[...]... 99, 10 0, 10 1, 10 2, 10 3, 10 4, 10 5, 10 6, 10 7, 10 8, 10 9, 11 0, 11 1, 11 2, 11 3, 11 4, 11 5 11 22 (11 .6%) 7, 15 3, 15 4, 15 5, 15 6, 15 7, 15 8, 15 9, 16 0, 16 2, 16 3, 16 4, 16 5, 16 6, 16 7, 16 8, 16 9, 17 0, 17 1, 17 2, 17 3, 17 4 Traumatic disorders Urogenital/gynecologic disorders 3 6 (3.2%) 55, 56, 59, 64, 65, 66 Administrative aspects of emergency medicine 2 3 (1. 6%) 18 4, 18 5, 18 9 Emergency medical services/disaster medicine. .. 11 6, 11 7, 11 8, 11 9, 12 0, 12 1, 12 2, 12 3, 12 4, 12 5, 12 6 Hematologic disorders 2 7 (3.7%) 13 1, 13 2, 13 3, 13 4, 13 5, 13 6, 13 7 Immune system disorders 1 3 (1. 6%) 11 , 90, 97 16 , 70, 83, 13 8, 14 7, 14 8, 14 9, 15 0 Systemic infectious disorders 3 8 (4.2%) 8, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96 Musculoskeletal disorders (nontraumatic) 3 6 (3.2%) 17 5, 17 6, 17 7, 17 8, 17 9, 18 0 Nervous system disorders 5 9 (4.7%) 10 , 13 9, 14 0,... has evolved from the Study Guide, the Companion Handbook, was designed as a streamlined pocket reference guide for the practicing clinician and contains only the essential information that is pertinent to the clinical care of the patient in the emergency department Each chapter in Just the Facts in Emergency Medicine emphasizes the key points in the Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical Features,... Companies, Inc Click Here for Terms of Use This page intentionally left blank Just the Facts in EMERGENCY MEDICINE This page intentionally left blank Section 1 TEST PREPARATION AND PLANNING 1 FACTS ABOUT EMERGENCY MEDICINE BOARD EXAMS David M Cline • The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) administers three written exams each year: the Certification Exam, the Recertification Exam, and the In- Training... Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Chapters 10 1, 10 4, 11 9 12 1, 12 5, 13 5) Rodney McCaskill, M.D., WakeMed, Department of Emergency Medicine, Raleigh, North Carolina (Chapter 35) Damian McHugh, M.B., Ch.B., M.R.C.G.P., Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Chapter 11 ) Leslie McKinney,... ‘ Just the facts, ma’am, just the facts. ’’ Our textbook, Just the Facts in Emergency Medicine, aims to provide just that for emergency physicians who are studying for either the written board (re)certification examination in emergency medicine or the in- training written examination This book has evolved from Judith Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, fifth edition, which has... (%) NUMBER OF CHAPTERS 7 15 (7.9%) JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE CHAPTERS REPRESENTED 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52 11 15 (7.9%) Cutaneous disorders 1 2 (1. 0%) 15 1, 15 2 4, 5, 9, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 69, 81 Endocrine, metabolic, and nutritional disorders 6 8 (4.2%) 6, 78, 79, 82, 12 7, 12 8, 12 9, 13 0 Environmental disorders 2 11 (5.8%) Head, ear, eye,...x CONTENTS 11 4 Hazardous Materials Exposure Joseph J Randolph 11 5 Dyshemoglobinemias Alex G Garza 356 358 Section 14 ENVIRONMENTAL INJURIES 3 61 116 11 7 11 8 11 9 12 0 12 1 12 2 12 3 12 4 12 5 12 6 Frostbite and Hypothermia Mark E Hoffmann Heat Emergencies Mark E Hoffmann Bites and Stings Alex G Garza Trauma and Envenomation from Marine Fauna Keith L Mausner High Altitude Medical... Hospital, St Cloud, Minnesota (Chapters 11 6, 11 7, 12 4, 14 3, 15 7, 15 8, 17 9) Laura Hopson, M.D., St Joseph Mercy Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Chapter 65) Jonathan Jones, M.D., WakeMed, Department of Emergency Medicine, Raleigh, North Carolina (Chapters 74, 83) Matthew T Keadey, M.D., Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill,... rate for the Certification exam during the 19 98 exam cycle was 91 percent for first-time takers with emergency medicine residency training and 73 percent for all others Subject matter of the exam is based on the Emergency Medicine Core Content .1 A percentage breakdown of the exam content compared to the chapters of this book is listed in Table 1- 1 Although many of the questions are different, the content . practicing clinician and contains only the essential information that is pertinent to the clinical care of the patient in the emergency department. Each chapter in Just the Facts in Emergency Medicine. Attending Staff Physician, Department of Emer- gency Medicine, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Chap- ters 10 1, 10 4, 11 9 12 1, 12 5, 13 5) Rodney McCaskill, M.D., WakeMed, Department of Emergency. implore, ‘ Just the facts, ma’am, just the facts. ’’ Our textbook, Just the Facts in Emergency Medicine, aims to provide just that for emergency physicians who are studying for either the written