Minor Emergencies

4th Edition - April 28, 2021
Editors: Philip Buttaravoli, Stephen Leffler, R. Ramsey Herrington
Language: English
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For clinicians who see patients suffering from non-life-threatening crises, Minor Emergencies, 4th Edition, provides concise, expert guidance on what to do and what not to do for nearly 200 common presentations, including both the correct procedural and pharmaceutical treatments. Completely updated with the latest equipment, devices, dosages, and techniques, this award-winning reference delivers fast, efficient guidance just when you need it. Instructional videos clearly demonstrate pearls and pitfalls of a wide variety of procedures.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
List of Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART 1. Neurologic and Psychiatric Emergencies
Chapter 1. Acute Dystonic Drug Reaction
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 2. Heat Illness: (Heat Syncope, Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter3. Hyperventilation
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 4. Psychogenic Nonepileptic Attack: (Dissociative Convulsions)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 5. Idiopathic Facial Paralysis (Bell Palsy)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 6. Migraine Headache
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 7. Adult Seizures
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 8. Seizures (Convulsions, Fits), Febrile and Pediatric
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 9. Tension-Type (Muscle Contraction) Headache
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 10. Trivial, Minimal, and Minor Head Trauma: (Concussion)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 11. Vasovagal or Neurocardiogenic or Neurally Mediated Syncope: (Faint, Swoon)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 12. Dizziness and Vertigo
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 13. Weakness
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
PART 2. Ophthalmologic Emergencies
Chapter 14. Conjunctivitis: (Pink Eye)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 15. Contact Lens Complications
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 16. Corneal Abrasion
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 17. Floaters
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 18. Foreign Body, Conjunctival
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 19. Foreign Body, Corneal
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 20. Hordeolum: (Stye)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 21. Iritis: (Acute Anterior Uveitis)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter22. Periorbital and Conjunctival Edema
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 23. Periorbital Ecchymosis: (Black Eye)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 24. Removal of Dislocated Contact Lens
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 25. Subconjunctival Hemorrhage
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 26. Ultraviolet Keratoconjunctivitis: (Welders or Tanning Bed Burn)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
PART 3. Ear, Nose, and Throat Emergencies
Chapter 27. Cerumen Impaction: (Earwax Blockage)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 28. Epistaxis: (Nosebleed)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 29. Foreign Body, Ear
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 30. Foreign Body, Nose
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 31. Foreign Body, Throat
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 32. Laryngotracheobronchitis: (Croup)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 33. Mononucleosis: (Glandular Fever)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 34. Nasal Fracture: (Broken Nose)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 35. Otitis Externa (Swimmer’s Ear), Acute
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 36. Otitis Media, Acute
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 37. Otitis Media With Effusion; Serous (Secretory) Otitis Media (Glue Ear)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 38. Perforated Tympanic Membrane: (Ruptured Eardrum)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 39. Pharyngitis: (Sore Throat)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 40. Rhinitis, Acute: (Runny Nose)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 41. Rhinosinusitis: (Sinusitis)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
PART 4. Oral and Dental Emergencies
Chapter 42. Aphthous Ulcer, Acute
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 43. Avulsed Tooth, Dental Subluxation, and Dental Luxation
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 44. Bleeding After Dental Surgery
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 45. Burning Mouth Syndrome, Burning Tongue: (Glossodynia)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 46. Dental Pain, Periapical Abscess: (Tooth Abscess)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 47. Dental Pain, Pericoronitis
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 48. Dental Pain, Postextraction Alveolar Osteitis: (Dry Socket, Septic Socket, Necrotic Socket, Localized Osteitis)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 49. Dental Pain, Pulpitis
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 50. Dental Trauma: (Fracture, Subluxation, and Displacement)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 51. Gingivitis and Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis: (Trench Mouth)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 52. Lacerations of the Mouth
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 53. Oral Candidiasis: (Thrush or Yeast Infection)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 54. Oral Herpes Simplex: (Cold Sore, Fever Blister)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 55. Orthodontic Complications
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 56. Perlèche: (Angular Cheilitis)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 57. Sialolithiasis: (Salivary Duct Stones)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 58. Temporomandibular Disorder
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 59. Temporomandibular Joint Dislocation: (Jaw Dislocation)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 60. Uvular Edema, Acute
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
PART 5. Pulmonary and Thoracic Emergencies
Chapter 61. Bronchitis (Chest Cold), Acute
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 62. Costochondritis and Musculoskeletal Chest Pain
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do:
Chapter 63. Inhalation Injury: (Smoke Inhalation)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 64. Irritant Incapacitant Exposure: (Lacrimators, Riot Control Agents, Tear Gas)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 65. Rib Fracture and Costochondral Separation: (Broken Rib)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
PART 6. Gastrointestinal Emergencies
Chapter 66. Anal Fissure
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 67. Blocked Tubes: (G-Tube, J-Tube)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 68. Constipation, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and Colic: (Stomach Cramps)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 69. Diarrhea: (Acute Gastroenteritis)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 70. Enterobiasis: (Pinworm, Seatworm, Threadworm)
Presentation
What to Do
Chapter 71. Esophageal Food Bolus Obstruction: (Steakhouse Syndrome)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 72. Foreign Body, Rectal
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 73. Foreign Body, Swallowed
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 74. Hemorrhoids: (Piles)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 75. Singultus: (Hiccups)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 76. Vomiting: (Food Poisoning, Gastroenteritis)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
PART 7. Urologic Emergencies
Chapter 77. Blunt Scrotal Trauma
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 78. Colorful Urine
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 79. Epididymitis
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 80. Genital Herpes Simplex
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 81. Phimosis and Paraphimosis
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 82. Prostatitis, Acute Bacterial
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 83. Urethritis: (Drip, Clap)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 84. Urinary Retention, Acute
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 85. Urinary Tract Infection, Lower (Cystitis), Uncomplicated
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
PART 8. Gynecologic Emergencies
Chapter 86. Bartholin Abscess
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 87. Condylomata Acuminata: (Genital Warts)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 88. Contact Vulvovaginitis
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 89. Dysmenorrhea: (Menstrual Cramps)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 90. Foreign Body, Vaginal
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 91. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 92. Prophylaxis Following Sexual Exposure
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 93. Vaginal Bleeding
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 94. Vaginitis
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
PART 9. Musculoskeletal Emergencies
Chapter 95. Acromioclavicular (Shoulder) Separation
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 96. Ankle Sprain: (Twisted Ankle)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 97. Annular Ligament Displacement, Radial Head Subluxation: (Nursemaid’s Elbow)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 98. Boutonnière Finger
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 99. Boxer’s Fifth Metacarpal Fracture
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 100. Bursitis
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 101. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 102. Cervical Strain: (Whiplash)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 103. Clavicle (Collarbone) Fracture
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 104. Coccyx Fracture: (Tailbone Fracture)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 105. De Quervain Paratenonitis: (Thumb Tenosynovitis)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 106. Extensor Tendon Avulsion—Distal Phalanx: (Baseball or Mallet Finger)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 107. Finger Dislocation (PIP Joint)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 108. Finger Sprain: (PIP Joint)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 109. Fingertip (Tuft) Fractures
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 110. Flexor Digitorum Profundus Tendon Avulsion—Distal Phalanx: (Splay Finger, Jersey Finger)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 111. Ganglion Cysts
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 112. Gouty Arthritis, Acute
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 113. Knee Sprain
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 114. Lateral Epicondylitis and Medial Epicondylitis: (Tennis Elbow, Golfer’s Elbow)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 115. Ligament Sprains: (Including Joint Capsule Injuries)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 116. Locked Knee
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 117. Lumbar Strain (“Mechanical” Low Back Pain, Sacroiliac Dysfunction), Acute
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 118. Monoarticular Arthritis, Acute
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 119. Muscle Cramps: (Charley Horse)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 120. Muscle Strains and Tears
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 121. Myofascial Pain Syndrome: (Trigger-Points)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 122. Patellar Dislocation
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 123. Plantar Fasciitis: (“Heel Spur”)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 124. “Plantaris Tendon” Rupture, Gastrocnemius Muscle Tear: (Calf Muscle Tear)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 125. Radial Head Fracture
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter126. Radial Neuropathy: (Saturday Night Palsy)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 127. Scaphoid Fracture
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 128. Shoulder Dislocation
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 129. Tendinopathy: Tendinosis, Paratenonitis: (Tendonitis)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 130. Toe Fracture: (Broken Toe)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 131. Torticollis: (Wryneck)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 132. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Tear of the Thumb: (Ski Pole, Skier’s, or Gamekeeper’s Thumb)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
PART 10. Soft Tissue Emergencies
Chapter 133. Bicycle Spoke Injury
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 134. Contusion: (Bruise)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 135. Fingernail or Toenail Avulsion
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 136. Fingertip Avulsion, Superficial
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 137. Fishhook Removal
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 138. Foreign Body Beneath Nail
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 139. Impalement Injuries, Minor
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 140. Laceration, Simple
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 141. Leg Edema
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 142. Mammalian Bites
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 143. Marine Envenomations
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 144. Nail Bed Laceration
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 145. Nail Root Dislocation
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 146. Needle (Foreign Body) in Foot
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 147. Needle Stick (Postexposure Prophylaxis)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 148. Paronychia: (Acute)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 149. Pencil Point Puncture
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 150. Piercing Complications
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 151. Puncture Wounds
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 152. Ring Removal
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 153. Sliver, Superficial
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 154. Subcutaneous Foreign Bodies: (Metal, Dental Fragments, Glass, Gravel, and Hard Plastic)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 155. Subungual Ecchymosis: (Tennis Toe)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 156. Subungual Hematoma
Presentation
What to do
What Not to Do
Chapter 157. Superficial Thrombophlebitis/Bleeding Varicosity
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 158. Taser Injuries
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 159. Torn/Split Earlobe
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 160. Traumatic Tattoos and Abrasions
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 161. Zipper Entrapment: (Penis or Chin)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
PART 11. Dermatologic Emergencies
Chapter 162. Allergic Contact Dermatitis
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 163. Arachnid Envenomation: (Spider Bite)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 164. Arthropod Bites: (Bug Bites, Insect Bites)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 165. Cutaneous Abscess or Pustule
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 166. Cutaneous Larva Migrans: (Creeping Eruption)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 167. Diaper Dermatitis: (Diaper Rash)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 168. Erysipelas, Cellulitis, Lymphangitis
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 169. Fire Ant Stings
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 170. Friction Blister
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 171. Frostnip, Frostbite, and Mild Hypothermia
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 172. Herpes Zoster: (Shingles)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 173. Hymenoptera (Bee, Wasp, Hornet) Envenomation
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 174. Impetigo
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 175. Partial-Thickness (Second-Degree) Burns and Tar Burns
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 176. Pediculosis: (Lice, Crabs)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 177. Pityriasis Rosea
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 178. Pyogenic Granuloma or Lobular Capillary Hemangioma: (Proud Flesh)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 179. Scabies: (Human Itch Mite)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 180. Sea Bather’s Eruption: (Sea Lice)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter181. Sunburn
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 182. Tick Bites and Tickborne Illness
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 183. Tinea Pedis, Tinea Cruris, Tinea Corporis: (Athlete’s Foot, Jock Itch, Ringworm)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 184. Toxicodendron (Rhus) Allergic Contact Dermatitis: (Poison Ivy, Oak, or Sumac)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Chapter 185. Uticaria (Hives), Acute
Presentation
What to Do
What to Do
Chapter 186. Warts: (Common and Plantar)
Presentation
What to Do
What Not to Do
Appendices
Appendix A. Complete Eye Examination
Appendix B. Digital Block
Appendix C. Fingertip Dressing, Simple
Appendix D. Oral Nerve Blocks
Appendix E. Procedural Sedation and Analgesia
Appendix F. Rabies Prophylaxis
Appendix G. Tetanus Prophylaxis
Appendix H. IUD removal
Index
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Philip Buttaravoli

Stephen Leffler

R. Ramsey Herrington