Textbook of Urgent Care Medicine

Description

✍️ By John Shufeldt, Lee Resnick, Tracey Quail Davidoff, Wendy Graae & more
📚 Written and edited by leading experts in urgent care

⚡️ Why This Book?
The most in-depth and practical urgent care resource on the market!
Tailored specifically for the fast-paced, high-stakes urgent care setting, this textbook covers it all — from initial triage to final disposition.

✅ Packed with clinical pearls & pitfalls
✅ Covers both adult and pediatric urgent care
✅ Focused on real-world scenarios across every major system
✅ Ideal for urgent care physicians, NPs, PAs, residents, and students

🩺 Key Topics Covered:

🧠 Neurologic Emergencies:
• Facial droop, headache, vertigo, AMS, focal deficits

🌡️ Heat & Cold Illnesses
👁️👂 HEENT Conditions:
• Epistaxis, eye trauma, red eye, sinusitis, sore throat

🫁 Respiratory Issues:
• Asthma, dyspnea, bronchitis, URIs

❤️ Cardiac Urgencies:
• Chest pain, palpitations, syncope, edema

🧻 GI/GU Complaints:
• Nausea, vomiting, UTI, kidney stones, GI bleeding

🦴 Musculoskeletal Injuries:
• Neck, shoulder, wrist, foot/ankle, chest wall trauma, back pain

🤕 Wound & Trauma Care:
• Laceration repair, bites/stings, needlesticks

👩‍⚕️ OB/GYN Concerns:
• Vaginal bleeding, STIs, early pregnancy issues

🧴 Skin Conditions:
• Infections, burns, contact dermatitis, urticaria

🧒 Pediatric Emergencies:
• Fever, respiratory distress, limb injuries, crying infant

☠️ Toxicology & Medications:
• Drug-seeking behavior, anaphylaxis, poisonings

🧠 Psychiatric & Nonspecific Complaints:
• Mental health crises, fatigue, generalized weakness

🩺 Whether you’re working in a busy urgent care clinic, emergency department, or preparing for clinical rotations, this book is your go-to guide for confident, fast, and accurate decision-making.