Oxford Handbook Emergency Medicine
- Dr Fernando Hidalgo
- Jan 22, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 25, 2023
4th Edition. 2016
CONTENTS:
LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCIES
Anaphylaxis
Treatment algorithm for adults with anaphylaxis
Choking
Cardiac arrest
In-hospital resuscitation algorithm
Adult basic life support
Cardiac arrest management
Advanced life support algorithm
Notes on using the advanced life support algorithm
Post-resuscitation care
Central venous access
Severe sepsis and septic shock
Shock
MEDICINE
Electrocardiogram interpretation
Chest pain
Angina
Acute coronary syndromes
ST segment elevation MI
Myocardial infarction: electrocardiogram changes
STEMI: treatment
Pericarditis
Bradyarrhythmias
Treatment of bradyarrhythmias
Tachycardia algorithm–with pulse
Tachyarrhythmias
Broad complex tachyarrhythmias
Narrow complex tachyarrhythmias
Atrial fibrillation
Hypertensive problems
Aortic dissection
Haemoptysis
Oxygen
The dyspnoeic patient
Hyperventilation
Arterial blood gases
Cardiogenic pulmonary oedema
Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema
Pleural effusion
Acute asthma: assessment
Acute asthma: management
COPD
Pneumonia
Pulmonary aspiration
Spontaneous pneumothorax
Deep venous thrombosis
Pulmonary embolism
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Lower gastrointestinal bleeding
Headache
Subarachnoid haemorrhage
Migraine
Other causes of headache
Acute confusional state (delirium)
Dementia
The unconscious patient
Collapse and syncope
Acute generalized weakness
Stroke
Transient ischaemic attacks
Seizures and status epilepticus
Hypoglycaemia
Hyperglycaemic crises
Sodium derangements
Addisonian crisis
Thyrotoxic crisis
Urinary tract infection
Chronic renal failure
Hyperkalaemia
Hypokalaemia
Porphyria
Bleeding disorders
Patients on anticoagulants
Blood transfusion
Sickle cell disease
TOXICOLOGY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES
ANALGESIA AND ANAESTHESIA
MAJOR TRAUMA
WOUNDS FRACTURES AND ORTHOPEDICS
SURGERY
OPHTHALMOLOGY
EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT
OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
PSYCHIATRY
PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES
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