History Taking, Examination, and Record Keeping in Emergency Medicine

This little book contains wise tips for physicians and nurses who work in emergency departments. This book is seeded with tips about understanding the patient's agenda while attempting to make an accurate diagnosis. New students will benefit from early exposure to this wisdom, and mature ED physicians will appreciate the reminders. I recommend this book for medical students and family medicine residents who intend to enter rural practice and for the libraries or rural teaching hospitals.

• Introduction ; Reasons for good notekeeping ; Basiuc pattern of notes ; History ; Examination ; X-rays and other investigations ; Diagnosis ; Practical procedures ; Drugs ; Advice ; Letters to the GP ; General points ; joints ; bones including fractures ; wounds ; non traumatic problems ; Parts of the body ; head ; face ; neck ; spine ; chest ; abdomen ; shoulder ; elbow ; wrist ; hand ; child not using upper limb ; hip ; knee ; ankle ; foot ; child not weight bearing or limping ; Burns ; Road Traffic Accidents ; Major Trauma ; Deliberate self harm ; Nursing notes by A.M. Jenkin B Sc, RGN