ABSTRACT

The fifth edition of this international best-selling emergency medicine handbook has been completely updated and expanded to include the latest evidence-based guidelines in both emergency and acute medicine. The text follows a standard, clear and well set-out approach designed to maximize the practical delivery of care at the bedside. New additions

part |1 pages

Section I GENERAL MEDICAL EMERGENCIES

chapter |34 pages

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION

chapter |14 pages

THE BREATHLESS PATIENT

chapter |25 pages

UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGE

chapter |30 pages

HEADACHE

part |1 pages

Section II ACID–BASE, ELECTROLYTE AND RENAL EMERGENCIES

chapter |19 pages

ACID–BASE DISTURBANCES

chapter |4 pages

ACUTE RENAL FAILURE

part |1 pages

Section III INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND FOREIGN TRAVEL EMERGENCIES

chapter |4 pages

FEBRILE NEUTROPENIC PATIENT

chapter |13 pages

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

part |1 pages

Section IV TOXICOLOGY

chapter |4 pages

ACUTE POISONING: GENERAL PRINCIPLES

chapter |25 pages

SPECIFIC POISONS

part |1 pages

Section V TOXINOLOGY EMERGENCIES

chapter |4 pages

SNAKE BITES

chapter |5 pages

SPIDER ENVENOMATION

part |1 pages

Section VI ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES

chapter |15 pages

HEAT, COLD AND DROWNING

part |1 pages

Section VII SURGICAL EMERGENCIES

chapter |6 pages

MULTIPLE INJURIES

chapter |16 pages

HEAD AND FACIAL INJURIES

chapter |47 pages

ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC TRAUMA

part |1 pages

Section VIII ORTHOPAEDIC EMERGENCIES

part |1 pages

Section IX MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SOFT-TISSUE EMERGENCIES

chapter |15 pages

SOFT-TISSUE INJURIES

chapter |4 pages

BACK PAIN

part |1 pages

Section X PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES

chapter |16 pages

GENERAL ASSESSMENT

chapter |3 pages

STRIDOR

chapter |20 pages

ABDOMINAL PAIN, DIARRHOEA AND VOMITING

part |1 pages

Section XI OBSTETRIC AND GYNAECOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES

chapter |21 pages

GYNAECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT

part |1 pages

Section XII ENT EMERGENCIES

chapter |7 pages

TRAUMATIC CONDITIONS OF THE EAR

chapter |3 pages

NON-TRAUMATIC CONDITIONS OF THE NOSE

chapter |3 pages

NON-TRAUMATIC CONDITIONS OF THE THROAT

chapter |18 pages

Section XIII OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCIES

part |1 pages

Section XIV MAXILLOFACIAL AND DENTAL EMERGENCIES

part |1 pages

Section XV PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES

chapter |3 pages

DELIBERATE SELF-HARM

chapter |3 pages

ALCOHOL AND DRUG DEPENDENCY AND ABUSE

chapter |3 pages

INVOLUNTARY DETENTION

part |1 pages

Section XVI ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL ISSUES