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Special aspects of emergency medicine. Approach to the emergency department patient. Prehospital emergency medical services. Nuclear, biologic, & chemical agents; weapons of mass destruction. Multicasualty incidents & disasters. Legal aspects of emergency care. Emergency procedures. Management of common emergency problems. Basic & advanced cardiac life support. Compromised airway. Shock. The multiply injured patient. Dyspnea, respiratory distress, & respiratory failure. Chest pain. Abdominal pain. Gastrointestinal bleeding. Diarrhea & vomiting. Coma. Syncope, seizures, & other causes of episodic loss of consciousness. Weakness & stroke. Headache. Delirium & acute confusional states. Arthritis & back pain. Trauma emergencies. Head injuries. Maxillofacial & neck trauma. Chest trauma. Abdominal trauma. Genitourinary trauma. Vertebral column & spinal cord trauma. Orthopedic emergencies. Hand trauma. Wound care. Nontrauma emergencies. Eye emergencies. ENT emergencies: disorders of the ear, nose, sinuses, oropharynx, & mouth. Pulmonary emergencies. Cardiac emergencies. Cardiac arrhythmias. Obstetric & gynecologic emergencies & rape. Genitourinary emergencies. Vascular emergencies. Hematologic emergencies. Infectious disease emergencies. Metabolic & endocrine emergencies. Fluid, electrolyte, & acid-base emergencies. Burns & smoke inhalation. Disorders due to physical & environmental agents. Poisoning. Dermatologic emergencies. Psychiatric emergencies. Pediatric emergencies.