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Tarascon Emergency Department Quick Reference Guide

Author(s): D. Brady Pregerson, MD, Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763787899
  • Paperback    184 pages      © 2012
Price: International Sales $22.95 US List
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Tarascon Emergency Department Quick Reference Guide was recently honored with 4 Stars from Doody's Book Review!
 

Tarascon Emergency Department Quick Reference Guide is a concise and easy-to-use guide filled with essential resources for physicians, nurses, and EMTs working in an emergency setting. This pocket-sized reference is fully indexed and contains diagrams, maps, tables and graphs as well as many EKG tracings.  This must-have quick reference book features a one-page emergency medical dictionary in 17 foreign languages plus sections on physical exam, diagnostic tests, procedures and sedation, diagnoses, risk management, med-legal and billing, practical advice and much more. 

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Chapter  1  History and Physical Exam
Chapter  2  Tests: EKG, Imaging, and Lab Work
Chapter  3  Procedures and Procedural Sedation
Chapter  4  Diagnosis, Disposition, and Laws
Chapter  5  Risk Management, Med-Legal, and Billing
Chapter  6  Medical Literature, Teamwork, Career, and Wellness
Chapter  7  Resuscitation
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D. Brady Pregerson, MD-Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Dr. D. Brady Pregerson is a full-time emergency physician and part time author who focuses his writing efforts on emergency medicine topics with an emphasis on patient safety and illness & injury prevention. His titles include the Tarascon Emergency Department Reference GuideQuick Essentials Emergency Medicine, The A to Z Pocket Pharmacopoeia, Don't Try This at Home, and Think Twice: More Lessons from the ER. Dr. Pregerson graduated for the University of California, San Diego Medical School and completed his Emergency Medicine residency at Los Angeles County University of Southern California General Hospital. He has served with the United States Peace Corps in Swaziland, Africa as a science and math teacher. He also manages EMresource.org, a web-site that offers medical references and free educational resource material for emergency health care providers. He continues to have a strong interest in education, and gives medical lectures four to five times a year.

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  • The pocket handbook I used in the past did not have nearly as much information as this one does on diagnostics, the physical examination, etc., as this does.  This book does a good job of condensing the information.

    Danna Lane Bell, ADN
    Washington Regional Medical Center
    4 Star Review - Doody's Book Review

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