THE CHIEF
COMPLAINT

Emergency medicine handbook

THECHIEFCOMPLAINT

The Chief Complaint — original book cover

Chris Feier, MD, PharmD

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Table of contents

12 sections · 46 topics

01ResuscitationFrom cardiac arrest to shock.6 topics
  1. PEA
  2. VT/VF — Coming soon
  3. Shock — Coming soon
  4. Bradycardia
  5. Tachycardia — Coming soon
  6. Post-Cardiac Arrest — Coming soon
02CardiologyChest pain and syncope.2 topics
  1. Chest Pain
  2. Syncope — Coming soon
03Dyspnea / RespiratoryBreathing complaints, airway management, and procedural sedation.3 topics
  1. Shortness of Breath — Coming soon
  2. Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI)
  3. Procedural Sedation — Coming soon
04GastrointestinalAn approach to abdominal complaints.4 topics
  1. Abdominal Pain: General
  2. Abdominal Pain: Upper
  3. Abdominal Pain: Lower
  4. Diarrhea — Coming soon
05GenitourinaryThe acute scrotum.1 topic
  1. Acute Scrotum
06Infectious DiseaseRecognizing and approaching sepsis.1 topic
  1. Sepsis — Coming soon
07NeurologyFrom altered mental status to acute stroke.6 topics
  1. Altered Mental Status — Coming soon
  2. Weakness — Coming soon
  3. Vertigo — Coming soon
  4. Headache — Coming soon
  5. Acute CVA — Coming soon
  6. Seizure — Coming soon
08PediatricsFever, airway concerns, and the sick neonate.5 topics
  1. Fever: <29 days — Coming soon
  2. Fever: 4–8 weeks — Coming soon
  3. Fever: >8 weeks — Coming soon
  4. Stridor — Coming soon
  5. Crashing Neonate — Coming soon
09OB/GynPelvic pain and bleeding in pregnancy.2 topics
  1. Pregnant Vaginal Bleeding
  2. Acute Pelvic Pain — Coming soon
10TraumaInitial assessment, resuscitation, and regional injuries.12 topics
  1. Trauma: Primary Survey
  2. Trauma: Resuscitation — Coming soon
  3. Trauma: Cardiac Arrest — Coming soon
  4. Trauma: Blunt Head — Coming soon
  5. Trauma: Cervical Spine — Coming soon
  6. Trauma: Penetrating Neck — Coming soon
  7. Trauma: Blunt Neck — Coming soon
  8. Trauma: Penetrating Chest — Coming soon
  9. Trauma: Blunt Chest
  10. Trauma: Penetrating Abdomen — Coming soon
  11. Trauma: Blunt Abdomen — Coming soon
  12. Trauma: Pelvis — Coming soon
11OrthopedicsBack and joint complaints.2 topics
  1. Low Back Pain — Coming soon
  2. Joint Pain — Coming soon
12EnvironmentalHypothermia and burns.2 topics
  1. Hypothermia — Coming soon
  2. Burns — Coming soon

Page numbers refer to the 2014 print edition.

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