Emergency Medicine (4th Edition)

黄子通 / 刘志 / 唐子人 / 李培武People's Medical Publishing House · ChinaJan 2025

Rating 4.0
Word count
441K words
Chapters
123
ISBN
9787117271691

Tags

Examinations Clinical EmergencyDiscipline TextbookEmergency ManagementAdult EducationContinuing EducationClinical ThinkingBasic SkillsCase-Based TrainingIntegrated TextbookPlanning Textbook

Summary

This revision covers 29 national continuing-education planning textbooks for higher education (including 12 shared by regular and upgraded programs). The series adopts an integrated textbook model combining printed materials, digital resources, online courses, and platform functions. It upholds basic theory, basic knowledge, basic skills, and the principles of ideological soundness, scientific rigor, advanced content, instructional value, and adaptability, while emphasizing reasonable content arrangement and appropriate depth to meet the needs of adult higher-education teaching. It follows the teaching laws of adult medical and pharmaceutical education and reflects its characteristics. While carrying forward the spirit of the previous edition, it aims to enhance the practicality of the national continuing-education planning textbooks so that more medical personnel can benefit.

Editor's review

Emergency Medicine (4th Edition), edited by Professor Huang Zitong and published by People's Medical Publishing House, is an authoritative textbook and classic reference in emergency medicine. Since its first publication, the book has undergone multiple revisions. Building on the rigorous, systematic, and practical style of the first three editions, the fourth edition fully incorporates the latest advances, clinical guidelines, and practice consensus in emergency medicine at home and abroad, making the content more closely aligned with current clinical emergency needs. The book is clearly structured, covering everything from the introduction to emergency medicine and the differentiation and management of common emergency symptoms to the treatment theories and techniques for critical conditions across various systems (such as cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation, acute poisoning, trauma, and environmental and physical-chemical injuries), with particular emphasis on monitoring and supportive care for critical patients, disaster medicine, and emergency medical service system management. It not only explains fundamental theories and key knowledge points but also focuses on cultivating clinical thinking and standardizing emergency skills, with numerous charts and tables to aid understanding, making it highly practical. As a national-level planning textbook, the writing team brings together top domestic emergency medicine experts, ensuring the scientific rigor, advanced nature, and authority of the content. For medical students, resident physicians in standardized training, and junior emergency department doctors, this book is the cornerstone for building an emergency knowledge system and mastering core treatment protocols; for senior physicians, it is also a desk reference worth consulting at any time to update their knowledge. In today's rapidly evolving medical technology landscape, having such a comprehensive and detailed professional work is of irreplaceable value for improving emergency treatment standards and ensuring medical safety.

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Reading tips

  1. It is recommended to read alongside clinical rotations or internships, combining the book's theories with actual cases to deepen understanding.
  2. Key chapters such as cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation, shock, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome should be read repeatedly and their management protocols mastered.
  3. Use the charts and clinical pathway diagrams in the book to summarize and form your own emergency clinical thinking maps.

About the publisher

People's Medical Publishing House China · Founded in 1953

Founded in 1953, the People's Medical Publishing House is an important institution in China's medical publishing field, with publishing directions covering medical textbooks, academic monographs, medical journals, and popular science books. Its collection contains 2,503 titles, mainly classified under medicine. Representative works include the Complete Book of Chinese Nutrition Science (2nd Edition, 2 volumes), Guide to Clinical Practice with Medical Records, the Golden Mirror of Medicine (Volume 1), Chinese Medical Imaging: Head and Neck Volume (3rd Edition), and the Essentials of the Golden Cabinet from the Collected Clinical Chinese Medicine Must-Read Series (Collector's Edition), spanning both modern medicine and classical Chinese medical texts. Representative authors include Yang Yuexin, Ge Keyou, Ye Tianshi, Su Li, Wu Qian, Zheng Jinsheng, Wang Zhenchang, and Xian Junfang, covering fields such as nutrition, Chinese medicine, and medical imaging. With a publishing approach that balances textbooks and academic monographs, the press has established the "Renwei" brand.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 纸质版编者名单
  3. 前言
  4. 第一章 绪论
  5. 第二章 急性发热
  6. 第三章 意识障碍与抽搐
  7. 第一节 晕厥与昏迷
  8. 第二节 脑卒中
  9. 第三节 低血糖症
  10. 第四节 糖尿病急症
  11. 第五节 抽搐急症
  12. 第四章 呼吸困难
  13. 第一节 概述
  14. 第二节 支气管哮喘急性发作
  15. 第三节 气胸
  16. 第四节 急性心力衰竭
  17. 第五节 肺血栓栓塞症
  18. 第六节 急性呼吸窘迫综合征
  19. 第五章 心悸与心律失常
  20. 第一节 概述
  21. 第二节 严重心律失常
  22. 第六章 急性疼痛
  23. 第一节 急性头痛
  24. 第二节 急性胸痛
  25. 第三节 急性腹痛
  26. 第四节 腰背及四肢疼痛
  27. 第七章 出血
  28. 第一节 咯血
  29. 第二节 消化道出血
  30. 第三节 血尿
  31. 第八章 呕吐与腹泻
  32. 第一节 呕吐
  33. 第二节 急性腹泻
  34. 第三节 急性胃肠炎
  35. 第四节 急性出血坏死性肠炎
  36. 第九章 少尿与无尿
  37. 第一节 少尿与无尿
  38. 第二节 急性肾衰竭
  39. 第三节 急性尿潴留
  40. 第十章 急性中毒
  41. 第一节 总论
  42. 第二节 急性有机磷杀虫药中毒
  43. 第三节 拟除虫菊酯类、氨基甲酸酯类、有机氮类杀虫药中毒
  44. 第四节 急性百草枯中毒
  45. 第五节 急性灭鼠剂中毒
  46. 第六节 镇静催眠药及麻醉性镇痛药中毒
  47. 第七节 急性酒精中毒
  48. 第八节 工业毒物中毒
  49. 第九节 摇头丸中毒
  50. 第十节 急性气体中毒
  51. 第十一节 急性食物中毒
  52. 第十一章 环境及理化因素损伤
  53. 第一节 淹溺
  54. 第二节 中暑
  55. 第三节 电击伤
  56. 第四节 高原病
  57. 第五节 减压病
  58. 第六节 强酸强碱所致损伤
  59. 第七节 毒蛇咬伤
  60. 第八节 动物咬伤
  61. 第十二章 急性感染
  62. 第一节 脓毒症
  63. 第二节 急性呼吸系统感染
  64. 第三节 尿路感染
  65. 第四节 特殊类型感染
  66. 第十三章 休克
  67. 第一节 总论
  68. 第二节 低血容量性休克
  69. 第三节 心源性休克
  70. 第四节 感染性休克
  71. 第五节 过敏性休克
  72. 第六节 神经源性休克
  73. 第七节 梗阻性休克
  74. 第十四章 水、电解质与酸碱平衡紊乱
  75. 第一节 水与电解质失衡
  76. 第二节 酸碱平衡失调
  77. 第十五章 心肺脑复苏
  78. 第一节 心脏骤停与复苏
  79. 第二节 成人基础生命支持
  80. 第三节 小儿基础生命支持
  81. 第四节 高级心血管生命支持
  82. 第五节 气道异物阻塞与处理
  83. 第六节 特殊情况下的心肺复苏
  84. 第七节 脑缺血损伤与脑复苏
  85. 第十六章 创伤急救
  86. 第一节 创伤的院前急救
  87. 第二节 特殊创伤急救
  88. 第十七章 多器官功能障碍综合征与危重症监护
  89. 第一节 全身炎症反应综合征
  90. 第二节 多器官功能障碍综合征
  91. 第三节 急危重症监护与器官功能支持
  92. 第四节 循环系统功能监护与支持
  93. 第五节 呼吸功能监护
  94. 第六节 脑功能监护
  95. 第七节 肾功能监护
  96. 第八节 其他器官系统功能监护
  97. 第九节 危重症的营养监测与支持
  98. 第十八章 院前急救与应急救援
  99. 第一节 院前急救的主要任务
  100. 第二节 院前急救的基本条件
  101. 第三节 现场急救技术
  102. 第四节 途中转运的监护与救治
  103. 第五节 突发公共卫生事件与灾难的医学救援
  104. 第十九章 常用急救技术
  105. 第一节 气管插管术
  106. 第二节 气管切开术
  107. 第三节 机械通气
  108. 第四节 电击除颤及电复律
  109. 第五节 临时心脏起搏术
  110. 第六节 深静脉穿刺术
  111. 第七节 胸腔穿刺术
  112. 第八节 腹腔穿刺术
  113. 第九节 洗胃术
  114. 第十节 组织切开与缝合术
  115. 第十一节 后穹窿穿刺术
  116. 第十二节 骨折固定术
  117. 第十三节 止血术
  118. 第十四节 床旁血液透析
  119. 第十五节 血液灌流
  120. 第十六节 急诊床旁超声
  121. 第十七节 现场快速检验
  122. 推荐阅读
  123. 索引

FAQ

What are the main updates in the 4th edition compared with the previous edition? Based on disciplinary advances and updated guidelines, the 4th edition has substantially revised and expanded core chapters such as shock, sepsis, trauma care, and poisoning, and may have added new content or chapters more responsive to contemporary needs, such as public health emergency response and emergency ultrasound applications. For specific update details, please refer to the book's preface or table of contents.
Is this book suitable for exam preparation? Very suitable. As a national-level planning textbook, its content is an important basis and reference scope for many medical examinations (such as the licensed physician qualification exam and emergency medicine specialist training assessments). Systematically studying this book is highly beneficial for exam preparation.
Is it necessary for doctors not specializing in emergency medicine to read this book? It is extremely valuable. Emergency medicine deals with the acute phase and critical conditions of diseases. Its approaches to rapid assessment, stabilization of vital signs, and differential diagnosis are crucial for doctors in almost all clinical departments—internal medicine, surgery, general practice, and others—when facing emergency patients, and can significantly enhance emergency response capabilities.

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About the author

黄子通 Author

Huang Zitong is the author of Emergency Medicine (4th Edition). Public information about the author is limited: their nationality, dates of birth and death, educational background, and professional experience are not clearly recorded. According to the available catalog information, the book is classified under examinations, suggesting that it is likely intended for medical students, exam candidates, or clinical practitioners, serving the study of emergency medicine knowledge and exam preparation. Emergency medicine itself involves clinical situations that arise suddenly, are severe, and change rapidly, placing high demands on judgment and standardized management. As a textbook or exam-preparation book, its writing generally emphasizes a clear structure and distilled key points, making it convenient for readers to review and consult. Because other works and biographical information about the author are currently unavailable, readers should remain cautious when trying to understand the author's academic background and rely mainly on the content of the book.

刘志 Author

Liu Zhi is an author whose works span several fields, though public information about him is limited and biographical details remain unclear. Judging from the six titles held in the collection, his subjects are notably wide-ranging, covering emergency medicine, housing markets, circuit analysis, AI-assisted writing, and the development of computing power. Representative works include Emergency Medicine (4th Edition) and the Standardized Residency Training Handbook of Emergency Management, reflecting experience in medical education and clinical emergency care; Research on Housing Market Experience at Home and Abroad shows his attention to housing policy; and Fundamentals of Circuit Analysis and Applications falls within the teaching of industrial technology. In recent years he has also written popular books on copywriting with DeepSeek and on the evolution of computing power, keeping pace with hot topics in artificial intelligence applications. Overall, his writing emphasizes practicality and instruction, focusing on procedures and methods, and is suitable for learners and practitioners in the relevant fields.

唐子人 Author · China

Tang Ziren is a clinical expert in emergency medicine in China and currently serves as chief physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, where he has long been engaged in the treatment of acute and critical illnesses. Public information about him is limited; only one of his works is currently held in the collection, Emergency Medicine (4th Edition), commonly classified under exam preparation. This work indicates that his writing addresses medical education and exam preparation needs, focusing closely on core knowledge and treatment essentials in emergency clinical practice. It is practical and targeted, suitable for medical students, residents, and candidates preparing for examinations. As a frontline emergency physician, his professional background keeps the book closely connected to clinical practice, giving it reference value for its intended readers.

李培武 Author

Li Peiwu — publicly available information about this author is limited. What can be confirmed is that Li Peiwu is the author of Emergency Medicine (4th Edition). The book is a textbook or reference work in the field of emergency medicine, and it is categorized under “exams” on the book site, suggesting that its content is often used for exam preparation or teaching review. Apart from the name, the representative work, and the common category, there is no reliable information about the author's identity, professional background, or academic experience, so no further inference should be made here about education, positions, or research directions. Based on the available work, Li Peiwu's writing addresses the knowledge system and clinical key points of emergency medicine and serves study and examination needs, showing the practical orientation of textbook-type reading material. Readers may regard the author as one of the textbook writers in this field, while specific contributions remain subject to bibliographic information.