Product Description
East Carolina Univ., Greenville. Atlas is a practical, visual guide illustrating a step-by-step review of the most common in-office procedures. Includes more than 70 procedures with summaries of the thinking behind each approach, Features more than 700 high-quality illustrations and lists CPT codes where applicable. DNLM: Therapeutics–methods–Atlases…. More >>
Atlas of Primary Care Procedures
#1 by mytexan on May 15, 2010 - 2:36 pm
Good concise information for those who may not be very familiar with certain outpatient procedures.
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by K. Lyman on May 15, 2010 - 2:58 pm
No photos, only drawings and they are basic at best. Procedures are not too well explained. There are better books, so keep looking.
Rating: 2 / 5
#3 by Disciple of Hugeness on May 15, 2010 - 3:02 pm
I am an Internist who bought this book prior to deploying to Iraq. I knew there would be alot of primary care procedures that I hadn’t done alot of since med school. This made it easy. Casting, toenails, abcesses, suture techniques, trigger point injections, joint injections, etc. The procedures are clear, with enough information to make you feel very comfortable even if it’s your first time. It had everything I needed working at a Level 1 Aid Station. I would also recommend “Fracture Mangement for Primary Care” (Eiff, Hatch, Calmbach) if you are going to be at a Level 2 with XRay capabilities.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Kevin D. Marler, M.D. on May 15, 2010 - 3:17 pm
I would give this one 6 stars. It is so good I felt comfortable using it to perform procedures I had never done before. I practice OM so alot of joint injections and trigger finger, eyes, and derm. Arranged by system so easy to find what your looking for. One thing I haven’t seen in other books is this one starts with a detailed explanation of the disease or injury itself. For example, I always thought a skin abscess was simply a “pus filled cavity”, but it is actually finger like projections of loculated granulation tissue. Description of technique is very detailed and easy to follow, with diagrams. Includes list of supplies needed for each. Also has contraindications, and an index listing contents of differents surgery packs for different procedures if you want to assemble them yourself. It covers a wide range of procedures for ortho, HEENT, Gyn, urology, ID, etc. I strongly recommend this book as a reference for any physicians that do office procedures. My hat is office to Dr. Zuber (FP) and Dr. Mayeaux (Ob/Gyn from my alma mater LSU). On a seperate note, the best ortho book EVER for primary care docs is “Emergency Orthopedics-The Extremities”, by Simon and Koenigsknecht. Outstanding job!
Rating: 5 / 5