Title ABCDs of emergency medicine / Peter Stuart

Edition Fifth edition Published Modbury, S. Aust. : LearnEM, 2007

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MELB	616.025 Stu/Abc		AVAILABLE
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Description 337 pages ; 30 cm Contents Section 1. Critically ill/injured patient -- Approach to the critically ill patient -- Airway -- Principles of management -- The emergency airway -- Breathing -- Respiratory distress -- Non-invasive ventilation -- Mechanical ventilation -- Circulation -- Circulatory collapse/shock -- Advanced cardiac life support -- Disability -- Altered mental status -- Status epilepticus -- Child -- Approach to the seriously ill child -- Advanced paediatric life support -- Trauma -- Major trauma: assessment -- Major trauma: resuscitation -- Cervical spine trauma/clearance -- Pain management in major trauma -- Transfer in major trauma -- Violence -- Management of severe agitation -- Section 2. Common emergency presentations -- Pain/Sedation -- Principles of pain management -- Pharmacology of analgesics -- Procedural sedation -- Procedural medicine -- Wound management -- Management of burns -- Upper limb fractures -- Wrist and hand fractures -- Lower limb fractures -- Ankle and foot fractures -- Epistaxis -- Eye emergencies -- Mental health -- Mental health: primary assessment -- Risk assessment -- Medical clearance -- History/Mental state examination -- Suicidal patient -- Paediatrics -- Febrile child -- Upper airway emergencies -- The wheezing child -- Paediatric meningitis -- The fitting child -- Gastroenteritis -- Child abuse (NAI) -- Surgical/Obstetric -- Acute abdomen -- First trimester bleeding -- Traume in pregnancy -- Domestic violence -- Domestic violence: introduction -- Domestic violence: intervention -- Toxicology/Environmental -- Acute poisoning -- Paracetamol poisoning -- Carbon monoxide exposure -- Snake bite -- Spider bite -- Heat stroke -- Medical -- Collapse -- Electrolyte emergencies -- Diabetic emergencies -- Respiratory -- Asthma -- Pneumothorax -- Pulmonary embolism/DVT -- Anaphylaxis -- Nervous system -- Acute headache -- Dizziness and vertigo -- Seizures -- Cardiac -- Assessment of chest pain -- ECG 1: disorders of the PQRST -- Ischaemic heart disease -- Heart failure -- ECG 2: dysrhythmias -- Management: dysrhythmias -- Appendix -- Glossary of abbreviations -- Further reading -- Bibliography Summary Emergency medicine textbook for nursing and medical staff managing medical emergencies Notes Includes index Publisher's website: www.learnem.com.au Bibliography Bibliography: pages 325-330 Subject Emergency medicine. Medical emergencies. ISBN 9780646484464 (paperback)

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