In this issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, guest editors Drs. Eric McCarty, Sourav Poddar, and Alex Ebinger bring their considerable expertise to the topic of On-the-Field Emergencies. On-the-field emergencies are common in sports. In this issue, top experts provide up-to-date information to healthcare practitioners who provide event coverage to athletes, helping them deliver excellent medical care efficiently to prevent further injury, reduce pain, and allow a safe return to athletic competition.
Contains 14 practice-oriented topics including preparation and readiness for on-the-field sports emergencies; the collapsed athlete; cardiac emergency in the athlete; acute emergent airway issues in sports; chest/thorax injury in the athlete; acute hemorrhage on the playing field; emergency abdominopelvic injury; and more. .eText ISBN: 9780443181924