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Table of Contents:

List of contributors
Foreword
Pt. I General Principles 1
1 The accident and emergency department 3
2 Airway management 22
3 Cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adults 62
4 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in children 81
5 Early management of the multiply injured patient 100
6 Shock 118
7 Fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance 140
8 Anaphylaxis 159
9 Coma: initial assessment and management 167
10 Analgesia and anaesthesia 183
11 Poisoning 206
12 Wound care 235
13 Hospital response to disasters in the UK 257
14 Prehospital care 284
A Prehospital care and the ambulance service 284
B(i) Prehospital cardiac care I: An overview 288
B(ii) Prehospital cardiac care II: European and American perspectives 298
C(i) Prehospital care of the trauma patient 326
C(ii) Interhospital transport of the trauma patient 340
15 Radiology - emergency imaging 349
16 Deaths 395
Pt. II Trauma 409
17 Concepts of trauma management - epidemiology, mechanisms and prevention 411
18 Head injuries 420
19 Faciomaxillary and dental emergencies 439
A Faciomaxillary and dental trauma 439
B Oral and maxillofacial diseases 459
20 Ear, nose and throat emergencies 481
21 Ocular trauma and emergencies 498
22 Trauma to the spine and spinal cord 510
23 Chest and cardiac trauma 533
24 Abdominal trauma 558
25 Urological trauma 569
26 Management of open fractures 581
27 Hand injury 589
28 Upper limb injuries 601
29 Paediatric orthopaedics 618
30 Injuries of the lower limb 633
31 Injury to the pelvis and proximal femur 648
32 Sports injuries 659
33 Special trauma cases 680
A Paediatric trauma 680
B Trauma in pregnancy 702
C Trauma in the elderly 708
D Rape, sexual assault and female genital injuries 716
34 Burns and scalds 721
35 Chemical and radiation injuries 733
36 Electrical and lightning injuries 742
37 Near drowning and diving injuries 751
38 Hypothermia and cold injury 765
39 Hyperthermia 787
40 Ballistic injuries 798
41 Rehabilitation of soft tissue injuries 805
42 Physiotherapy: the contribution 812
43 Envenomation 822
Pt. III Medical, Surgical and Obstetric Emergencies 837
44 Adult respiratory emergencies 839
45 Cardiovascular emergencies 866
A Cardiovascular emergencies (excluding arrhythmias) 866
B Cardiac arrhythmias 897
46 Vascular emergencies 931
47 The acute abdomen 951
48 Urogenital diseases 969
49 Haematological emergencies, blood products and blood transfusion 978
50 Acute orthopaedic conditions 1003
51 Inflamed joints and soft tissues 1014
52 Dermatological emergencies 1029
53 Neurological emergencies 1057
54 The management of psychiatric emergencies 1078
55 Deliberate self-harm and substance misuse 1091
56 Endocrine emergencies 1102
57 Diabetic emergencies 1120
58 Obstetric emergencies 1137
59 Gynaecological emergencies 1148
60 Paediatric emergencies 1173
61 Management of non-accidental injury 1213
62 Care of the elderly 1220
63 The febrile patient 1228
Index 1251