Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Basic emergency issues. Legal Issues for Emergency Nurses ; Workplace Violence and Disruptive Behaviors ; Mass Casualty Incidents ; Patient Safety in the Emergency Department ; Ethical Dilemmas in Emergency Nursing ; Forensics. -- Part II: Basic clinical issues. Triage ; Airway Management ; Cardiopulmonary Arrest ; Intravenous Therapy ; Care of the Patient with Pain ; Substance Abuse ; Alcohol Abuse ; Wound Management ; Procedural Sedation ; Laboratory Specimens and Radiologic Examinations ; End-of-Life Issues for Emergency Nurses. -- Part III: Common Non-Traumatic Emergencies. Respiratory Emergencies ; Cardiovascular Emergencies ; Shock ; SIRS/Sepsis ; Infectious Diseases ; Hematologic and Immunologic Emergencies ; Stroke ; Neurologic Emergencies ; Facial, ENT, and Dental Emergencies ; Ocular Emergencies ; Abdominal Pain ; Metabolic Emergencies ; Toxicology Emergencies ; Environmental Emergencies ; Bite and Sting Emergencies ; Genitourinary Emergencies ; Sexually Transmitted Infections. -- Part IV: Trauma. Assessment and Stabilization of the Trauma Patient ; Head Trauma ; Spinal Cord/Neck Trauma ; Chest Trauma ; Abdominal Trauma ; Musculoskeletal Injuries ; Facial, Ocular, ENT, and Dental Trauma ; Burns ; Obstetrical Trauma ; Pediatric Trauma ; Geriatric Trauma. -- Part V: Special Populations. Obstetric Emergencies ; Gynecologic Emergencies ; Mental Health Emergencies ; Abuse and Neglect ; Intimate Partner Violence ; Sexual Assault ; Pediatric Considerations in Emergency Nursing ; Geriatric Considerations in Emergency Nursing ; Considerations for Patient with Morbid Obesity.

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