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The perfect Q&A review for the emergency medicine boards Emergency Medicine Q&A: Pearls of Wisdom contains more than 800 multiple-choice questions to prepare students for the written section of their certification exam. Ideal for those planning for certification, recertification, or the annual in-service exam, it focuses on core content required for the boards.
Formatted to mirror the style of questioning you'll experience on the boards, this newly designed and thoroughly updated guide complements other review material and works well in conjunction with core textbooks. In order to improve memory retention, the authors provide only the correct answer, along with a detailed explanation to help you evaluate your knowledge of the material. Among the disorders covered are abdominal, immunological, traumatic, psychobehavioral, cutaneous, thoracic, and cardiovascular.
Features:- Over 800+ multiple choice questions with detailed answers.
- NEW chapter on prehospital and administrative aspects of Emergency Medicine.
- Updated chapter on medical imaging written by an ultrasound expert, with over 20 films for review.
- Updated questions on toxicology from a board-certified toxicologist.
- Expanded chapters on Psychobehavioral, Thoracic and Respiratory, and Pediatric Emergencies with 25% more questions.
List of contents
Emergency Medicine Q&A: Pearls of Wisdom, 3/e
Contributors
Introduction
1.Resuscitation
2.Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Emergencies
3.Cardiovascular Emergencies
4.Cutaneous Emergencies
5.Endocrine and Metabolic Emergencies
6.Environmental Emergencies
7.Head, Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Emergencies
8.Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies
9.Immunologic Emergencies
10.Systemic Infectious Emergencies
11.Nontraumatic Musculoskeletal Emergencies
12.Neurologic Emergencies
13.Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
14.Psychobehavioral Emergencies
15.Renal and Urogenital Emergencies
16.Thoracic and Respiratory Emergencies
17.Toxicologic Emergencies
18.Traumatic Emergencies
19.Pediatric Emergencies
20.Medical Imaging
21.Administrative Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medical Services, and Ethics
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About the author
Joseph R. Lex is currently an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He is the Department Director of Resident Education as well as the Department Director of Continuing Medical Education. Dr. Lex has been involved in Emergency Medicine for more than 40 years - an a physician, a registered nurse, an ER tech, and as a medic in Vietnam. He has been an invited speaker at more than 250 international, national, and regional meetings over the past ten years.
