Bouncebacks!

Book excerpt: Case-based for most effective learning and retention, Bouncebacks! helps emergency physicians sharpen their analytical skills to improve their diagnostic ability in preparing for emergency medicine board exams. The format is the actual documentation of 30 ED patients who were sent home and then ?bounced back? to receive a different diagnosis. Although patients in these cases were not entirely mismanaged, often important ?red flags? were missed or ignored. Bouncebacks! helps emergency medicine physician learn to organize their thoughts and analyze cases in a logical manner. The cases are structured to help the reader simulate the process of analysis used in actual practice. After reviewing the initial visit, Gregory L. Henry provides commentary on patient evaluation. The final visit(s) is presented, and each case ends with a referenced discussion of the initial complaint and eventual diagnosis by leaders in the field of Emergency Medicine.