Previous edition: London: Hodder Arnold, 2011.

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CRITICAL CARE EMERGENCIES; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Acute Upper Airway Obstruction; Shocked Patient; Unconscious Patient; Anaphylaxis; Severe Head Injury; Critical Care Areas Drug Infusion Guidelines; Further Reading; ; GENERAL MEDICAL EMERGENCIES; Chest Pain; Cardiac Arrhythmias; Breathless Patient; Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage; Diabetic Coma and Pre-Coma; Altered Conscious Level; Acute Neurological Conditions; Headache; Acute Arthropathy; Allergic or Immunological Conditions; Skin Disorders; Elderly Patient; Further Reading; ; ACID–BASE,

ELECTROLYTE AND RENAL EMERGENCIES; Acid–Base Disturbances; Electrolyte Disorders; Acute Renal Failure; Further Reading; ; INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND FOREIGN TRAVEL EMERGENCIES; Febrile Neutropenic Patient; Hepatitis; Gastrointestinal Tract Infection; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Needlestick and Sharps Incidents; Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection; Tuberculosis; Bites with Rabies or Other Lyssavirus Risk; Common Imported Diseases of Travellers; Pandemic Influenza; Further Reading; ; SURGICAL EMERGENCIES; Multiple Injuries; Further Diagnosis and Management of Multiple Injuries: Definitive Care; Head and Facial Injuries; Neck Injuries; Chest Injuries; Abdominal and Pelvic Trauma; Additional Orthopaedic Injuries in Multiple Trauma; Head Injury; Burns; Acute Abdomen; Further Reading; ; ORTHOPAEDIC EMERGENCIES; Injuries to the Shoulder and Upper Arm; Injuries to the Elbow and

Forearm; Injuries to the Wrist and Hand; Cervical Spine Injuries; Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Injuries; Pelvic Injuries; Injuries to the Hip and Upper Femur; Injuries to the Lower Femur, Knee and Upper Tibia; Injuries to the Lower Tibia, Ankle and Foot; Further Reading; ; MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SOFT-TISSUE EMERGENCIES; Soft-Tissue Injuries; Non-Articular Rheumatism; Back Pain; Further Reading; ; PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES; General Assessment; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Breathless Child; Stridor; Abdominal Pain,

Diarrhoea and Vomiting; Febrile Child; Seizures and Febrile Convulsions; Acute Poisoning; Limping Child; Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy; Child Abuse (Non-Accidental Injury); Further Reading; ; OBSTETRIC AND GYNAECOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES; Gynaecological Assessment and Management; Gynaecological Causes of Acute Abdominal Pain; Bleeding in Early Pregnancy; Conditions in Late Pregnancy; Women’s Medicine Crises; Further Reading; ; OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCIES; Visual Acuity; Topical Ophthalmic Preparations; Traumatic Conditions of the Eye; Conditions Affecting the Eyelids; Painful,

Red Eye; Sudden Loss of Vision in the Uninflamed Eye; Further Reading; ; ENT EMERGENCIES; Traumatic Conditions of the Ear; Non-Traumatic Conditions of the Ear; Traumatic Conditions of the Nose; Non-Traumatic Conditions of the Nose; Traumatic Conditions of the Throat; Non-Traumatic Conditions of the Throat; Further Reading; ; MAXILLOFACIAL AND DENTAL EMERGENCIES; Traumatic Conditions of the Face and Mouth; Non-Traumatic Conditions of the Mouth; Further Reading; ; PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES; Deliberate Self-Harm; Violent Patient; Alcohol and Drug Dependency and Abuse; Involuntary Admission; Further Reading; ; TOXICOLOGY; Acute Poisoning: General Principles; Specific Poisons; Chemical Burns; Further Reading; ; TOXINOLOGY EMERGENCIES; Snake Bites; Spider Bites; Marine Envenomation; Bee and Wasp Stings; Further Reading; ; ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES; Heat,

Cold and Drowning; Sports-Diving Accidents; Electrocution and Lightning Strike; Further Reading; ; ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL ISSUES; Habits of a Good Emergency Department Doctor; Triage; Consent, Competence and Refusal of Treatment; Police, Coroner and Attending Court; Retrieval and Inter-Hospital Transfer; Major Incident; Further Reading; ; PRACTICAL PROCEDURES; Endotracheal Intubation; Rapid Sequence Induction Intubation; Cricothyrotomy; Needle Thoracentesis; Intercostal Catheter Insertion; DC Cardioversion; Pericardial Aspiration; Central Line Insertion; Intraosseous Line Insertion; Lumbar Puncture; Indwelling Urethral Catheter Insertion; Nasogastric Tube Insertion; Bier’s Intravenous Regional Block; Femoral Nerve Block; Digital Nerve Ring Block; Knee Aspiration; Further Reading; ; Glossary; ; Appendix: Normal Laboratory Values;

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