House Officer's Guide

House Officer's Guide
Author: Miles Witham
Publisher: Mosby Incorporated
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2004
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780723431978

Crash Course House Officer's Guide contains the practical information that house officers refer to on a daily basis. Written by two doctors who have had recent and varied experience of being new house officers, the book contains all the information that a PRHO or an undergraduate in their clinical years will need to know for their first experience of the wards. At 256 pages, it really is short enough to be practical and light enough to be carried in a white coat pocket every day.

Emergency Room Orthopaedic Procedures

Emergency Room Orthopaedic Procedures
Author: Kenneth A Egol
Publisher: JP Medical Ltd
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2012-03-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9350255707

Emergency Room Orthopaedic Procedures is a concise, “How to” guide to the diagnosis and treatment of common musculoskeletal injuries and conditions in the emergency room. The book provides step by step instructions and evaluations of techniques such as reducing and splinting a radius fracture, repairing a nail bed laceration, fracture management and methods used for procedural sedation. Authored by recognised experts at the New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, USA, each chapter is organised in an easy to follow format, with numerous illustrative images, colour photographs and detailed demonstrations.

The Hands-on Guide for House Officers

The Hands-on Guide for House Officers
Author: Anna Donald
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Medicine
ISBN: 9780865427594

Although this book is aimed primarily at the final–year medical student about to begin his/her first house job, it will also prove invaluable to house officers already on the job. The book will provide finalists with real openings for action in their work so they can perform with confidence and ease. It aims to bridge the gap between the theoretical knowledge gained at medical school and the practical know–how of being a doctor on a daily basis. Reading this book should ameliorate the feeling of panic that invariably paralyse finalists as they begin their first house jobs.

Psychiatry

Psychiatry
Author: David A. Tomb
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2008
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780781774529

Thoroughly updated for its Seventh Edition, this House Officer Series volume will remain a best-seller among medical students in psychiatry clerkships, psychiatric residents, other mental health professionals, and primary care physicians. This succinctly written pocket-sized textbook provides the key information readers need to succeed in rounds and pass board exams. Chapters provide complete, up-to-the-minute coverage of all major disorders, psychotherapies, and biological therapies. Diagnostic discussions are aligned with DSM-IV-TR and treatment recommendations are given in stepwise fashion. This edition describes several new disorders, provides greater coverage of psychotherapies, offers up-to-date information on psychopharmacology, and includes contemporary neuroscience and molecular genetics.

Weiner & Levitt's Pediatric Neurology

Weiner & Levitt's Pediatric Neurology
Author: Michael E. Cohen
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2003
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780781729314

Part of the House Officer Series, Weiner & Levitt's Pediatric Neurology, Fourth Edition has been extensively reorganized, thoroughly updated, and includes many algorithms and tables. The new structure presents the book in six sections, and is consistent with the ways in which clinicians approach their patients. The first section offers introductory chapters under the heading of evaluation, and includes neurologic history, neuro exam, and localization. The bulk of the material is in two sections and covers common complaints and specific diseases, while the remaining sections cover drugs and diagnostic and neuropsychological tests.

Naval Officer's Guide to the Pentagon

Naval Officer's Guide to the Pentagon
Author: Fred W. Kacher
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre:
ISBN: 9781682474662

This practical guide advises officers of all paygrades, experience levels, and warfare communities on life and work in Washington, D.C., and in the Pentagon, in particular.

Newly Commissioned Naval Officers Guide

Newly Commissioned Naval Officers Guide
Author: Fred W. Kacher
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre:
ISBN: 9781682473658

"This practical guide will advise newly commissioned naval officers from all service communities in basic leadership, naval policy, service etiquette, and personal and professional administration. Using insights and writing from those who have recently made this transition, the book also serves as a gateway to the many online and print assets available to newly commissioned officers, serving as a user-friendly first stop for advice and information."--Provided by publisher.

Emergency Room Orthopaedic Procedures: An Illustrative Guide for the House Officer

Emergency Room Orthopaedic Procedures: An Illustrative Guide for the House Officer
Author: Kenneth A Egol
Publisher: JAYPEE BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2012-12-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9350905582

This book "Emergency Room Orthopaedic Procedures: An Illustrative Guide for the House Officer" discusses about the orthopaedic injuries, disorders and reasons. This book also gives an idea about the orthopaedic procedures performed in the emergency department setting and provides instruction on how to perform joint and fracture reductions, compartment measurements, joint aspirations, nail-bed repairs and simple laceration treatment. The book is illustrated in step by step manner, which can be easy to follow the directions and also includes the materials needed and techniques utilized for performing each procedure. These chapters are focused on materials and steps of nerve blocks around the hand, the evaluation and management of ankle fractures by using reduction and splinting techniques, closed reduction of shoulder dislocations and dislocation types (anterior dislocation, posterior dislocations and inferior dislocations), anatomy and radiographical evaluation of elbow dislocations and injection technique used for joint aspiration. Other part of book contains the chapters that briefly describes about reduction of the dislocated total hip arthroplasty, insertion of femoral and tibial traction pins, closed reduction of distal radius fractures, nail bed repair, closed reduction of pediatric forearm fractures, diagnosis of compartment syndrome, pediatric and adult procedural sedation and analgesia, etc. This book provides benefit for thousands of other healthcare professionals and for musculoskeletal injuries and disorders.