Overdose and poisoning are one of the most frequent acute medical presentations seen in emergency departments, and high dependency and intensive care facilities. The Oxford Desk Reference: Toxicology provides an authoritative guide for the management of patients with poisoning. Each chapter includes key clinical features and potential treatment options to help physicians to assess the potential severity of the poisoned patient and provide the optimum clinical care. A reader-friend...

Thomas lost his wife.He lost his daughters.When a man has lost everything, what will he do?Will Thomas allow his loss to send him on a path that he may never come back from? Will he let his pain overshadow his better nature? With nothing else left to live for, how far is Thomas willing to go?In a world quickly becoming devoid of both humans and humanity, survival at all costs is still a very steep price to pay.*This book was narrated using speech-to-...

This fascinating book will be enjoyed both by those interested in the science of poisons and also by general readers who can dip in and find hair-raising horrors and calamities on every page.In this fascinating guide to poisons, Celia Kellett provides information and entertainment in equal measure as she explains clearly what all the different poisons are and how they work, giving us all the gory detail of how, by accident or design, they have led to the demise of so many people.

Specifically written for those preparing for examinations and practitioners in travel medicine, MCQs in Travel Medicine contains over 600 multiple choice questions with detailed explanations which both teach and challenge the reader. Questions are group by topic which is ideal for revision, enabling you to focus on specific areas including adventure travel, travellers' diarrhoea, malaria, sexually transmitted disease, and drugs used in travel medicine. The style and format of the ...

“Poisoning & Drug Overdose belongs in every emergency physician’s workroom.”--Academic Emergency Medicine reviewing earlier edition“…a great addition to any emergency department library when rapid reference is needed to treat and diagnose the poisoned patient.”-- Annals of Emergency Medicine reviewing earlier editionAn instant-answer guide you can turn to for on-the-spot treatment of poisoning and drug overdosePoi...

Emergency Abdominal Surgery is a battleground for the surgeon - providing character-building experiences, and opportunities for triumph and disaster. In the third edition of this 'simple' book, emergency abdominal surgery is discussed in an informal and no nonsense fashion - as practiced in the 'trenches' of the ER and the OR. The preferred approach for a given situation is discussed in context; it has to fulfill certain prerequisites: save lives, decrease morbidity, be cost effective and ...

This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, edited by Drs. Stephen Borron and Ziad Kazzi focuses on emergencies arising from contact with Hazardous Materials. Article topics include: Selected classes and examples of dangerous industrial chemicals, weapons of mass destruction, and their syndromic identification; Hospital preparedness for chemical and radiological disasters; Personnel protection and decontamination of adults and children; Resources for toxicological information and assistance;...

Childhood traumas. Whether they occur by design or accident, affect a sizeable number of people, and restrict our ability to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. In this accessible and expertly written handbook, Ursula Markham takes an in-depth look at the nature of childhood trauma, showing how it can be recognized and eventually overcome.

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of rare diseases and syndromes of the spinal cord, collected over the past forty years from all the world's literature. Each chapter in this volume is organized in the same easy-to-follow format, comprising definitions, incidence, etiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, management, prognosis, and references.This book is aimed at medical students, residents, fellows, and junior attendings in spinal cord medicine, physical ...

This book reviews evolving areas in infection prevention on topics including contact precautions, technology implementation, specific infections, and care in various settings. The book summarizes the current data oninfection prevention, presents controversies on the various topics, and includes recommendations for patient safety. Addressing hot topics such as MRSA, C. difficile vaccination, mandatory flu vaccines, and CLABSI, this is the only text to include prevention and control ...

The Zika virus was very uncommon, until recently. Zika virus has been in the news for a while now, especially this year. This has been due to the recent widespread infections in parts of America, mostly South America. This has led to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention issuing travel alerts to anyone who wishes to travel to exercise extra caution while travelling to these countries until the situation is contained. Well, probably this is how you came to find out about the existenc...

Much has been written on WMD terrorism, but few books present a systems approach to this problem. In this book, we present an integrated view of WMD terrorism. The threat section reviews several scenarios that a terrorist might use and a very comprehensive list of the possible biological organisms and compounds that can be used as biological, mid-spectrum, and chemical threats. In the science and technology section, the technical aspects of a successful defense against WMD agents are prese...