Emergency Sedation and Pain Management [Hardcover]

This book is a comprehensive medical text addressing emergency sedation and analgesia in the emergency department.This book is a comprehensive medical text addressing emergency sedation and analgesia with specific emphasis on treatment of the emergency department patient. It presents a clinical approach to the treatment of pain in emergency patients, including pediatric and adult populations. Analgesia, sedation, and anesthetic techniques are presented in an informative, authoritative, and concise format.This book is a comprehensive medical text addressing emergency sedation and analgesia with specific emphasis on treatment of the emergency department patient. It presents a clinical approach to the treatment of pain in emergency patients, including pediatric and adult populations. Analgesia, sedation, and anesthetic techniques are presented in an informative, authoritative, and concise format.Presented in an easily accessible, clinically oriented format, Emergency Sedation and Pain Management is a comprehensive medical text addressing emergency sedation and analgesia with specific emphasis on treatment of the emergency department patient. The text presents a clinical approach to the treatment of pain in emergency patients, including pediatric and adult populations. Analgesia, sedation, and anesthetic techniques are presented in an informative, authoritative, and concise format - written and edited by physicians with extensive research as well as clinical emergency medicine expertise. The chapters are richly supplemented with tables, photographs, and step-by-step illustrations.Part I. Overview and Principles in Emergency Analgesia and Procedural Sedation: 1. Emergency analgesic principles James Miner and John Burton; 2. Emergency procedural sedation principles John Burton and James Miner; 3. Analgesic and procedural sedation principles unique to the pediatric emergency department Susan Fuchs; 4. Pain and analgesia in the infant Michelle P. Tomassi; 5. Provider biaslӗ