Section 13 Haematology Emergencies Edited by Mark Little Outline 13.1 Anaemia 547 13.2 Neutropaenia 553 13.3 Thrombocytopaenia 556 13.4 Haemophilia 560 13.5 Blood and blood products 564 13.1 Anaemia Lindsay Murray Essentials 1 Anaemia is a condition in which the absolute…
Section 11 Endocrine Emergencies Edited by Anthony Brown Outline 11.1 Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia: an overview 520 11.2 Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar, hyperglycaemic state 522 11.3 Thyroid and adrenal emergencies 526 11.1 Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia:…
Section 30 Toxinology Emergencies Edited by Mark Little Outline 30.1 Snakebite 1034 30.2 Exotic snakebite 1039 30.3 Spider bite 1043 30.4 Marine injury, envenoming and poisoning 1047 30.1 Snakebite Geoffrey Isbister Essentials 1 Australia has a number of medically…
Section 22 Pain relief Edited by Anthony Brown Outline 22.1 General pain management 735 22.2 Local anaesthesia 741 22.3 Procedural sedation and analgesia 747 22.1 General pain management Daniel M Fatovich Essentials 1 Acute pain is the…
Section 4 Orthopaedic Emergencies Edited by Anne-Maree Kelly and Anthony Brown Outline 4.1 Injuries of the shoulder 163 4.2 Fractures of the humerus 167 4.3 Dislocations of the elbow 171 4.4 Fractures of the forearm and carpal…
Section 1 Resuscitation Edited by Anthony Brown Outline 1.1 Basic Life Support 1 1.2 Advanced Life Support 6 1.1 Basic Life Support Stephen A Bernard and Sameer Pathan Essentials 1 A patient with sudden out-of-hospital…
Section 6 Respiratory Emergencies Edited by Anne-Maree Kelly Outline 6.1 Upper respiratory tract 286 6.2 Asthma 292 6.3 Community-acquired pneumonia 296 6.4 Influenza and emerging respiratory infections 306 6.5 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 311 6.6 Pneumothorax 316 6.7 Pleural effusion 320 6.8 Haemoptysis 324 6.1 Upper…
Section 15 Dermatology Emergencies Edited by Anthony Brown Outline 15.1 Emergency dermatology 598 15.1 Emergency dermatology Rebecca Dunn, George Varigos and Vanessa Morgan Essentials 1 Emergency dermatology presentations may be divided into potentially…
Section 19 Obstetrics and Gynaecology Emergencies Edited by Anthony Brown Outline 19.1 Emergency delivery and complications 626 19.2 Ectopic pregnancy and bleeding in early pregnancy 635 19.3 Bleeding after the first trimester of pregnancy 638 19.4 Abnormal…
Section 26 Emergency and Medical Systems Edited by George Jelinek Outline 26.1 Pre-hospital emergency medicine 841 26.2 Retrieval 846 26.3 Medical issues in disasters 852 26.4 Triage 861 26.5 Emergency care in a humanitarian crisis…
