Acute Care Casebook provides a case-based approach to the broad practice of acute care medicine, covering a variety of common patient presentations and clinical environments. This book features over 70 illustrated cases, including presentations of trauma and medical illness in wilderness medicine, military and prehospital environments, pediatrics, emergency medicine, and intensive care unit and floor emergencies. Designed for students and trainees in medicine, nursing, EMS, and other acute care specialties, this text guides readers through not only symptom evaluation and treatment, but also the thought process and priorities of experienced clinicians. Each chapter features key diagnoses and management pearls from leading experts that will help prepare readers for any event, from stabilizing and transporting a trauma patient in the field, to managing post-operative complications in the ICU.
Section I: Wilderness/Expedition Edited by N. Stuart Harris Chapter 1: Headache at High Altitude Renee N. Salas Chapter 2: Head Trauma Todd W. Thomsen Chapter 3: Dizziness While Traveling Jacqueline Paulis Chapter 4: Dizziness on Airplane Justin T. Pitman Chapter 5: Envenomation Jillian Nickerson Chapter 6: Wrist Pain Eric Lee Chapter 7: Abdominal Pain Carlo Canepa Chapter 8: Fever Rittik Chaudhuri Chapter 9: Acute Mountain Sickness Nathaniel R. Mann Chapter 10: Hypothermia S. Terez Malka Section II: Prehospital Edited by Jeremy T. Cushman Chapter 11: Vomiting Maia Dorsett Chapter 12: Fall with Syncope Christopher J. Fullagar Chapter 13: Excited Delirium Thomas Williams Chapter 14: Stridor Sean Donovan and Heidi Cordi Chapter 15: Interfacility Ventilator Management Christopher Galton Chapter 16: Difficulty Breathing Essie Reed-Schrader and William T. Rivers Chapter 17: Failing Asthmatic David Poliner, Philip Nawrocki, and Benjamin J. Lawner Chapter 18: Blunt Chest Trauma Daniel Shocket Chapter 19: Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Erik Rueckmann Chapter 20: Weakness Aaron Farney Section III: Emergency Department Edited by Evie Marcolini Chapter 21: Chest Pain Aamer Khan Chapter 22: Severe Headache Aman Shah Chapter23: Eye Pain Abbie Saccary Chapter24: Shortness of Breath Harman S. Gill Chapter25: Abdominal pain Ali Kamran Chapter26: Seizure Olga Kovalerchik Chapter 27: Extremity Swelling Jennifer Repanshek Chapter 28: Overdose Evie Marcolini and Anthony Tomassoni Chapter 29: Cat Bite Martin Casey Chapter 30: Vertigo Usama Qadri Chapter 31: Gastrointestinal Bleeding Oliver Hulland Section IV: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Edited by Julie Mayglothling Winkle Chapter 32: Hypotension Angie Creditt Chapter 33: Hypoxia Drew Clare Chapter 34: Altered Mental Status Cynthia Oliva Chapter 35: Fever Sarah Morgan Chapter 36: Agitation Megan Rashid Chapter 37: Dyspnea Michael Joyce Chapter 38: Anemia Kathy Li Chapter 39: Abdominal Distention Megha Rajpal Chapter 40: Tachycardia Steve Miller Chapter 41: Focal Weakness Jordan Tozer Section V: Medicine Floor Edited by Allen Tran Chapter 42: Palpitations Colin Turner Chapter 43: No Urine Output Alison Rodger Chapter 44: Fever Glenn Patriquin Chapter 45: Chest Pain Andrew Caddell Chapter 46: Abdominal Pain Rachelle Blackman Chapter 47: Altered Mental Status Jaclyn LeBlanc Chapter 48: Low Blood Pressure Scott Lee Chapter 49: Blistering Rash Ashley Sutherland Chapter 50: Agitation Christopher J. M. Green Chapter 51: Dyspnea Marko Balan Section VI: Pediatric Clinic Edited by Jennifer Sanders Chapter 52: Rule out Sepsis in Infant Temima Waltuch Chapter 53: Drowning Elysha Pifko Chapter 54: Crying Infant Caroline Black Chapter 55: Limp Sarah Yale and David Mills Chapter 56: Fever in a Child Shannon Drohan Chapter 57: Altered Mental Status Michelle N. Marin Chapter 58: Swollen Eyes Jeff Meyer Chapter 59: Chest Pain Jennifer Bellis Chapter 60: Abdominal Pain Peter Gutierrez Chapter 61: Shortness of Breath Sylvia E. Garcia Chapter 62: Rash Kara Cockrum and David Mills Section VII: Military/Tactical Edited by Leslie V. Simon Chapter 63: Primary Blast Injury Leslie V. Simon Chapter 64: Secondary Blast Injury Leslie V. Simon Chapter 65: Crush Injury Christopher M. Perry Chapter 66: Abdominal Pain Elizabeth DeVos Chapter 67: Heat Stroke Alexander Berk Chapter 68: Facial Disfiguration Douglas Hofstettler, Andrea Austin, and Ryan Maves Chapter 69: Febrile Illness Douglas Hofstettler, Andrea Austin, and Ryan Maves Chapter 70: Extremity Swelling and Altered Mental Status Denise Whitfield Chapter 71: Eye Injury Michael Mohseni Chapter 72: Dyspnea and Hemoptysis after a Rigorous, Open-water Swim Patrick Engelbert, John Haggerty, and Steven Portouw Chapter 73: Penetrating Chest Trauma Katherine Biggs
Dr. Nelson completed training in Emergency Medicine at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency program in Boston. He is currently Professor of Emergency Medicine and Chief of the Ultrasound Division in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He has authored dozens of articles and lectured around the world on emergency medicine, point-of-care ultrasound, and medical education. His other books include The Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound, Emergency Medicine Oral Board Review Illustrated, and the Atlas of Handheld Ultrasound.
