Essential Procedures for Practitioners in Emergency, Urgent, and Primary Care Settings -- Contents -- Contributors -- Reviewers -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Basics of Patient Procedures: Universal Precautions, Infection Control, Patient Preparation, and Education -- INTRODUCTION -- UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS -- INFECTION CONTROL -- PATIENT PREPARATION -- PATIENT EDUCATION -- SUMMARY -- RESOURCES -- Consent -- INTRODUCTION -- CONSENT -- OTHER LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS -- DOCUMENTATION AND REIMBURSEMENT -- SUMMARY -- RESOURCES -- Procedures for Airway Management -- Procedures for Basic Airway Management -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN -- PROCEDURE -- RESOURCES -- Airway Foreign Body Removal -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Managing Pain Using Injectable Anesthetics -- Anesthetic Agents and Procedures for Local and Field Infiltration -- BACKGROUND -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedures for Performing Regional Anesthesia -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- CONTRAINDICATIONS -- PROCEDURE -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedure for Performing Digital Anesthesia -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- RESOURCES -- Procedure for Performing Beir Anesthesia -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedure for Performing Auricular Anesthesia -- BACKGROUND -- CONTRAINDICATIONS AND RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES.

Skin and Wound Management Procedures -- Overview of Wound Healing: Anatomy and Physiology -- SKIN ANATOMY -- PHASES OF WOUND HEALING -- TYPES OF WOUND HEALING -- FACTORS COMPLICATING WOUND HEALING -- WOUND CARE -- TYPES OF WOUNDS -- WOUND MANAGMENT -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedure for Managing Puncture Wounds -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedures for Removing a Soft Tissue Foreign Body -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS AND RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Managing Animal and Human Bites -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS AND RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS -- PROCEDURAL PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Wound Closure Procedures -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS AND RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS/CLOSURES -- RESOURCES -- Managing Minor Burns -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedures for the Management of Nail and Nailbed Injuries -- Procedure for Managing Ingrown Toe Nails -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS AND RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE.

POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedures for Treating Subungual Hematoma -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS AND RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedures for Managing Paronychia -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedures for Treating Felons -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Incision and Drainage Procedures -- Abscess Overview -- RESOURCES -- Procedure for Incision and Drainage of Subcutaneous Abscess -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS AND RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedure for Managing Pilonidal Cyst/Abscess -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS AND RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedure for Managing Bartholin Abscess -- BACKGROUND -- MOST COMMON ORGANISMS -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS AND RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES.

Procedures for Examination and Treatment of Common Eye Injuries -- Eye Examination -- BACKGROUND -- GENERAL EYE EXAMINATION -- SLIT LAMP -- INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE MEASUREMENT -- RESOURCE -- Managing Eye Injuries -- FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL -- RUST RING REMOVAL -- CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE REMOVAL -- CONTACT LENS REMOVAL -- RESOURCES -- Procedures for Managing Common Nose Conditions -- Procedures for Controlling Epistaxis -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS AND RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- Procedure for Nasal Foreign Body Removal -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- Procedures for Managing Common Ear Injuries -- Procedure for Cerumen Removal -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS AND RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedure for Foreign Body Removal From the Ear Canal and Lobe -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS AND RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedure for Managing an Auricular Hematoma -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS AND RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL POINTS -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES.

Procedures for Examination and Management of Common Dental Injuries -- Dental Anatomy, Examination, and Anesthetics -- DENTAL ANATOMY -- DENTAL EXAMINATION -- INSPECTION -- INTRA ORAL -- GINGIVA -- TEETH -- TONGUE -- HARD AND SOFT PALATE -- PALPATION -- ANESTHETICS -- RESOURCES -- Procedures for Managing Dental Injuries -- INTRODUCTION -- DENTOALVEOLAR ABSCESS -- DENTAL FRACTURE -- SUBLUXATION AND LUXATION -- RESOURCES -- Procedures for Managing Common Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries -- Procedure for Arthrocentesis -- BACKGROUND -- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS -- RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedure for Therapeutic Joint Injection -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS -- RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedure for Shoulder Dislocation -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- CONTRAINDICATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION/REDUCTION TECHNIQUE -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedure for Patella Dislocation -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedure for Digit Dislocation -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURE CONSIDERATIONS -- COMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES -- Procedure for Managing Nurse Maid's Elbow -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- CONTRAINDICATIONS -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS -- RESOURCES -- Procedure for Splinting of Extremities -- BACKGROUND -- PATIENT PRESENTATION -- TREATMENT -- PROCEDURE PREPARATION -- PROCEDURE -- POSTPROCEDURAL CARE -- RESOURCES.

Procedures for Managing Common Gastrointestinal Conditions.