The emergency surgical admission; General management and practical procedures; Anaesthesia, analgesia and peri-operative management in the young child; Neonatal emergencies; Acute appendicitis; The acute abdomen; Gastrointestinal bleeding and persistent vomiting; Abdominal mass and constipation; Accidents, injury scoring systems and abdominal trauma; Head injuries (including eye emergencies); Respiratory obstruction, thoracic trauma, ingestion of foreign body; Urinary infection, obstruction, calculi and trauma; Acute penile and scrotal conditions; Burns and scald injuries; Soft tissue injuries, swellings and infections; Acute orthopaedic problems; Child sexual abuse and non-accidental injury.