down to the essence of immediacy: What needs to be done, right now, to fix the problem. Working the past 20 years in such environments has shown me with great clarity what is wrong (and right) with our nation’s medical system. It’s…
