The Sixth Edition of this well-known and authoritative textbook provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of Adult Emergency Medicine. It is an invaluable guide for trainees and other health professionals, including nurse specialists and paramedics, offering concise and practical guidance based on the latest best practices and evidence-based guidelines. Originally published over 25 years ago this title has been regularly updated to keep up with current practice.
All major topics encountered in the emergency department are covered and have been updated to reflect recent changes in this constantly evolving specialty. Chapters are concise and practical, with key points and controversial areas highlighted.
In addition, the textbook addresses complex topics such as death and dying, managing challenging patients, ethics, providing testimony, and domestic violence. It also covers governance, training, research, and organisational subjects like disaster planning and response, humanitarian emergencies, and refugee medicine. This content provides a framework for understanding the complexities of managing major emergency care systems.
This textbook remains a vital resource for anyone involved in the practice of emergency medicine.
1. Introduction - p. xxiii 2. SECTION 1 RESUSCITATION - p. 1 3. SECTION 2 CRITICAL CARE - p. 13 4. SECTION 3 TRAUMA - p. 70 5. Section 4 ORTHOPAEDIC EMERGENCIES - p. 161 6. Section 5 CARDIOVASCULAR EMERGENCIES - p. 208 7. Section 6 RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES - p. 279 8. Section 7 DIGESTIVE EMERGENCIES - p. 325 9. Section 8 NEUROLOGY EMERGENCIES - p. 381 10. Section 9 INFECTIOUS DISEASE EMERGENCIES - p. 420 11. Section 10 GENITOURINARY EMERGENCIES - p. 485 12. Acute kidney injury - p. 485 13. The acute scrotum - p. 494 14. Renal colic - p. 499 15. 11 ENDOCRINE EMERGENCIES - p. 503 16. Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia: an overview - p. 503 17. Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar, hyperglycaemic state - p. 505 18. Thyroid and adrenal emergencies - p. 509 19. Section 12 METABOLIC EMERGENCIES - p. 515 20. Section 13 HAEMATOLOGY EMERGENCIES - p. 526 21. Section 14 RHEUMATOLOGY AND MUSCULOSKELETAL EMERGENCIES - p. 547 22. Section 15 DERMATOLOGY EMERGENCIES - p. 571 23. Section 16 OCULAR EMERGENCIES - p. 580 24. Section 17 DENTAL EMERGENCIES - p. 590 25. Section 18 EAR, NOSE AND THROAT EMERGENCIES - p. 594 26. Section 19 OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY EMERGENCIES - p. 600 27. Section 20 PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES - p. 626 28. Section 21 CHALLENGING SITUATIONS - p. 658 29. Section 22 PAIN RELIEF - p. 693 30. General pain management - p. 693 31. Local anaesthesia - p. 697.e1 32. Emergency department procedural sedation - p. 697.e1 33. 23 Emergency imaging - p. 712 34. Emergency department ultrasound - p. 712 35. Computed tomography scanning in emergency medicine - p. 758 36. Magnetic resonance imaging in emergency medicine - p. 765 37. 24 Environmental emergencies - p. 771 38. Heat-related illness - p. 771 39. Cold-related illness - p. 774 40. Dysbarism - p. 779 41. Radiation incidents - p. 786 42. Drowning - p. 792 43. Electric shock and lightning injury - p. 797 44. High-altitude illness - p. 801 45. Section 25 TOXICOLOGY EMERGENCIES - p. 805 46. Section 26 TOXINOLOGY EMERGENCIES - p. 894 47. Section 27 ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE - p. 911 48. Section 28 EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND THE LAW - p. 932 49. Section 29 EMERGENCY AND MEDICAL SYSTEMS - p. 958 50. Index - p. 1035 51. Assessments - p. e1
The Sixth Edition of this well-known and authoritative textbook provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of Adult Emergency Medicine. It is an invaluable guide for trainees and other health professionals, including nurse specialists and paramedics, offering concise and practical guidance based on the latest best practices and evidence-based guidelines. Originally published over 25 years ago this title has been regularly updated to keep up with current practice.
All major topics encountered in the emergency department are covered and have been updated to reflect recent changes in this constantly evolving specialty. Chapters are concise and practical, with key points and controversial areas highlighted.
In addition, the textbook addresses complex topics such as death and dying, managing challenging patients, ethics, providing testimony, and domestic violence. It also covers governance, training, research, and organisational subjects like disaster planning and response, humanitarian emergencies, and refugee medicine. This content provides a framework for understanding the complexities of managing major emergency care systems.
This textbook remains a vital resource for anyone involved in the practice of emergency medicine.
1. Introduction - p. xxiii 2. SECTION 1 RESUSCITATION - p. 1 3. SECTION 2 CRITICAL CARE - p. 13 4. SECTION 3 TRAUMA - p. 70 5. Section 4 ORTHOPAEDIC EMERGENCIES - p. 161 6. Section 5 CARDIOVASCULAR EMERGENCIES - p. 208 7. Section 6 RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES - p. 279 8. Section 7 DIGESTIVE EMERGENCIES - p. 325 9. Section 8 NEUROLOGY EMERGENCIES - p. 381 10. Section 9 INFECTIOUS DISEASE EMERGENCIES - p. 420 11. Section 10 GENITOURINARY EMERGENCIES - p. 485 12. Acute kidney injury - p. 485 13. The acute scrotum - p. 494 14. Renal colic - p. 499 15. 11 ENDOCRINE EMERGENCIES - p. 503 16. Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia: an overview - p. 503 17. Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar, hyperglycaemic state - p. 505 18. Thyroid and adrenal emergencies - p. 509 19. Section 12 METABOLIC EMERGENCIES - p. 515 20. Section 13 HAEMATOLOGY EMERGENCIES - p. 526 21. Section 14 RHEUMATOLOGY AND MUSCULOSKELETAL EMERGENCIES - p. 547 22. Section 15 DERMATOLOGY EMERGENCIES - p. 571 23. Section 16 OCULAR EMERGENCIES - p. 580 24. Section 17 DENTAL EMERGENCIES - p. 590 25. Section 18 EAR, NOSE AND THROAT EMERGENCIES - p. 594 26. Section 19 OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY EMERGENCIES - p. 600 27. Section 20 PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES - p. 626 28. Section 21 CHALLENGING SITUATIONS - p. 658 29. Section 22 PAIN RELIEF - p. 693 30. General pain management - p. 693 31. Local anaesthesia - p. 697.e1 32. Emergency department procedural sedation - p. 697.e1 33. 23 Emergency imaging - p. 712 34. Emergency department ultrasound - p. 712 35. Computed tomography scanning in emergency medicine - p. 758 36. Magnetic resonance imaging in emergency medicine - p. 765 37. 24 Environmental emergencies - p. 771 38. Heat-related illness - p. 771 39. Cold-related illness - p. 774 40. Dysbarism - p. 779 41. Radiation incidents - p. 786 42. Drowning - p. 792 43. Electric shock and lightning injury - p. 797 44. High-altitude illness - p. 801 45. Section 25 TOXICOLOGY EMERGENCIES - p. 805 46. Section 26 TOXINOLOGY EMERGENCIES - p. 894 47. Section 27 ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE - p. 911 48. Section 28 EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND THE LAW - p. 932 49. Section 29 EMERGENCY AND MEDICAL SYSTEMS - p. 958 50. Index - p. 1035 51. Assessments - p. e1
