Urgent Care Medicine Secrets, 2nd Edition: A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Professionals

By Robert P. Olympia MD FAAP, Rory O’Neill DO, Matthew L. Silvis MD

For over three decades, the esteemed Secrets Series has provided healthcare students and practitioners with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. The 2nd edition of Urgent Care Medicine Secrets is no exception, offering practical and up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field.

A Proven Format for Success

This highly regarded resource features the popular question-and-answer format, including lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style, making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable. The proven Secrets Series format gives you the most return for your time – succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective.

Comprehensive Coverage of Urgent Care Medicine

Fully revised and updated throughout, this edition covers the full range of topics for understanding today’s practice of adult and pediatric urgent care. It provides essential information for physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, including:

• Evidence-based approach to medical and traumatic complaints presenting to urgent care centers
• Focusing on presenting signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis, office management, and when to refer for higher level of care
• New chapters on Head and Neck Trauma, Chest and Abdominal Trauma, Toxicology, Diagnostic Imaging, Obstetrical Complaints, and more

Key Features for Quick Reference and Review

Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams. Clear illustrations, figures, and flow diagrams expedite reference and review. Plus, the portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime.

An eBook version is included with purchase, allowing you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.

New Chapters in This Edition

• Urgent Care Medicine: The Past, Present, and Future
• Head and Neck Trauma
• Chest and Abdominal Trauma
• Toxicology
• General Concepts in Diagnostic Imaging

Published by Elsevier, this 2nd edition is available in paperback format, featuring 432 pages of comprehensive content. The ISBN-10 is 0443107521, and the ISBN-13 is 978-0443107528.