Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care Guide: Comprehensive Coverage of Airway Management, Vascular Access, Bedside Ultrasound, and (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798257774423)

The airway is failing, the rhythm is PEA, and the clock on the wall has been running for eleven minutes without ROSC.

Generic algorithms were written for the textbook patient - not for the posterior shoulder dislocation everyone missed, the orbital compartment syndrome ninety minutes from blindness, or the high-pressure injection injury that looks like a puncture wound until the hand is gone.

This guide rebuilds procedural decision-making from anatomy up - so that when the moment arrives, you act on understanding, not memorization.

INSIDE THIS BOOK:

- Act before the window closes - hip dislocation AVN risk doubles every hour; this book gives you the Allis technique, the sedation strategy, and the confirmation protocol to reduce within the six-hour threshold
- Stop the bleeding endovascularly - REBOA zone selection, partial versus full occlusion, and the physiological rationale that makes aortic balloon occlusion a bridge to the OR rather than a last resort
- Read the ultrasound, change the resuscitation - pseudo-PEA versus true PEA on POCUS during the ten-second pulse check determines every decision that follows
- Protect the pediatric airway before it closes - Miller blade rationale, shoulder roll positioning, and cuff pressure limits for patients whose only warning sign is a hoarse cry
- Drain with anatomical precision - peritonsillar abscess needle technique with a one-centimeter tape guard standing between your instrument and the internal carotid artery
- Deliver the fetus, save the mother - perimortem cesarean section with CPR uninterrupted, executed before four minutes becomes a eulogy
- Recognize what routine assessment misses - the lightbulb sign, the absent cremasteric reflex, the ETCO2 that rises before the pulse returns

This book is written for emergency physicians, acute care nurses, paramedics, residents, and advanced practice providers whose patients cannot survive a hesitant hand.

Scroll up and commit to the preparation your next patient deserves.

Author: Eric M. Braun
ISBN-13: 9798257774423
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 04/17/2026
Pages: 530
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.68lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.07d