The Physician Assistant Student's Guide To The Clinical Year by Dipali Yeh, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

The first pocket-size resource to guide PA students through their emergency medicine rotationPrepare for and thrive during yourclinical rotationswith the quick-access pocket guide series, The Physician Assistant Student's Guide to the Clinical Year. TheEmergency Medicineedition of this 7-volume series delineates the exact duties required in this specialty. Written by experienced PA educators, this guide details the clinical approach tocommon presentationssuch as chest pain, altered mental status, and headache. It also provides a systems-based approach to more than 40 of themost frequently encountered disease entitiesyou will see in this rotation, including traumatic injury, cerebrovascular accident, and acute coronary syndrome. Distinguished by brief, bulleted content with handy tables and figures, the reference offers all pertinentlaboratory and imaging studiesneeded to confirm a diagnosis, withmedication and management guidelines. This guide also describes themost common proceduresyou will learn during the emergency medicine rotation, including incision and drainage, wound repair, and foreign body removal. Also included is aspecial chapter on non-medical situationsyou'll find in the emergency department, such as drug-seeking behavior, violent or incarcerated patients, and malingering and factitious disorders. Key Features:Provides apocket-sizeoverview of the PA emergency medicine rotationDescribes common clinical presentations, disease entities, and proceduresOffersclinical pearlsthroughoutReflects the2019 NCCPA PANCE blueprintIncludes three bonus digital chapters! Guided case studies to reinforce clinical reasoning, 25 rotation exam-style questions with remediating rationales, and additional resources to enhance your emergency department experienceOther books in this series:The Physician Assistant Student's Guide to the Clinical Year:Family MedicineInternal MedicineSurgeryOB-GYNPediatricsBehavioral Health | The Physician Assistant Student's Guide To The Clinical Year by Dipali Yeh, Paperback | Indigo Chapters