Preface to the fifth edition
Preface to the fourth edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
List of Contributors
Chapter 1 What every emergency physician must know
Catherine Williams
Chapter 2 Major Trauma and multiple injuries
Alan Weir
Chapter 3 Head injuries
Kate Clayton
Chapter 4 The neck and the back
Fiqry Fadillah and Catherine Williams
Chapter 5 Facial Injuries
Abu Hassan
Chapter 6 Injuries to the Trunk
Fiqry Fadillah
Chapter 7 The lower limb
Abu Hassan
Chapter 8 The Upper Limb
Katie Fulcher and Abu Hassan
Chapter 9 The hand
Shah Rahman and Sophie Jeffreys
Chapter 10 Burns, Contamination and irradiation
Jodie Wilkinson
Chapter 11 Cardiac arrest and dysrhythmias
Rob Summerhayes
Chapter 12 Chest pain
Vivek Chhabra and Amy Nickson
Chapter 13 Respiratory distress
Amy Nickson
Chapter 14 Collapse and sudden illness
Amy Nickson
Chapter 15 Poisoning
Jodie Wilkinson
Chapter 16 Abdominal pain and GI problems
Catherine Williams
Chapter 17 Obstetric, gynaecological, genitourinary and perineal problems
Amy Nickson
Chapter 18 Children's problems in the Emergency Department
Catherine Williams
Chapter 19 The disturbed patient
Antonia Hazelrigg and Laura Cottey
Chapter 20 Medicolegal aspects of Emergency Medicine
Amy Nickson
Chapter 21 Small wounds and localised infections
Catherine Williams
Chapter 22 Opthalmic, ENT and facial conditions
Amy Nickson
Chapter 23 Global health
Tony Redmond
Index