Essential Procedures for Emergency, Urgent, and Primary Care Settings: A Clinical Companion 3rd Edition

A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Procedures

This text is a user-friendly guide to performing 77 clinical procedures, ranging from those commonly performed to those infrequently called upon when minutes count in emergency, urgent, and primary care settings. This heavily updated third edition includes current and comprehensive text, graphic, and video instruction on the use of bedside ultrasound for procedural guidance in order to increase procedural accuracy and mitigate complications. An interprofessional approach to the performance of procedures is highlighted throughout the book.

Key Features

• 16 New Chapters: This edition delivers 16 completely new chapters covering a plethora of newly added procedures, incorporating an interprofessional approach to performing procedures.
• 77 Clinical Procedures: It delivers current, concise, step-by-step information for performing 77 commonly and less commonly used clinical procedures.
• Enriched with Ultrasound: The book is enriched with point of care ultrasound guided procedures and thoroughly introduces and teaches sonography at the most fundamental level as an important tool to enhance the accuracy of procedures.
• Organized by Body System: The content is organized by body system to provide fast access to key information.
• Extensive Visuals: It provides abundant four-color photos and figures illustrating each procedure and prominently displayed links to numerous videos throughout the text.
• CourseConnect: Your print purchase includes access to CourseConnect, an interactive learning platform designed to help you engage more deeply, study smarter, and achieve success in your course.
• Latest Guidelines: The text reflects the latest guidelines and evidence-based practices, and includes a corresponding list of CPT codes.