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Airway -- Mechanical ventilation and noninvasive ventilatory support -- Monitoring the emergency patient -- Shock -- Blood and blood components -- Brain resuscitation -- Adult resuscitation -- Pediatric resuscitation -- Neonatal resuscitation -- Fever in the adult patient -- Weakness -- Dizziness and vertigo -- Confusion -- Depressed consciousness and coma -- Seizures -- Headache -- Dyspnea -- Chest pain -- Syncope -- Nausea and vomiting -- Abdominal pain -- Gastrointestinal bleeding -- Diarrhea -- Constipation -- Jaundice -- Acute pelvic pain in women -- Vaginal bleeding -- Back pain -- Cyanosis -- Sore throat -- Hemoptysis -- Red and painful eye -- Multiple trauma -- Trauma in pregnancy -- Pediatric trauma -- Geriatric trauma -- Injury prevention and control -- Head injury -- Facial trauma -- Spinal injuries -- Neck -- Thoracic trauma -- Abdominal trauma -- Genitourinary system -- Peripheral vascular injury -- General principles of orthopedic injuries -- Hand -- Wrist and forearm -- Humerus and elbow -- Shoulder -- Musculoskeletal back pain -- Pelvic trauma -- Femur and hip -- Knee and lower leg -- Ankle and foot -- Wound management principles -- Foreign bodies -- Mammalian bites -- Venomous animal injuries -- Thermal burns -- Chemical injuries -- Forensic emergency medicine -- Child maltreatment -- Sexual assault -- Intimate partner violence -- Elder abuse and neglect -- Youth, street gangs, and violence -- Oral medicine -- Ophthalmology -- Otolaryngology --

Asthma -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Upper respiratory tract infections -- Pneumonia -- Pleural disease -- Acute coronary syndrome -- Dysrhythmias -- Implantable cardiac devices -- Heart failure -- Pericardial and myocardial disease -- Infective endocarditis and valvular heart disease -- Hypertension -- Aortic dissection -- Abdominal aortic aneurysm -- Peripheral arteriovascular disease -- Pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis -- Esophagus, stomach, and duodenum -- Disorders of the liver and biliary tract -- Disorders of the pancreas -- Disorders of the small intestine -- Acute appendicitis -- Gastronenteritis -- Disorders of the large intestine -- Disorders of the anorectum -- Renal failure -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Selected urologic problems -- Selected gynecologic disorders -- Stroke -- Seizures -- Headache -- Delirium and dementia -- Brain and cranial nerve disorders -- Spinal cord disorders -- Peripheral nerve disorders -- Neuromuscular disorders -- Central nervous system infections -- Thought disorders -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Somatoform disorders -- Factitious disorders and malingering -- Suicide -- Arthritis -- Tendinopathy and bursitis -- Systemic lupus erythmatosus and the vasculitides -- Allergy, hypersensitivity, and anaphylaxis -- Dermatologic presentations -- Anemia, polycythemia, and white blood cell disorders -- Disorders of hemostasis -- Selected oncologic emergencies -- Acid-base disorders -- Electrolyte disturbances -- Diabetes mellitus and disorders of glucose homeostasis -- Rhabdomyolysis -- Thyroid and adrenal disorders -- Bacteria -- Viral illnesses -- Rabies -- AIDS and HIV infection -- Parasitic infections -- Tick-borne illnesses -- Tuberculosis -- Bone and joint infections -- Soft tissue infections -- Sepsis syndromes --

Frostbite -- Accidental hypothermia -- Heat illness -- Electrical and lightning injuries -- Scuba diving and dysbarism -- High-altitude medicine -- Drowning -- Radiation injuries -- General approach to the poisoned patient -- Acetaminophen -- Aspirin and nonsteroidal agents -- Anticholinergics -- Antidepressants -- Cardiovascular drugs -- Caustics -- Cocaine and other sympathomimetics -- Toxic alcohols -- Hallucinogens -- Heavy metals -- Hydrocarbons -- Inhaled toxins -- Lithium -- Antipsychotics -- Opioids -- Pesticides -- Plants, mushrooms, and herbal medications -- Sedative hypnotics -- General approach to the pediatric patient -- Pediatric fever -- Pediatric respiratory emergencies: upper airway obstruction and infections -- Pediatric respiratory emergencies: lower airway obstruction -- Pediatric respiratory emergencies: disease of the lungs -- Cardiac disorders -- Gastrointestinal disorders -- Infectious diarrheal disease and dehydration --

Renal and genitourinary tract disorders -- Neurologic disorders -- Musculoskeletal disorders -- General approach to the pregnant patient -- Acute complications of pregnancy -- Chronic medical illness during pregnancy -- Drug therapy in pregnancy -- Labor and delivery and their complications -- The elder patient -- The immunocompromised patient -- The solid organ transplant patient -- Alcohol-related disease -- Substance abuse -- Evaluation and management of children with special health care needs -- Pain management -- Procedural sedation and analgesia -- The combative patient -- The difficult patient -- Emergency medical service: overview and ground transport -- Air medical transport -- Tactical emergency medical support and urban search and rescue -- Disaster preparedness -- Weapons of mass destruction -- Medical literature and evidence-based medicine -- Observation medicine and clinical decision units -- Emergency ultrasound -- Multiculturalism and care delivery --

Process improvement and patient safety -- Bioethics -- End of life -- Medicolegal issues and risk management -- Wellness, stress, and the impaired physician

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