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List of contents
Chief Complaints 1 Abdominal Pain 2 Abnormal Acid-Base 3 Abnormal Electrolytes 4 Abscess 5 Abuse 6 Acute Renal Failure 7 Alcohol 8 Altered Mental Status 9 Anaphylaxis 10 Bites & Stings 11 Bradycardia 12 Cellulitis 13 Chest Pain 14 Constipation 15 Cough 16 Dehydration 17 Depression 18 Diarrhea 19 Difficulty Swallowing 20 Difficulty Walking 21 Dizzy / Lightheaded 22 Dysuria 23 Ear: Pain / Ringing 24 Epistaxis 25 Eye: Pain / Red 26 Facial Droop 27 Fever 28 Flank Pain 29 Foreign Body 30 GI Bleed 31 Headache 32 Hematuria 33 Hemoptysis 34 Hypertension 35 Hypotension / Shock 36 Jaundice 37 Joint: Pain / Effusion 38 Labor 39 Laceration 40 Leg: Pain / Swelling 41 Low Back Pain 42 Medical Clearance 43 Nausea / Vomiting 44 Needlestick 45 Numbness / Tingling 46 Overdose / Unknown Ingestions 47 Packemaker Malfunction & AICD Firing 48 Palpitations 49 Rash 50 Seizure 51 Shortness of Breath 52 Sickle Cell Crisis 53 Sore Throat 54 Stroke 55 Syncope 56 Tachycardia 57 Testicular / Scrotal Pain 58 Toothache 59 Unresponsive 60 Urinary Incontinence / Retention 61 Vaginal Bleeding 62 Vaginal / Penile Discharge 63 Visual Changes 64 Weak - focus 65 Weak - generalisation Trauma / Orthopaedic Head to Toe 66 Head Injury 67 Maxillofacial Injury 68 Eye Injury 69 Dental Injury 70 Neck Trauma 71 Spine Injury 72 Upper Extremity Injury 73 Thoracic Trauma 74 Abdominal Trauma 75 Genitourinary Trauma 76 Hip / Pelvic Trauma 77 Lower Extremity Trauma Pediatrics 78 Abdominal Pain 79 Blue Baby 80 Fever 81 Jaundice 82 Limp 83 Nausea / Vomiting / Diarrhea 84 Rash 85 Seizure Environmental Exposures 86 Burn 87 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 88 Decompression Sickness 89 Electrical Injury 90 High Altitude Illness 91 Hypothermia 92 Hyperthermia 93 Lightening Injury 94 Near Drowning 95 Rabies Exposure 96 Radiation Exposure Pharmacology 97 Local Anesthestics 98 Analgesia 99 Procedural Sedation 100 Chemical Restraint
Summary
Contains the information that residents and medical students in the emergency department need to have. This title covers 57 chief complaints in alphabetical order and includes sections that cover trauma, pediatric emergencies, environmental exposures, and airway management.
