Featuring more than 1,100 full-color illustrations, this atlas is a visual guide to the diagnosis and management of medical and surgical emergencies. Emergency medicine depends on fast, accurate interpretation of visual cues, making this atlas an invaluable tool. The book is divided into sections on prehospital management and resuscitation, organ system emergencies, and multisystem emergencies. For each specific emergency, the authors present both clinical photographs and illustrations of significant diagnostic test findings such as specimens, radiographs, endoscopic images, and ECGs. The succinct text accompanying the illustrations covers patient presentation, diagnosis, and clinical management.

Chapter 1: Airway, Breathing Circulation Chapter 2: EMS and Prehospital Care Chapter 3: Neurologic Chapter 4: Eyes/Ophthalmic Chapter 5: ENT Chapter 6: Dental Chapter 7: Cardiovascular Chapter 8: Respiratory/Pulmonary Chapter 9: Gastrointestinal Chapter 10: Genitourinary/Renal Chapter 11: Gynecologic Chapter 12: Obstetric Chapter 13: Dermatologic Chapter 14: Pediatric Chapter 15: Orthopaedic Chapter 16: Trauma Chapter 17: Infectious Diseases Chapter 18: Hematology/Oncology Chapter 19: Endocrine Chapter 20: Toxicology Chapter 21: Environmental Chapter 22: Psychosocial Chapter 23: Alternative Medicine Chapter 24: Forensic Emergency Medicine Chapter 25: Weapons of Mass Destruction Chapter 26: Complications of Procedures Chapter 27: Consequences of Drug Abuse Chapter 28: HIV Related Chapter 29: Critical Care Chapter 30: Rheumatology Chapter 31: Wound Care Chapter 32: Abuse Chapter 33: Occupational Medicine