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Table of Contents


	Preface and Acknowledgements	7
	List of Abbreviations	8
1	Life in the Emergency Department	10
2	Diagnosis	12
3	Shock and Intravenous Fluids	14
4	Imaging in the Emergency Department	16
5	Analgesia	18
6	Airway Management and Sedation	20
7	Blood Gas Analysis	22
8	Trauma: Primary Survey	24
9	Trauma: Secondary Survey	26
10	Major Head and Neck Injury	28
11	Minor Head and Neck Injury	30
12	Wounds	32
13	Burns	34
14	Hand Injuries	36
15	Wrist and Forearm Injuries	38
16	Shoulder and Elbow Injuries	40
17	Back Pain, Hip and Knee Injuries	42
18	Tibia, Ankle and Foot Injuries	44
19	Abdominal Pain	46
20	Urology Problems	48
21	Ear, Nose, Throat and Dental Problems	50
22	Eye Problems	52
23	Obstetrics and Gynaecology Problems	54
24	Toxicology, General Principles	56
25	Toxicology: Specific Poisons	58
26	Psychiatry: Sell-Harm and Capacity	60
27	Psychiatry: The Disturbed Patient	62
28	Observational Medicine	64
29	Loss of Function and Independence	66
30	Syncope, Collapse and Falls	68
31	Slow Heart Rate	70
32	Fast Heart Rate	72
33	Cardiac Arrest	74
34	Chest Pain: Cardiovascular	76
35	Chest Pain: Non-Cardiovascular	78
36	Shortness of Breath	80
37	Anaphylaxis	82
38	Sepsis	84
39	Endocrine Emergencies	86
40	Gastroenterology	88
41	Headache	90
42	Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack	92
43	Seizures	94
44	Hypothermia and Hyperthermia	96
45	Pre-Hospital Medicine	98
46	Major Incident	100
47	Chemical, Biological, Radiation, Nuclear and Explosive Incidents	102
	Case Studies Questions	104
	Case Studies: Answers	107
	Index	113