Guide to Essentials in Emergency Medicine, 3rd Edition

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

This book aims to achieve a fine balance between a practical evidence-based tool, that can be carried around to be used at the patients’ bedside, and a comprehensive reference with sufficient information for examination requirements in Emergency Medicine, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

This edition preserves several of its predecessor’s hallmark features, in particular:

• Easy-to-read format: clinical descriptions are presented succinctly, key points are highlighted, and problems are introduced with a symptom-based approach in Part 1;
• Popular sections such as Caveats, covering pitfalls likely to be encountered in clinical practice, and Special Tips for GPs.

• Clear demarcation between chapters for basic learners (medical students) and advanced learners, with 805 pages for basic learners and advanced chapters marked with blue bars on the sides;
• Thorough revision of all chapters, including more comprehensive illustrations;
• 9 additional brand-new chapters, including 3 chapters on emergency CT interpretation;
• QR codes to: more than 100 between clinical photos, radiological images and videos; reference chapters, to ensure that the extra information is available without making the book too voluminous.