Anesthesia Key

Chapter 11 Care of the Patient with Pain Diana Meyer Pain is a complex experience for patients. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain in the following…

Chapter 28 Abdominal Pain and Emergencies Lisa Wolf, Polly Gerber Zimmermann Abdominal pain is present in about 6% of approximately 100 million emergency department visits and is one of the…

Chapter 39 Abdominal Trauma Catherine Harris Abdominal injuries account for 13% to 15% of traumatic deaths, making this the third leading cause of trauma mortality.1 Knowing the mechanism of injury,…

Chapter 42 Burns Kathleen A. Ribbens, Megan DeVries Deaths from fires and burns are the fifth most common cause of unintentional injury deaths in the United States and the third…

Chapter 7 Triage Nicki Gilboy Triage is the process of rapidly sorting patients who present to the emergency department (ED) to determine who needs to be seen immediately and who…

Chapter 29 Metabolic Emergencies Benjamin E. Marett The endocrine system is instrumental in regulating metabolism, tissue function, growth, development, moods, and emotions. Additionally, it works to maintain homeostasis in response…

Chapter 51 Sexual Assault Barbara Weintraub The U.S. Department of Justice defines rape as “[f]orced sexual intercourse including both psychological coercion as well as physical force. Forced sexual intercourse means…

Chapter 8 Airway Management Julie V. O’Neal Management of the airway is always a first priority when caring for patients. Airway management can be as simple as positioning the patient…

Chapter 50 Intimate Partner Violence Shelley Cohen Intimate partner violence (IPV), also known as domestic violence, is defined as a pattern of assaultive and coercive behavior by an individual against…

Chapter 47 Gynecologic Emergencies Linda Kelly Health issues related to women can be quite different from those experienced by men. For example, women have a high incidence of heart disease…