Introduction to Emergency Medicine
by Ron Medzon
Intro To Em Review
This new text covers basic principles commonly found in the introduction to
emergency medicine course. Comprised of five sections, diagnosis and
management is presented from an emergency medicine perspective.
Includes 75 case-based clinical vignettes to help students prepare for the
course and clerkship as well as the USMLE. The common complaint
section features a template covering differential history and physical,
pathophysiology, and treatment of the given topics. Illustrations and line
drawings supplement the text. Curricula objectives from the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and the American College of
Emergency Physicians (ACEP) are addressed.
Personal Review: Introduction to Emergency Medicine by Ron
Medzon

i'm a msiv going into em, and this book has been the perfect balance of
practical management and "less practical facts a med student always gets
pimped on." the chapters usu are short - anywhere btwn 5-13 pages -
which are great for my short attn span/limited time, and is organized by
case scenario, intro, history, history/diagnostic eval/phys exam, differential,
management, dispo, and _then_ pathophys.
i feel like i always get bogged down in the pathophys in int med txtbks and
am too tired to read about management by the time i finish all the
discussion of obscure cytokines, receptors, etc. this txbook gets you
thinking up front as to what you need to focus on, what you need to keep in
the back of your mind, and what you need to do about the situation.
if you're rusty/coming back after a year off, i'd also recommend SOAP for
emergency medicine to get you up and running in a few days. also grab a
copy of the tarascon pocket emergency medicine so you can look up all
those evidence-based criteria for PE/DVTs, etc. it's also got a really rough
visual chart in there (better than nothing!). folks also like case files,
emergency medicine, which has several contributors from highland general
hospital in oakland.
note, this is a black & white text/diagrams, so don't go looking for glossy
pics. but hey, one less distraction for me. i just need the basic info to take
good care of my patients ;)
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