Full Description
The second edition of Key Topics in Accident and Emergency Medicine provides essential information on acute injuries and sudden illness which commonly present themselves at Accident and Emergency Departments. The book has been comprehensively updated to take account of changes in Accident and Emergency practice and features increased coverage of paediatric emergencies.
Contents
Abdominal pain; Abdominal trauma; Accident and emergency landmarks; Acute limb ischaemia; Acute monoarthritis; Acute pancreatitis; Adder bites; Airway; Analgesia; Anaphylaxis; Ankle sprain; Anterior knee pain; Antibiotics; Antidotes; Asthma; Baby check; Back pain; Bites and envenomations; British association for accident and emergency medicine - emergency management of radiation casualties; British association for accident and emergency medicine - guidelines for the management of chemical incidents; Burns; Calf pain - musculoskeletal causes; Carbon monoxide poisoning; Cerebrovascular syndrome - acute; Cervical spine - acute neck sprain; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Coma; Compartment syndrome; Core curriculum; CPR - newborn; CS gas injury; Diabetic emergencies; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Drowning and near drowning; Ear, nose and throat; Eclampsia; Ecstacy; Ectopic pregnancy; Electrical injury; Endocrine emergencies; Factitious disorders; Febrile convulsion; Fractures - principles of treatment; Gamma - hydroxybutyrate (GHB); Gastrointestinal haemorrhage - upper; Genitourinary trauma; Gynaecology; Haematological conditions; Head injury; Heart failure; Heat illness; Infectious gastroenteritis; Inhalation injuries; Interhospital transfer; Intraosseous infusion; Intravenous fluids; Limping child; Local anaesthesia; Major incident planning; Major injuries - initial management; Management of acute poisoning; Maxillofacial injury; Meningitis; Meningococcal disease; Missile injuries; Monitoring - pulse oximetry and end-tidal carbon dioxide; Myocardial infarction; Obstetric emergencies; Opthalmic emergencies; Organ donation; Overuse injury; Paracetamol; Peripheral nerve injury; Pneumothorax - spontaneous; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Rapid sequence intubation; Scaphoid fracture; Sedation; Septic arthritis; Shock; Shoulder dislocation; Shoulder problems - soft tissue; Sickle cell disease; Single-dose activated charcoal; Spine and spinal cord trauma; Sudden infant death syndrome; Syncope; Tetanus; Thoracic trauma; Transfusion reactions; Trauma scoring and injury scaling; Urological conditions; Wrist injury; Index.
