This text provides essential, practical guidance for handling the most common emergencies presenting in person or by telephone in primary care offices and urgent care centers. The authors--primary care and emergency medicine physicians--focus on the essential information needed to triage and treat both adults and children. Concise chapters, organized by presenting problem rather than diagnosis, allow for rapid reference.

• Integrates state-of-the-art emergency care with the realities of practice in an outpatient office.
• Prioritizes treatment of emergencies with specific steps for staff and clinicians.
• Offers information on transfer of patients for specific types of emergencies.
• Features tips for recognition of emergencies for both triage staff members and clinicians.
• Includes information on chemical terrorism and bioterrorism · environmental emergencies · and obstetrical and gynecological emergencies.
• Gives pediatric considerations for each type of emergency.
• Lists equipment needed in the office, making it easier for clinicians to ensure they are adequately supplied.
• Recommendations are evidence-based wherever possible, supplemented with clinical experience from practicing physicians.