Presented by body system, the 101 cases in this book describe various emergency medicine conditions. They detail the case history, presentation, approaches, practice points, lessons learned, examination, treatment, diagnosis, and other aspects of specific conditions, emphasizing standard national treatment guidelines. They include environmental injuries, toxicological cases, animal bites, sexually transmitted infections, pediatric cases, trauma in the elderly, infectious diseases, medical errors, burns, chemical injuries, electrical injuries, water and electrolyte imbalance, disaster management, triage techniques, and mock trials to train health care workers in managing mass casualty incidents. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)