ER A Ready Reckoner for Emergency Room (ER): Doctors and First Responders

Jamshed D Sunavala & Sachna P Shetty

ISBN 10: 9356969779 / ISBN 13: 9789356969773

Published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, 2025

About this Item

Emergency medicine is a well-established academic discipline in India with formally recognized postgraduate courses offered by the Medical Council of India and the National Board of Education. Hospitals across the country now have well-equipped emergency rooms staffed by trained personnel to provide prompt and often life-saving emergency care. Emergency rooms play the crucial role of providing immediate care to patients with a diverse spectrum of medical conditions. Hence, training and experience in emergency medicine involve a unique skill set that includes the temperament to handle high patient loads, make quick decisions, effectively triage patients (separate the grain from the chaff), and offer timely intervention and stabilization while facilitating communication and collaboration with other hospital departments. Often viewed as the busy, chaotic gateway to the hospital; the efficiency and versatility of the emergency room (ER) makes it an integral and indispensable component providing constant support and resilience to the entire healthcare system.Key Features This book serves as a ready reckoner and as an easy reference for common conditions that find their way to a busy ER. It includes the following sections: Fast track to the most common presentations and differential diagnosis in the ER Bedside diagnosis and management of diseases presenting to the ER Resuscitation in the ER Emergency.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ER A Ready Reckoner for Emergency Room (ER): Doctors and First Responders
• Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9356969779
• ISBN 13: 9789356969773
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book serves as a ready reckoner and an easy reference for common conditions encountered in a busy emergency room (ER) environment.

Divided into seven sections, the text begins with discussion on the most common presentations and differential diagnosis in the ER.

The next section covers the diagnosis and management of numerous different systemic diseases and disorders presenting to the ER.

The following sections discuss resuscitation, emergency support, ER operative procedures, interpretation and understanding of emergency-based investigations, and general concepts including triage and medicolegal issues.

About the Author

Jamshed D Sunavala MD FCCP FICP FICSE (Hon)
Director, Department of Critical Care and Emergency Services, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai; Consultant Intensivist, Breach Candy Hospital and Research Centre and BD Petit Parsee General Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Sachna P Shetty MD (Emergency Medicine)
Consultant, Department of Emergency Medicine, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India