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ABCDs of Emergency MedicineABCDs of Emergency Medicine


Contents

Section 1 - Critically ill or injured patient

Approach

1. Approach to the critically ill or injured patient

Airway

2. Principles of management
3. The emergency airway

Breathing

4. Respiratory distress
5. Non-invasive ventilation
6. Mechanical ventilation

Circulation

7. Circulatory collapse / shock
8. Advance cardiac life support

Disability

9. Altered mental status
10. Status epilepticus

Child

11. Approach to the seriously ill child
12. Advanced paediatric life support

Trauma

 

 

13. Major trauma - assessment
14. Major trauma - resuscitation
15. Cervical spine trauma / clearance
16. Pain management - major trauma
17. Transfer - major trauma

Violence
18. Management of severe agitation
   

Section 2 - Common Emergency Presentations

Pain / Sedation

 

19. Principles of Pain management
20. Pharmacology of Analgesics
21. Procedural Sedation

Procedural Medicine

 

 

 

22. Wound Management
23. Management of Burns
24. Upper Limb Fractures
25. Wrist and Hand Fractures
26. Lower Limb Fractures
27. Ankle and Foot Fractures
28. Epistaxis
29. Eye Emergencies

Mental health

 

 

30. Mental Health: Primary Assessment
31. Risk Assessment
32. Medical Clearance
33. History / Mental state examination
34. Suicidal Patient

Paediatrics

 

 

 

35. Febrile Child
36. Upper Airway Emergencies
37. The Wheezing Child
38. Paediatric Meningitis
39. The Fitting Child
40. Gastroenteritis
41. Child Abuse (NAI)         

Surgical / Obstetric

 

42. Acute Abdomen
43. First Trimester Bleeding
44. Trauma in Pregnancy

Domestic Violence

45. Domestic Violence - introduction           
46. Domestic Violence - intervention

Toxicology Environmental

 

 

47. Acute Poisoning
48. Paracetamol Poisoning
49. Carbon monoxide Exposure
50. Snake Bite
51. Spider Bite
52. Heat Stroke

Medical

 

53. Collapse
54. Electrolyte Emergencies
55. Diabetic Emergencies

Respiratory

 

56. Asthma
57. Pneumothorax
58. Pulmonary Embolism/ DVT
59. Anaphylaxis

Nervous system

 

60. Acute Headache
61. Dizziness and Vertigo
62. Seizures

Cardiac

 

 

63. Assessment of Chest Pain
64. ECG 1 : Disorders of the PQRST
65. Ischaemic Heart Disease
66. Heart Failure
67. ECG 2 :  Dysrhythmias
68. Management : Dysrhythmias  

Appendix

 

Glossary of abbreviations
Further reading
Bibliography
Index  

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