The Handbook of Emergency Medicine is the evolved compilation of department protocols, which were put together in 1995, to facilitate standardised patient care in the Emergency Department. Over the past 18 years, there have been frequent revisions, thereby reflecting the change in concepts of emergency care as well as the escalating demand for additional material by the end user.
Simplicity and brevity are the virtues embraced by this book, which is directed towards the junior clinician, who often is confronted with life-threatening conditions, which would require rapid action. It is intended to be a powerful, yet simple and practical tool to enhance the management skill of the emergency responder.
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Section I Life-threatening Emergencies
1. Airway Obstruction
2. Anaphylaxis
3. Cardiac Arrhythmias
4. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
5. Myocardial Infarction (Acute Coronary Syndrome)
6. Pulmonary Embolism
7. Shock-Clinical Approach
Section II General Instructions
8. Caveats in General Patient Care
9. Communication and Grief Counselling
10. Infection Control
Section III Medical Emergencies
11. Adrenal Crisis
12. Bronchial Asthma
13. Coma-Clinical Approach
14. Diabetic Emergencies
15. Eclampsia
16. Gastroenteritis
17. Hanging
18. Hyperkalaemia
19. Hypertensive Emergencies
20. Hypocalcaemia
21. Hypokalaemia
22. Hyponatraemia
23. Meningitis
24. Migraine
25. Needlestick Injury
26. Pain, Agitation and Delirium
27. Pancreatitis-Acute
28. Psychiatric Emergency-The Violent Patient
29. Sepsis
30. Stroke
31. SIADH
32. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Section IV Environmental Emergencies
33. Bee and Hymenoptera Stings
34. Dog Bite-Rabies Immunoprophylaxis
35. Electrical Injuries
36. Heat-related Illness
37. Inhalational Emergencies
38. Submersion Injury (Drowning)
39. Scorpion Envenomation
40. Snake Envenomation
Section V Toxicology
41. An Overview of Poisoning
42. Barbiturates
43. Benzodiazepines
44. Hair Dye
45. Hydrocarbons
46. Illicit Liquor
47. Oduvanthalai
48. Oleander
49. Organophosphates and Allied Pesticides
50. Paracetamol
51. Phenothiazines
52. Pyrethrum (Mosquito Repellents)
53. Rodenticides
54. Tricyclic Antidepressant
Section VI Paediatric Emergencies
55. Airway Management and Neonatal Resuscitation
56. Acute Respiratory Distress
57. Bronchiolitis
58. Convulsions
59. Croup
60. Cyanotic Spells
61. Dehydration in Children
62. Epiglottitis
63. Hypoglycaemia
64. The Incessantly Crying Child
65. Transfusion Guidelines for Blood Products in Children
Section VII Surgical Emergencies
66. Burns
67. Dislocation-Shoulder
68. Dislocation-Mandible
69. Early Management of Trauma
70. Epistaxis
71. Foreign Bodies of the Eye, Ear and Nose
72. Fractures-Emergency Management
73. Gas Gangrene
74. Head Trauma
75. Nail Bed Emergencies
76. Phimosis and Paraphimosis
77. Rhabdomyolysis and Compartment Syndrome
78. Testicular Emergencies
79. Wound Management
Section VIII Procedures
80. Airway-Endotracheal Intubation
81. Breathing-Non-invasive Ventilation (NIV)
82. Breathing-Ventilator Management
83. Breathing-Pulse Oximetry
84. Venous Access-Central Line
85. Venous Access-Peripheral Line
86. Gastric Lavage
87. Nasal Tamponade
88. Nerve Block-Digital
89. Nerve Block -Peripheral
90. Plaster of Paris (POP) Splint
91. Suprapubic Cystostomy
92. Tube Thoracostomy
Section IX Therapeutics-Nursing Interventions
93. Blood Transfusion
94. Dopamine
95. Glyceryl Trinitrate (GTN)
96. Ketamine
97. Magnesium
98. Noradrenaline
99. Oxygen Therapy
100. Phenytoin Sodium
101. Streptokinase
102. Tetanus Immunoprophylaxis
Section X Disaster Medicine
103. Fire Evacuation Procedure
104. Mass Casualty Incident (MCI)
105. Triage
Section XI Medicolegal Issues
106. MLC-General Information
107. Medicolegal Documentation
108. Notifiable Diseases
109. Release of a Dead Body
