Practical Emergency Medicine

Abdominal trauma accounts for approximately 10% of all trauma-related deaths and represents the largest proportion of potentially preventable fatalities. Blunt trauma is the most common mechanism in Europe (80% of cases), often presenting with associated injuries (polytrauma).

Trauma burns require urgent ABCDE assessment, fluid resuscitation, and airway protection for inhalation injury. Rapid stabilization is key. This is a brief review of the protocols for assessment and treatment

Hypothermia presents a critical challenge in emergency medicine, demanding prompt recognition and intervention to prevent severe complications. For emergency physicians and medical students alike, understanding the risks associated with hypothermia is essential to improving patient outcomes and advancing clinical proficiency in acute care settings.

Explore Chagas disease: a stealthy parasite driving cardiac and digestive complications. This is an overview of the illness, the diagnose the approach and treatment

a set of guidelines and an associated training course for healthcare professionals who manage critically ill infants and children experiencing life-threatening emergencies such as respiratory failure, shock, arrhythmias, and cardiac arrest. This is a summary of the latest AHA protocols

Global HIV, viral hepatitis epidemics and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to pose significant public health challenges, causing 2.5 million deaths each year, according to a new WHO report - Implementing the global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2022–2030.

Practice Essentials In 1970, when smallpox was nearly eradicated, a previously unrecognized orthopoxvirus named monkeypox (mpox) was...

The pregnant trauma presents challenge because care must be provided for 2 patients:mother and fetus. It requires a multidisciplinary team.

Las catástrofes causadas por peligros naturales y los desplazamientos de población, son factores de riesgo para infecciones.

Disaster planning must be a cooperative effort. Every jurisdiction should plan for mass casualty incidents and disasters.