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About this book
Emergency Medicine: The principles of practice, 5th edition is a practical guide to assist doctors and other health professionals with patients presenting with acute problems. With contributions from over 60 eminent emergency physicians, doctors and other health professionals, the book provides the most up-to-date coverage of treatment and management in acute medical care including resuscitation, diagnosis, investigations, treatment and further care. Emergency Medicine, 5th edition contains essential information and provides a quick reference tool for emergency physicians, hospital residents, paramedics, ambulance officers, nurses and general practitioners, as well as students of these disciplines.- Coverage of important controversies with evidence based recommendations.- Editor comments contained in relevant chapters to provide clinical tips and advice for practice.- Increased coverage of topical issues such as deep vein thrombosis (economy class syndrome) and street drugs.- Practical rapid reference appendix.- Detailed glossary and index.- Expanded coverage of ultrasound in emergency medicine- New BLS/ALS guidelines- Expanded coverage of administration and management- New material on envenomation and psychiatry- New chapter on rural, indigenous and remote emergencies- New chapter on advanced nursing roles- New chapter on students guide to the emergency term- New chapter structure design to minimize repetition; reorganized hierarchy to highlight important information; pearls & pitfalls in boxed out sections integrated throughout text; differential diagnosis summary tables and flow diagrams at the end of each chapter
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Abbreviations
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Chapter 2: Securing the airway, ventilation and procedural sedation
- Chapter 3: Resuscitation and emergency procedures
- Chapter 4: Diagnostic imaging in emergency patients
- Chapter 5: Ultrasound in emergency medicine
- Chapter 6: The approach to the patient with chest pain, dyspnoea or haemoptysis
- Chapter 7: Acute coronary syndromes
- Chapter 8: Respiratory emergencies: the acutely breathless patient
- Chapter 9: Acute pulmonary oedema
- Chapter 10: Pulmonary emboli and venous thromboses
- Chapter 11: Shock
- Chapter 12: Clinical electrocardiography and arrhythmia management
- Chapter 13: Pain management in the emergency department
- Chapter 14: Trauma
- Chapter 15: Neurosurgical emergencies
- Chapter 16: Aortic and vascular emergencies
- Chapter 17: Orthopaedic principles: fractures and dislocations
- Chapter 18: Hand injuries and care
- Chapter 19: Urological trauma and emergencies
- Chapter 20: Burns
- Chapter 21: Patient transport and retrieval
- Chapter 22: Mass casualty, chemical, biological and radiological hazard contingencies
- Chapter 23: The seriously ill patient: tips and traps
- Chapter 24: Neurological emergencies
- Chapter 25: Gastrointestinal emergencies
- Chapter 26: Endocrine emergencies
- Chapter 27: Metabolic disorders
- Chapter 28: Poisonings, overdosage, drugs and alcohol
- Chapter 29: Drowning
- Chapter 30: Envenomation
- Chapter 31: Electrical injuries
- Chapter 32: Hypothermia and hyperthermia
- Chapter 33: Childhood emergencies
- Chapter 34: Geriatric care
- Chapter 35: Emergency gynaecology
- Chapter 36: Ophthalmic emergencies
- Chapter 37: Ear, nose and throat emergencies
- Chapter 38: Management of dental emergencies
- Chapter 39: Psychiatric presentations
- Chapter 40: Dermatological presentations to emergency
- Chapter 41: Infectious diseases
- Chapter 42: The immunosuppressed patient
- Chapter 43: Emergency department haematology
- Chapter 44: Rural and Indigenous emergencies
- Chapter 45: Advanced nursing roles
- Chapter 46: Working with IT and the general practitioner
- Chapter 47: Emergency department administration, legal matters and quality care
- Chapter 48: Student's guide to the emergency department
- Index
- Quick reference