Bouncebacks! Emergency Department Cases: ED Returns

by Michael B. Weinstock, Ryan Longstreth, Gregory L. Henry

Case-based for most effective learning and retention, Bouncebacks helps emergency physicians sharpen their analytical skills to improve patient safety. The illustrative cases educate emergency physicians in documentation, risk management, and evaluation and management of common ED complaints and diagnoses.

Although patients in these cases were not entirely mismanaged, often important "red flags" were missed or ignored. The cases are structured for most learning impact: documentation of initial visits; Greg Henry, MD, FACEP (past president of ACEP) comments on evaluation and documentation from medical and risk management perspectives; final ED visits, diagnosis and hospital/surgical courses; and national experts' referenced discussions of appropriate ED approaches to diagnosis and management.

Goals include patient safety, continuing education in documentation, risk management, and discussion on evaluation and management of common ED complaints and diagnoses.

Genres: Medicine, Medical, Nonfiction

528 pages, Paperback

First published June 15, 2006

Reviews

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

just to scare the shit out of myself before going to Nunavut (succeeded)

[Chris Rogers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this in residency. The stuff of nightmares.

Lotta good teaching points. The case discussions are pretty basic (eg standard teaching points re back pain 2/2 AAA ... Chest pain/SOB 2/2 PE etc). The real value is in the actual notes. Seeing why the documentation from the encounter was good or insufficient. That's where this book shines. Greatly influenced my charting.

[Jeff Wadler · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I read it I knew thy were HMed charts and I knew I had done some of the things they said not to do. We learn by our mistakes.

[Parksy · Rating 5 out of 5]

American perspective, but still a great read for ANY emergency physician.

[Brandon Ritz · Rating 5 out of 5]

quick cases full of good, useful info

[James Herrington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. One of the best ED books I've read yet. Going to make our interns read it before they moonlight.