Atlas of Emergency Medicine, Fifth Edition

The most trusted visual guide to emergency medicine—with 2,100+ full-color images and clinical management guidance from leading experts A Doody's Core Title for 2023, 2024 & 2026! The Atlas of Emergency Medicine is your “look quick, act fast” guide to accurately diagnosing acute medical problems in emergency practice settings. Packed with the highest-quality images available and fully updated clinical information, this is the definitive resource to assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients quickly, safely, and effectively. Top experts in their field, the authors cover basic and subtle diagnosis of a broad spectrum of typical and atypical conditions. Organized by organ-system/special populations/general issues and then by problem, The Atlas of Emergency Medicine includes one or more images per topic, succinct “need-to-know” information for each clinical problem, and management options and clinical pearls—making this the most efficient visual learning guide you’ll find. This updated edition includes streamlined text to allow for more images, new chapters on Rheumatologic and Mental Health Conditions, and new video clips highlighting the most important topics.

About the Author

Kevin J. Knoop, MD, MS , is Staff Physician Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth Virginia, and Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland

Lawrence B. Stack , MD, is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

Alan B. Storrow , MD, is Vice Chairman for Research and Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

R. Jason Thurman, MD, FAAEM, CPPS, is Chief Medical Officer, TriStar Skyline and Hendersonville Medical Centers, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Nursing, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee