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Online Emergency Medicine Textbooks
On-Line Emergency Medicine Library
Free on-line emergency medicine textbooks for physicians, nurses, EMS providers and other health care professionals. More than 100 on-line electronic
textbooks in the field of Emergency Medicine, and growing. Topics include adult and pediatric emergencies, advanced cardiac life support, trauma medicine,
EMS and pre-hospital care, orthopedic emergencies, disaster medicine, toxicology and more.
- A Simple Guide to Trauma - Full Text Online
- Abdominal Trauma - Department of Surgery, University of Iowa
- Abdominal Trauma - Multimedia Textbooks from the Virtual Hospital
- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Handbook - Royal Adelaide
Hospital Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Arizona Emergency Medical Systems, Red Book - Standards for Prehospital Treatment and Triage
- Basic Emergency Lifesaving Skills (BELS): A Framework for Teaching Emergency Lifesaving Skills
to Children and Adolescents - This publication provides a developmental approach for teaching essential interventions known to stabilize an injured or
ill person's health condition until the arrival of an adult, EMS professional, or other responsible person to the student population. Basic emergency
lifesaving skills are introduced, acquired, and reinforced according to students' ages and developmental levels. [PDF]
- Basic Medical Training Manual: Hospital Corpsman - Covers anatomy and physiology; fundamentals of
patient care; first aid equipment, supplies, rescue, and transportation; emergency medical care procedures; poisoning; drug abuse, and hazardous material
exposure; pharmacy and toxicology; clinical laboratory; medical aspects of chemical, biological, and radiological warfare; diet and nutrition; emergency
dental care; preventive medicine; physical examinations; health records; supply; administration; healthcare administration; and decedent affairs.
- Basics of CPR and Life Support: Chapter 13 - Third Edition of The Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide [PDF 19pp. 126Kb]
- California Poison Control System Answer Book -
Commonly asked questions about poisonings and prevention. It contains valuable advice about many of the common poisonous situations faced by the residents
of California. [PDF 55pp 638Kb]
- Common Eye Emergencies - New England Eye Center
- Common First-Aid Procedures: Chapter 14 - Third Edition of The Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide [PDF 26pp. 216Kb]
- Common Simple Emergencies - Reference for all kinds of simple everyday emergencies that come into
the ED.
- Complete Home Medical Guide - Third Edition of The Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
- CSL Antivenom Handbook - The Web version of the Australian CSL Antivenom
Handbook. This book, designed for doctors, gives information on indications and use for all CSL Ltd antivenoms. It was published in 1996 and revised in late
2001.
- CSL Antivenom Handbook: First Aid for Bites and Stings - Medical treatments,
suggested laboratory tests for snakebite patients, and antivenoms. First aid for snakebites, arthropod bites & stings, marine bites & stings, and
spider bites.
- First Aid - Field Manual 4-25.11, Department of the Army
[PDF 2,398KB] - HTML Version
- First Aid Anatomy - Virtual Naval Hospital
- First Aid for Soldiers: FM 21-11 - Virtual Naval Hospital
- Fluid Resuscitation - State of the Science for Treating Combat Casualties and
Civilian Injuries (1999, 208 pp.) Committee on Fluid Resuscitation for Combat Casualties, Institute of Medicine
- Fundamentals of Emergency Care - Richard Beebe, Deborah Funk; Delmar Learning. Online
Chapter: Cardiac Arrest, Chapter 25 - [PDF 21pp. 711Kb]
- Gist of Emergency Medicine - by Michael O. Hebb was written for oral board candidates, practicing physicians,
residents, interns and medical students. It is meant to compliment standard texts and oral board courses. It is also designed to refresh and reinforce the
trouble-shooting synapses (prn) of the emergency room physician and as a brief reference in the ER.
- H.M.D. Sked Instruction - Online training manual. [PDF]
- Half-Sked Patient Drag Instruction - Online training manual. [PDF]
- Handbook ER medicine - Mark A. Graber, MD, Departments of Family
Medicine and Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine.
- Handbook of Trauma Care (6th edition): The Liverpool Hospital
Trauma Manual - The intent of this manual is to provide users with a solid, consistent and practical approach to managing severely injured patients. No
two patients present with the same clinical findings and injuries and it can be difficult to generalize rules to cover all clinical settings, however, the
principles set out in this Handbook are safe and will guide the user appropriately.
- Harrisons Online - Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine, an updated medical database that
delivers the high-quality information synonymous with the Harrisons name with the immediacy that only the online environment can provide. Harrisons
Online cuts through the glut of online medical information to give you relevant, current, and practical information that will help you diagnose and manage
your next case.
- Hazardous Materials Guide for First Responders - This online book provides important
information for the initial response to both transportation and fixed facility incidents with a maximum amount of useful key information in a limited amount
of space.
- Helicopter Tagline Kit Instruction, Skedco [PDF]
- Hewlett Packard Codemaster XL Defibrillator - On-line Operator Manual
- HyperTox - Provides information in Clinical Toxicology. The site is designed for emergency ward management,
undergraduate and postgraduate teaching of clinical toxicology. It includes self test and interactive clinical cases.
- Intensive Care Unit Manual - Royal Adelaide Hospital. The Unit Manual is updated
annually and is designed as a guide for resident staff and consultants alike.
[PDF and Zip Versions Available 200 pp.]
- Knot Tying Manual - Suture tying. Ethicon, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson
Company. [PDF 1.04Mb 49pp]
- Lifepak 20 Biphasic Defibrillator - Online Operator Manual
- Lifepak 12 Biphasic Defibrillator - Online Operator Manual
- Lifepak 500 Automated Defibrillator - Online Operator Manual
- Long Spine Board Manual - Online training manual for using the Neann Long Spine Board
- Medical Notes for Urgent Care Medicine - American College of Emergency Physicians
[PDF 50pp. 76Kb]
- Medtronic 5388 Pacemaker - Online Operator Manual
- Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Seventeenth Edition - The Merck Manual is celebrating its
centenary with the publication of the 17th Edition. The Merck Manual is used by more medical professionals worldwide than any other general medical textbook
and has been continuously published longer than any other English language general medical textbook. The new 17th Edition on this web site free of charge
for your unlimited use.
- Merck Manual of Medical Information Home Edition - The Merck Manual of Medical Information--Home Edition
was published for the first time in September 1997. This edition uses everyday language to present information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and
treatment. To search the sections of The Home Edition that are currently online, please use the general site-wide search facility at the top of the page.
- Merck Manual, 17th Edition (1999), Section 19: Pediatrics - An illustrated,
searchable textbook of medicine, published in 1999, available for free. The Pediatrics section includes 21 chapters including: Health Management in Normal
Newborns, Infants, and Children; Gastrointestinal Disorders; Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders in Infants and Children; Congenital Anomalies; Child Abuse and
Neglect; Physical Conditions in Adolescence; and Childhood Infections. Other features of the site include a medical quiz and consumer health information
from the Merck Manual Home Edition.
- Medicine Residency Programs - This curriculum is provided for the training of emergency medicine
residents in EMS.
- Military Medicine, in The Prehospital Trauma Life Support Manual - Tactical
Combat Casualty Care. Prehospital Care in the Tactical Environment. The Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care, Fifth Edition
[PDF 52pp. 700Kb]
- Model Curriculum in Emergency Medical Services for Emergency Model
of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine
- NAEMSP Model Pediatric Protocols - This publication documents developing field treatment
protocols for children. It presents selected protocols following a comprehensive review of more than 250 representative protocols that were collected from a
national sample. The selected protocols represent optimal treatment practices that comply with accepted national standards, such as those found in the
EMT-Basic and EMT-Paramedic National Standard Curricula [PDF]
- NIOSH Pocket Guide To Chemical Hazards, NPG - Is intended as a source of general industrial hygiene
on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals. The Pocket Guide presents key information and data in
abbreviated or tabular form for 677 chemicals or substance groupings that are found in the work environment. The information found in the NPG should help
users recognize and control occupational chemical hazards. View it on-line at the above address or Download
zip file (1.25mb)
- NPAT GP Emergency Guidelines (Orange Book) - These guidelines have been produced on behalf of the
National Patients' Access Team by Oriana Dwight and Joe Collier of St George's Hospital Medical School. They are intended to provide advice for clinicians
involved in the management of common medical emergencies presenting in primary care.
- Operational Obstetrics & Gynecology, U.S. Navy - A manual designed to assist those who treat
women with gynecologic problems and offer guidance for the continuing care of these women, particularly in isolated settings where gynecologic consultation
is not readily available.
- Office Preparedness for Pediatric Emergencies Instructor Manual - Duke University
Medical Center, Emergency Medical Services for Children [PDF]
- Office Preparedness for Pediatric Emergencies Provider Manual - Duke University Medical
Center, Emergency Medical Services for Children [PDF]
- Oregon Spine Splint II Instruction - Online training manual. [PDF]
- Paramedic TRIPP - Teaching Resource for Instructors in Prehospital Pediatrics. Available for free
download - This 1450-page encyclopedic publication integrates extensive information about ALS prehospital assessment and treatment of pediatric
patients with teaching tips, case scenarios, illustrations, task analyses, and student handouts.
- Pediatric Airway Disease - A multimedia textbook on
upper airway problems in children. The typical presentation and differential diagnosis is given for each disease and the evaluation process is outlined, as
are possible complications and treatment options.
- Pediatric Emergency Manual - This manual was developed for use by pediatric house
staff as a pocket-sized guide to the stabilization of potentially ill children. It is not a policy manual, but offers the developing physician one
reasonable framework upon which knowledge and practice may be built.
- Pediatric Emergency Manual: Poisonings - Review the general management of
poisoning emergencies and get specifics on how to handle acetaminophen, aspirin, caustics, cyclic antidepressant, hydrocarbons, iron and lead poisoning
situations from the Virtual Naval Hospital.
- Pediatric Mass Casualty Incident Manual: Chemical Exposure - For Use With the
Broselow Pediatric Resuscitation Tape (March 2003). Duke University Medical Center, Emergency Medical Services for Children [PDF]
- Pediatric Prehospital Care - This textbook provides pediatric training for all providers, extending
beyond traditional Department of Transportation material. Developed by Brady in conjunction with the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT),
the text's approach links the process of assessment directly to treatment, illustrating common scenarios with a mix of case studies, key points, and task
analyses.
- Pharmacology for the EMS Provider - Beck
- Prevention and Medical Management Laser Injuries - Field Manual 8-50,
Department of the Army
- Principles of Advanced Trauma Care - Michael Hubble, Johnsie Hubble; Delmar Learning -
[PDF 25pp. 1.13Mb]
- Principles of Patient Assessment in EMS - A
comprehensive and dynamic guide providing the foundation needed to master critical assessment skills. The online companion to Principles of Patient
Assessment in EMS offers Power Point presentations for instructor's to use to supplement lectures and for students to use as a study tool. Delmar Learning
- Rescue Hauler Instruction, Skedco - Online training manual. [PDF]
- Rescue Manual Information for Rescue Services 2003 - [PDF]
- Rope Rescue Standard - Online training manual. New Zealand Land Search and
Rescue Incorporated [PDF 20pp. 530KB]
- Scene Assessment and Personal Safety -
[PDF 30pp. 134Kb]
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, SARS - A medical textbook that provides a comprehensive and up-to-date
overview of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The Reference will be updated every month for the duration of the epidemic.
- Sims HL90 Fluid Warmer - Online Operator Manual
- Sims Level 1 Rapid Infuser - Online Operator Manual
- Sked Evac Tripod Instruction - Online training manual. [PDF]
- Sked Flotation Instruction - Online training manual. [PDF]
- Sked Stretcher Instruction - Online training manual. [PDF]
- Snake Bite Protocol Index - T.M. Davidson, Division of Otolaryngology/ENT,
Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego Medical Center Multimedia Tutorials (Text & Images). Includes: Immediate First Aid; Summary
for Human Bite & Medical Management.
- Sprains and Strains - The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and
Skin Diseases information about sprains and strains, which are both very common injuries. Individual sections describe what sprains and strains are, where
they usually occur, what their signs and symptoms are, how they are treated, and how they can be prevented.
- Standard First Aid Course - Department of the Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
- Surgical Emergencies in Obstetrics and Gynecology - U.S. Navy
- Textbook of Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine - edited by Gideon Bosker, MD, FACEP,
Editor-in-Chief of Emergency Medicine Reports
- The Basics of Safety: Chapter 13 - Third Edition of The Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide [PDF 11pp. 88Kb]
- The Merck Index, Thirteenth Edition - Provides data and descriptions of chemicals, drugs, and
biologicals. The book contains over 10,000 monographs; subject matter includes human and veterinary drugs, biologicals and natural products, agricultural
chemicals, industrial and laboratory chemicals, and environmentally significant compounds.
- The Textbook of Primary and Acute Care Medicine - edited by Gideon Bosker, MD, FACEP,
Editor-in-Chief of Emergency Medicine Reports.
- Tools for Evaluating the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program - Phase I
Report (2001, 64 pp.) Frederick J. Manning and Lewis Goldfrank, Editors, Committee on Evaluation of the Metropolitan Medical Response Program, Board on
Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine
- Trauma Handbook 5th Edition, 1994 - Liverpool Hospital Department of Trauma
Services
- Trauma Management During Major Incident Response -
[PDF 20pp. 121Kb]
- Trauma Performance Improvement: A Reference Manual - American College of Surgeons
[1400kb PDF]
- U.S. Navy Diving Manual - Naval Sea Systems Command
- VUMC Burn Center Care Manual in PDF Format - For emergency professionals, the
online Burn Manual will prove to be a valuable tool.
- VUMC Burn Center Protocols in PDF Format
- VUMC Wound Care Burn Manual - Dee Resha RN BSN LNC
- Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopedics - Organized alphabetically by topic. Includes additional menus for
fractures, joints, muscles, nerves, trauma, medications, and lab tests. A search engine allows you to use several specific search terms to narrow your
search.
- Wilderness and Travel Medicine - eMedicine
- Wilderness Emergencies - eMedicine
- Wilderness Field Protocols - These protocols have been developed for use
by appropriately trained individuals that regularly work in remote environments. They are based on the principles taught by Wilderness Medical Associates in
Wilderness Advanced Life Support, Wilderness EMT, Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness Advances First Aid and Wilderness First Aid Courses. [PDF]
- Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Prolonging Medical Treatment: Guidance for Decision Making -
This guidance attempts to document the type of factors which should be taken into account, the process which should be followed and the safeguards which
should be in place to ensure that these decisions, and decisions to withhold or withdraw other life-prolonging treatments, are made appropriately. British
Medical Association
- World Wide Wounds - Peer reviewed electronic journal of wound management practice for professionals.
Includes information on wound care, wounds, and dressings
- Zoll M-Series Defibrillator - On-line Operator Manual
- Zoll NTP 1000 Pacemaker - On-line Operator Manual
- Zoll PD 1200 Defibrillator - On-line Operator Manual
- Zoll PD 1400 Defibrillator - On-line Operator Manual
Catastrophic events, and injuries associated with large-scale natural disasters, mass trauma events, warfare, terrorist attacks and biological, chemical
or nuclear agent exposures.
- A Mass Casualty Care Strategy for Biological Terrorism Incidents -
Department of Defense
- Acute Exposure Guideline: Standing Operating Procedures for Developing Acute
Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Chemicals - Subcommittee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels, Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies
and Toxicology, National Research Council (2001, 224 pp.)
- Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals: Volume 1 -
Subcommittee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels, Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council
(2001, 220 pp.)
- American Red Cross Disaster Guide
- American Red Cross Disaster Training Resource Guide
- Background on Chemical Warfare - Mitretek Systems Multimedia Databases
(Text & Images). Some examples of online database include:
- Chemistry of Lethal Chemical Warfare (CW) Agents
- Chemistry of other Military Compounds
- Chemistry of Arsenical Irritants
- Psychogenic Agents
- Toxicity and Effects of Chemical Warfare Agents
- Bad Bug Book: FDA - This handbook provides basic facts regarding food borne pathogenic
microorganisms and natural toxins. Some technical terms have been linked to the National Library of Medicine's Entrez glossary. Currently includes:
Pathogenic Bacteria, Parasitic Protozoa and Worms, Viruses, Natural Toxin and Appendices.
- Casualty to Patient: Decontamination Line Set-Up for Hospitals -
Louisiana National Guard
- Defense Against Toxin Weapons - D.R. Franz, Veterinary Corps, U.S. Army and hosted by the Nuclear Biological and
Chemical Medical (NBC-Med) Information Server, Designed & Maintained for the DOD by the Camber Corporation "The purpose of this manual is to
provide basic information on biological toxins to military leaders and health-care providers at all levels to help them make informed decisions..."
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Poisoning - EGORA, France Telecom, France Multimedia
Databases (Text and Images). French and English.
- Disaster Management Central - Wilford Hall Medical Center, 59th Medical Wing, Lackland Air Force
Base, USAF Includes: Triage of Mass Casualty Situations, Interactive Triage Cases, Medicine and Terrorism and much more
- Interactive Triage Cases (Terrorist Explosions)
- Terrorism Injuries
- Triage of Mass Casualty Situations
- Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination. By Erik Auf der Heide. Online version
of book.
- Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response in the United States - National
Academy Press, 2001
- Field Management Of Chemical Casualties Handbook - U.S. Army Medical
Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD), Virtual Naval Hospital
- Guidelines for Cold Weather Mass Decontamination During a
Terrorist Chemical Agent Incident - USASBCCOM. January 2002.
- Guidelines for Mass Casualty Decontamination During a
Terrorist Chemical Agent Incident - January 2000. USASBCCOM
- Handbook on the Medical Aspects of NBC Defense Operations FM 8-9 Part III -
Chemical
- Health Service Support in a NBC Environment FM 8-10-7
- Hypertox - Provides information in Clinical Toxicology. The site is designed for emergency ward management,
undergraduate and postgraduate teaching of clinical toxicology. It includes self test and interactive clinical cases.
- Mass Casualty Response: 'Workbook for EMS Responders in Alaska' - The purpose of this
manual is to encourage EMS personnel to consider how they would respond to a variety of multiple casualty/disaster situations. It is not intended to be a
reference manual for responders, nor was it designed as an encyclopedia of disaster resources. The manual assumes you are capable of evaluating and treating
patients in accordance with your level of training and certification. Because this manual is intended to assist you in managing resources and not teach
basic patient care, only very basic information about the conditions of patients is provided. - Section of Community Health and EMS, Division of
Public Health, Department of Health and Social Services [PDF 40pp. 96Kb]
- Medical Evacuation in a Theater of Operations: Tactics, Techniques, and
Procedures - Field Manual 8-10-6, Department of the Army [PDF 7,437KB]
- Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook - USAMRIID's Blue Book, The U.S.
Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. Fourth Edition February 2001 [PDF 134pp. 370Kb]
- Palm OS Version - is designed for Palm Pilot users to download to their
handheld units. The "Read.me" file contains user instructions. [145 Kb]
- MS Word version - is designed for the user to download, printout,
and place in a 3-ring binder. [1.69 Mb]
- MS Word Version (with hyperlinks) - is designed for the
user who wants to be able to quickly navigate thru the handbook on their computer screen using the hyperlink capability. Recommend this version for Hospital
ER's or for Notebook computer users who want the handbook stored on their hard drive. [1.65 Mb)]
- Medical Management of Chemical Casualties Handbook (3rd edition)
- United States Army Medical Research Insttitute of Chemical Defense, Department of the Army, Department of Defense
- Medical Management of Radiation Casualties - AFRRI, 2nd Ed., 2003.
- Medical Management of Radiological Casualties - Virtual Naval Hospital
- Preparing for Terrorism: Tools for Evaluating the Metropolitan Medical Response
System Program (2002, 332 pp.) Frederick J. Manning and Lewis Goldfrank, Editors, Committee on Evaluation of the Metropolitan Medical Response System
Program, Board on Health Sciences Policy
- Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings, 5th Edition -
The new edition covers about 1,500 pesticide products in an easy-to-use format. Toxicology, signs and symptoms of poisoning, and treatment are covered in 19
chapters on major types of pesticides. The new edition covers new pesticide products that have come on the market since 1989, includes a new chapter on
disinfectants, reviews clinical experiences with pesticide poisonings, and contains detailed references. [895 KB, PDF] (Spanish Version)
EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs.
- Suggested Guidance for Supervisors at Disaster Rescue Sites - CDC / NIOSH
- Textbook of Military Medicine: Medical Aspects of Chemical &
Biological Warfare - Borden Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC, 1997. Main military text concerning chemical and biological
weapons.
- The Need for Emergency Preparedness - New York State Disaster
Preparedness Commission
- Treatment of Biological Warfare Casualties - Field Manual 8-284,
Department of the Army [PDF 1,559KB]
- Treatment of Chemical Agent Casualties
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