Kaushal H. Shah - Essential Emergency Procedures

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sign up below. Or visit LWW.com Essential Emergency ProceduresSecond EditionKaushal H. Shah, MD Residency Director Mt. Sinai Emergency Medicine Residency Program Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Medical Center New York, New York Chilembwe Mason, MD Attending Department of Emergency Medicine Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Bronx, New York Reuben J. Strayer, MD, FRCPC, FAAEM Safety/Quality Editor Department of Emergency Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Elmhurst Hospital NYU School of Medicine New York, New York Acquisitions Editor: Jamie M.

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Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4698-9190-3 (alk. paper) ISBN 1-4698-9190-5 (alk. paper) eISBN 978-1-4698-9192-7 I. Shah, Kaushal, editor. II.

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Ali, MD, MEd Department of Emergency Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital Boston, Massachusetts Mara S. Aloi, MD Associate Professor (Adjunct) Department of Emergency Medicine Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Program Director, Residency Department of Emergency Medicine Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Matthew R. Babineau, MD Resident Department of Emergency Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts Naomi Jean Baptiste, MD Resident Department of Emergency Medicine New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, New York David Barlas, MD Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine NYU School of Medicine New York, New York Chief of Service Cobble Hill Emergency Department NYU Langone Medical Center Brooklyn, New York Joshua M. Beiner, MD Fellow Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine NYU/Bellevue Medical Center New York, New York Anthony Berger, MD, MS Staff Physician Department of Emergency Medicine Kaiser South Sacramento Medical Center Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor Department of Emergency Medicine UC Davis Medical Center Sacramento, California Alicia Blazejewski, MD Per Diem Attending Department of Emergency Medicine Baystate Medical Center Attending Steward Medical Group Springfield, Massachusetts Rebecca T. Brafman, MD, MA Resident Department of Emergency Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, New York Calvin A. Brown III, MD Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine Harvard Medical School Attending Physician Department of Emergency Medicine Brigham and Womens Hospital Boston, Massachusetts Simran Buttar, MD Resident Department of Emergency Medicine Mount Sinai St.

Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital New York, New York Amy B. Caggiula, MD Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine Icahn School of Medicine Attending Physician Department of Emergency Medicine Mount Sinai St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center New York, New York David W. Callaway, MD Associate Professor Department of Emergency Medicine Director Division of Operational and Disaster Medicine Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, North Carolina Nicholas D. Caputo, MD, MSc, FAAEM Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine Weil Medical College of Cornell University New York, New York Associate Chief Department of Emergency Medicine Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Bronx, New York