Table of Contents

1. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation 2. Securing the airway and ventilation: Resuscitation procedures 3. Resuscitation and emergency procedures 4. Ultrasound in emergency medicine 5. The patient with chest pain, dyspnoea or haemoptysis 6. Acute Myocardial infarction 7. Respiratory emergencies, acute breathlessness 8. Acute pulmonary oedema 9. Pulmonary embolis and venous thrombosis 10. Shock 11. Clinical Electrocardiology and arrhythmia management 12. Trauma 13. Neurosurgical emergencies 14. Aortic and vascular emergencies 15. Orthopaedic principles, fractures and dislocations 16. Hand injuries and care 17. Urological emergencies 18. Burns 19. Pain control and analgesia 20. Patient transport and retrieval 21. Mass casualty, chemical, biological and radiological hazard contingencies 22. Neurology 23. Sick patients and tips 24. Gastrointestinal emergencies 25. Poisoning, overdosage and alcohol 26. Drowning 27. Envenomation 28. Electrical injuries 29. Hypothermia, hyperthermia 30. Childhood emergencies 31. Geriatric care 32. Emergency gynaecology 33. Endocrine emergencies 34. Metabolic disorders 35. Ophthalmic emergencies 36. Ear, nose and throat emergencies 37. Dental emergencies 38. Mental health presentations 39. Dermatological presentations to emergency 40. Infectious diseases 41. The immunocompromised patient 42. Haematology 43. Diagnostic imaging 44. Rural emergencies, indigenous or remote emergency attendances 45. Advanced nursing roles 46. Working with IT and the General Practitioner 47. Quality emergency care and administration 48. Students guide to an emergency term