RT Book, Section
A1 Landsberg, David M.
A2 Cooney, Derek R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1126791971
T1 Endocrine and Immunologic Emergencies
T2 Cooney's EMS Medicine
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071775649
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126791971
RD 2024/04/23
AB While  endocrine  and  immunologic  emergencies  may  not  hold  the  dramatic  appeal  of  a  multiple  trauma  they  are  no  less  fatal  and  often  are  definitively  treated  by  medical  intervention  alone.  The  EMS  physician  stands  to  have  a  significant  impact  on  the  outcome  of  those  diagnoses  and  management  schema  that  fall  outside  the  traditional  ALS  curriculum  and  yet  are  rapidly  treated  by  appropriate  medical  intervention.  In  this  chapter,  we  will  review  likely  endocrine  and  immunologic  emergencies  that  may  be  encountered  in  the  field  where  there  is  opportunity  for  the  EMS  physician  to  provide  diagnosis  and  intervention  with  those  tools  available  in  the  prehospital  environment.