About the book
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agk's Library of Common Simple Emergencies
   
Common Simple Emergencies began as as a series 
of lectures by Dr Buttaravoli for fourth-year 
medical students at Georgetown University in 
1977. Dr Stair helped develop it into a manual, 
first published in 1985, that has been used by 
resident physicians, urgent care nurses, 
paramedics, physician assistants and medical 
officers at sea.
   
Dr Buttaravoli is medical director of emergency 
services at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. 
He was one of the first physicians to complete 
residency training in emergency medicine, at 
the University of Cincinnati. He has received 
the Tom Kimmett award from Georgetown Univer- 
sity for excellence in teaching emergency 
medicine.
        
Dr Stair is professor of emergency medicine at 
the University of Maryland at Baltimore. After 
completing residency training in emergency 
medicine at Georgetown University, he stayed as 
residency director, assistant dean for 
continuing medical education, and chair. He has 
received the Emergency Medicine Residents' 
Association award for teaching.
        
Longwood Information LLC publishes newsletters, 
directories, manuals and electronic references. 
Dr Stair is part owner. Longwood supplies 
Common Simple Emergencies as a ring-bound 
manual and as HTML files for LANs and intra- 
nets.
        
What readers have said about Common Simple 
Emergencies:

- "I find it very useful to look up problems, 
    especially before I discuss them with my 
    family practice resident." - Brian 
    O'Mahony, General Practitioner, Ireland
- "I read the first edition just prior to my 
    first emergency medicine rotation and the 
    attendings were amazed at the clinical 
    judgement shown by this neophyte...It is a 
    wonderful, 'down and dirty' resource and I 
    am thrilled that you have released a second 
    edition. Thanks for providing such a useful 
    reference." - Darryll W Barksdale DO
- "Common simple emergencies...are currently 
    almost entirely neglected in the curriculum 
    of most medical schools, and even most 
    emergency medicine residencies. The quality 
    and value of this book are excellent, and 
    the presentation, both in content and 
    visually, is clear and effective. Most 
    useful is the format of presenting entities 
    by way of presentation, what to do and what 
    not to do.... It is a highly useful, 
    focused, well organized, clearly written 
    and cost-effective attempt to present a 
    cohesive approach to the myriad of small, 
    non-life-threatening presentations in the 
    emergency department that are, after all, 
    the 'bread and butter' of our practice. 
    This book is a must for all residents in 
    training, and even experienced emergency 
    physicians should not feel embarrassed to 
    ...consult this text." - J Douglas White 
    MD, *Am J Emerg Med*