Paediatric cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA)
2.1 Paediatric cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) Christopher Webber Essentials 1 Prevention is the link in the Chain of Survival key to decreasing the incidence of death from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA)1…
20: Psychiatric Emergencies
Section 20 Psychiatric Emergencies Edited by George Jelinek 20.1 Mental state assessment 613 20.2 Distinguishing medical from psychiatric causes of mental disorder presentations 619 20.3 Deliberate self-harm/suicide 625 20.4 Depression…
5: Cardiovascular
Section 5 Cardiovascular Anne-Maree Kelly 5.1 Chest pain 202 5.2 Acute coronary syndromes 208 5.3 Assessment and management of acute pulmonary oedema 215 5.4 Arrhythmias 219 5.5 Pulmonary embolism 232…
6: Respiratory
Section 6 Respiratory Edited by Anne-Maree Kelly 6.1 Upper respiratory tract 273 6.2 Asthma 279 6.3 Community-acquired pneumonia 283 6.4 Influenza and emerging respiratory infections 293 6.5 Chronic obstructive pulmonary…
30: Toxinology
Section 30 Toxinology Edited by Lindsay Murray 30.1 Snakebite 984 30.2 Spider bite 989 30.3 Marine envenoming and poisoning 993 30.1 Snakebite Geoffrey Isbister ESSENTIALS 1 Australia has some of…
9: Infectious Diseases
Section 9 Infectious Diseases Peter Cameron 9.1 Approach to undifferentiated fever in adults 402 9.2 Meningitis 408 9.3 Septic arthritis 414 9.4 Osteomyelitis 416 9.5 Urinary tract infection 418 9.6…
23: Ultrasound
Section 23 Ultrasound Edited by George Jelinek 23.1 Emergency department ultrasound712 23.1 Emergency department ultrasound Andrew Haig, Adrian Goudie Essentials 1 Ultrasound examination, interpretation and clinical correlation should be available…
8: Neurology
section 8 Neurology Anne-Maree Kelly 8.1 Headache 368 8.2 Stroke and transient ischaemic attacks 372 8.3 Subarachnoid haemorrhage 381 8.4 Altered conscious state 386 8.5 Seizures 392 8.6 Syncope and…
4: Orthopaedic Emergencies
Section 4 Orthopaedic Emergencies Edited by Anthony F.T. Brown, Anne-Maree Kelly 4.1 Injuries of the shoulder 154 4.2 Fractures of the humerus 157 4.3 Dislocations of the elbow 161 4.4…
