AVOIDING COMMON ERRORS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SECOND EDITION EDITORS
Amal Mattu, MD Professor and Vice Chair Department of Emergency Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland
Arjun Chanmugam, MD, MBA Professor and Vice Chair Department of Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimore, Maryland
Stuart Swadron, MD, FRCPC Professor Department of Emergency Medicine Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Los Angeles, California 2
Dale P. Woolridge, MD, PhD Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics Department of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, Arizona
Michael E. Winters, MD Associate Professor Department of Emergency Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland
Lisa MarcucciSeries Editor , MD InsideSurgery, LLC Wayne, Pennsylvania
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[email protected], or via our website at lww.com (products and services). 987654321 Printed in China Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Mattu, Amal, editor. | Chanmugam, Arjun S., editor. | Swadron, Stuart P., editor. | Woolridge, Dale, editor. | Winters, Michael E., editor. Title: Avoiding common errors in the emergency department / [edited by] Amal Mattu, Arjun Chanmugam, Stuart Swadron, Dale P. Woolridge, Michael E. Winters. Descri