Guide to Essentials in Emergency Medicine, 3rd Edition

Table of Contents:

PART 1 COMMON PRESENTATIONS IN ADULT PATIENTS

1 Altered Mental State

2 Bleeding, Gastrointestinal Tract

3 Bleeding, Vaginal, Abnormal

4 Blurring of Vision

5 Breathlessness, Acute

6 Diarrhoea and Vomiting

7 Fever

8 Giddiness

9 Haemoptysis

10 Headache

11 Hyperventilation

12 Jaundice

13 Lower Limb Swelling

14 Pain, Abdominal

15 Pain, Chest, Acute

16 Pain, Joint, Peripheral

17 Pain, Low Back

18 Pain, Scrotal and Penile

19 Palpitations

20 Poisoning, General Principles

21 Red Eye

22 Seizure

23 Shock/Hypoperfusion States

24 Stridor

25 Syncope

26 Trauma, Multiple, Initial Management

27 Urinary Retention, Acute

28 Violent and Psychotic Patients

29 Weakness

PART 2 SPECIFIC CONDITIONS

PART 2A | AIRWAY AND RESUSCITATION

30 Airway Management/Rapid SequenceIntubation

31 Allergic Reactions/Anaphylaxis

32 Cardiac Arrest Algorithms

33 Cardiogenic Shock

34 Neurogenic Shock

35 Sepsis/Septic Shock

PART 2B | CARDIOVASCULAR EMERGENCIES

36 Aortic Emergencies

37 Bradydysrhythmias

38 Coronary Syndromes, Acute

39 Heart Failure, Acute

40 Hypertensive Crises

41 Limb Ischaemia, Acute

42 Pulmonary Embolism

43 Tachydysrhythmias

44 Venous Emergencies

45 Other Heart Conditions

PART 2C | RESPIRATORYEMERGENCIES

46 Asthma

47 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

48 Pneumonia, Community Acquired

49 Pneumothorax

50 Respiratory Failure, Acute

PART 2D | GASTROINTESTINAL EMERGENCIES

51 Appendicitis, Acute

52 Hepatic Encephalopathy, Acute

53 Hepatobiliary Emergencies

54 Intestinal Obstruction

55 Ischaemic Bowel/Mesenteric Ischaemia

56 Pancreatitis, Acute

57 Peptic Ulcer Disease/Dyspepsia

58 Perianal Conditions

PART 2E | ENDOCRINE/METABOLIC EMERGENCIES

59 Acid-Base Emergencies

60 Adrenal Insufficiency, Acute

61 Diabetic Ketoacidosis andHyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State

62 Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders

63 Hypoglycaemia

64 Thyroid Emergencies, Thyroid Crisisand Myxoedema

PART 2F | RENAL ANDGENITO-URINARY EMERGENCIES

65 Renal Emergencies

66 Urinary Tract Infections

67 Urolithiasis

PART 2G | NEUROLOGICEMERGENCIES

68 Meningitis

69 Migraine, Tension and ClusterHeadache

70 Stroke

71 Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

72 Transient Ischaemic Attack

73 Giant Cell Arteritis

PART 2H | INFECTIOUSDISEASES

74 Dengue Fever

75 Coping with Emerging InfectiousDiseases in the Emergency Department

76 Malaria

77 Needlestick/Body Fluid Exposure

78 Tetanus

PART 2I | HAEMATOLOGIC/ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES/PALLIATIVECARE

79 Administration of Blood Products inthe Emergency Department

80 Emergency Anticoagulation Reversal

81 Oncologic Emergencies

82 Palliative and End-of-life EmergencyCare

PART 2J | DERMATOLOGIC EMERGENCIES

83 Introduction to Dermatology inEmergency Care

83A Inflammatory Dermatological Conditions

83B Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions

83C Infections and the Skin

83D Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIVPost-exposure Prophylaxis

PART 2K | GERIATRICEMERGENCIES

84 Geriatric Emergencies

PART 2L | TOXICOLOGY

85 Poisoning, Benzodiazepine

86 Poisoning, Cyclic Antidepressants

87 Poisoning, Organophosphates

88 Poisoning, Paracetamol

89 Alcohol Intoxication and Poisoningwith Other Alcohols

90 Poisoning, Carbon Monoxide

91 Poisoning, Digoxin

92 Poisoning, Salicylates

93 Poisoning, Novel PsychoactiveSubstances

94 Poisoning, Serotonin Syndrome

PART 2M | TOXICOLOGY (INCLUDING BITES)

95 Bites, Mammalian and Human

96 Snake-related Injuries

PART 2N | SURGICALAND ORTHOPADIC TRAUMA/INFECTIOUS EMERGENCIES

97 Trauma,Abdominal

98 Trauma,Chest

99 Trauma,Head

100 Trauma and Infections, Hand

101 Trauma, Lower Extremity

102 Trauma, Maxillofacial

103 Trauma, Pelvic

104 Trauma, Spinal Cord and Cervical SpineClearance

105 Trauma, Upper Extremity

106 Wound Care and Management

107 CrushSyndrome

108 Trauma,Paediatric

109 Trauma,in Pregnancy

PART 2O | ENT EMERGENCIES

110 Common Ear, Nose and Throat Emergencies

PART 2P | EYE EMERGENCIES

111 Eye Emergencies

PART 2Q | PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES

112 Assault (Non-sexual)

PART 2R | OBSTETRIC AND GYNAECOLOGIC EMERGENCIES

113 Eclampsia

114 Ectopic Pregnancy

115 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

116 Emergency Delivery of the Newborn

PART 2S | ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES

117 Burns, Major

118 Burns, Minor

119 Electrical and Lightning Injuries

120 Hyperbaric Emergencies

121 Hyperthermia

122 Submersion Injuries

PART 2T | IMAGING

123 Emergency CT Brain Interpretation

124 Emergency Ultrasound

125 Views of X-rays to Order

126 Emergency CT Abdomen and PelvisInterpretation

127 Emergency CT Thorax Interpretation

PART 2U | PHARMACOLOGY

128 Prescribing in Pregnancy

129 Commonly Used Emergency Drugs in Adults

130 Drugs to Avoid in G6PD Deficiency

PART 2V | PAEDIATRICEMERGENCIES

131 Child with Acute Abdominal Pain

132 Child with Breathlessness

133 Child/Baby, Crying

134 Child with Diarrhoea

135 Child with Fever

136 Child, Fitting

137 Child with Vomiting

138 Paediatric Asthma

139 Bronchiolitis

140 Fluid Replacement in Paediatrics

141 Newborn Resuscitation in the EmergencyDepartment

142 Non-accidental Injury in Paediatrics

143 Paediatric Drugs and Equipment

144 Trauma, Paediatric

145 Child with Altered Mental State

PART 2W | MISCELLANEOUS USEFUL INFORMATION

146 Common Emergency Procedures

147 Pain Management and Nerve Blocks

148 Procedural Sedation

149 Simple Statistics