This book is designed to consolidate the relevant literature as well as
the thoughts of professionals currently working in the field into a
practical and accessible reference for the emergency medical technician,
student, nurse, resident, and attending emergency physician. Each
chapter is divided into four sections: case presentation, discussion,
review of the current literature, and recommendations. Designed to serve
simultaneously as a learning and reference tool, each chapter begins
with a real case that was encountered in an ED setting. The case
presentation is followed by a short discussion of the case, as if at a
morbidity and mortality conference, by a panel of experienced attending
physicians explaining how they would approach the ethical dilemmas
associated with the case, and a review of the existing literature.