Lecture Notes on Emergency Medicine

Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition 1. The principles of emergency medicine 2. Major trauma and multiple injuries 3. Head injuries 4. The neck and the back 5. Facial injuries 6. Injuries to the trunk 7. The lower limb 8. The upper limb 9. The hand 10. Burns 11. Cardiac arrest and cardiac dysrhythmias 12. Chest pain 13. Respiratory distress 14. Collapse and sudden illness 15. Poisoning 16. Abdominal pain 17. Obstetric, gynaecological, genitourinary and perineal problems 18. Children's problems in the emergency department 19. The disturbed patient 20. Medicolegal aspects of emergency medicine 21. Small wounds and localised infections 22. Ophthalmic, ENT and facial conditions Index