Lightning Injuries
Lightning Injuries

Author: Christopher Joh Andrews

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2018-01-18

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1351082493

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Lightning Injuries: Electrical, Medical, and Legal Aspects presents a thorough examination of injuries inflicted by lightning strikes. The expertise of acknowledged world authorities from three continents have been brought together to create this truly remarkable volume. Lightning Injuries: Electrical, Medical, and Legal Aspects begins with a short historical review featuring a discussion of the physics of lightning phenomena and the aspects of electrical circuit theory. This review provides the background for following chapters, which address topics such as the epidemiology of lightning injury, the pathogenesis of the features of lightning injury, the clinical aspects of managing patients with lightning injury, and lightning injury mediated by communications systems (including telephones). The book also describes the problem of finding protection against lightning strikes and the issues that arise in legal liability as a result of lightning strikes. The book is written for a diverse audience and includes material that makes it appropriate for all professionals in medical, legal, and technical fields. Never before has such a comprehensive collation of related facets of lightning injury been published within a single volume.

Reducing Lightning Injuries Worldwide
Reducing Lightning Injuries Worldwide

Author: Mary Ann Cooper

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-06-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 3319775634

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This book is a resource for understanding why Lightning continues to be a major health hazard, especially in the developing world, and equips researchers, governments, and public health advocates with the knowledge and techniques needed to reduce lightning casualties worldwide.

Preventing Sudden Death in Sport & Physical Activity
Preventing Sudden Death in Sport & Physical Activity

Author: American College of Sports Medicine

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Published: 2016-03-14

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 1284077365

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Preventing Sudden Death in Sport and Physical Activity, Second Edition examines the etiology, prevention, recognition, treatment, and return-to-play protocol of the common causes of sudden death in sport. Chapters are written by content area experts, offering a blend of clinical, scientific, and research expertise regarding each medical condition that is discussed.

Sports Science Handbook: I-Z
Sports Science Handbook: I-Z

Author: Simon P. R. Jenkins

Publisher: multi-science publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 9780906522370

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A valuable reference source for professionals and academics in this field, this is an encyclopedia-dictionary of the many scientific and technical terms now encountered in kinesiology and exercise science.

Introduction to Emergency Medicine
Introduction to Emergency Medicine

Author: Elizabeth Mitchell

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 744

ISBN-13: 9780781732000

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This new text covers basic principles commonly found in the introduction to emergency medicine course. Comprised of five sections, diagnosis and management is presented from an emergency medicine perspective. Includes 75 case-based clinical vignettes to help students prepare for the course and clerkship as well as the USMLE. The common complaint section features a template covering differential history and physical, pathophysiology, and treatment of the given topics. Illustrations and line drawings supplement the text. Curricula objectives from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) are addressed.

Nancy Caroline's Emergency Care in the Streets, Volume 2
Nancy Caroline's Emergency Care in the Streets, Volume 2

Author: Nancy L. Caroline

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2007-03

Total Pages: 896

ISBN-13: 9780763742393

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With this DVD, you will learn how to successfully perform each skill and will find helpful information, tips, and pointers designed to facilitate your progression through the practical examination.

Forensic Pathology Reviews Vol 4
Forensic Pathology Reviews Vol 4

Author: Michael Tsokos

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-11-05

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 1592599214

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Leading forensic pathologists from around the world synthesize the practical advances in a variety of important subspecialties of forensic pathology and demonstrate how the latest medical and scientific progress is being applied to solve current problems of high interest to forensic pathologists today. The authors offer cutting-edge insights into death from environmental conditions (lightning and elder abuse), homicide by sharp force, death from natural causes (asthma, Marfan syndrome, and peliosis of the liver and spleen), and pathology of human endothelium in septic organ failure. Additional chapters address special aspects of crime scene interpretation and behavioral analysis, neogenesis of ethanol and fusel oils in putrefying blood, agrochemical poisoning, imaging techniques in forensic pathology, and fixation techniques for organs and parenchymal structures. A comprehensive, up-to-date review of the international literature is given for each chapter.

Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2021
Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2021

Author: Fred F. Ferri

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2020-06-10

Total Pages: 4158

ISBN-13: 0323713343

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Find fast answers to inform your daily diagnosis and treatment decisions! Ferri’s Clinical Advisor 2021 uses the popular "5 books in 1" format to deliver vast amounts of information in a clinically relevant, user-friendly manner. This bestselling reference has been significantly updated to provide you with easy access to answers on 1,000 common medical conditions, including diseases and disorders, differential diagnoses, clinical algorithms, laboratory tests, and clinical practice guidelines—all carefully reviewed by experts in key clinical fields. Extensive algorithms, along with hundreds of new figures and tables, ensure that you stay current with today's medical practice. Contains significant updates throughout, covering all aspects of current diagnosis and treatment. Features 27 all-new topics including chronic rhinosinusitis, subclinical brain infarction, reflux-cough syndrome, radiation pneumonitis, catatonia, end-stage renal disease, and genitourinary syndrome of menopause, among others. Includes new appendices covering common herbs in integrated medicine and herbal activities against pain and chronic diseases; palliative care; and preoperative evaluation. Offers online access to Patient Teaching Guides in both English and Spanish.