From the Publisher:

     This portable guide emphasizes practical management of the most life-threatening and common conditions encountered by emergency physicians.  It aims to offer a balanced viewpoint advocating the tenets of evidence-based medicine.  Clinical descriptions are kept concise.  Problems are presented using a symptom-based approach with the management based on the principles of Emergency Medicine.

• A quick reference for medical officers (residents) serving their Emergency Medicine rotations, emergency department nurses and ancillary staff.

• Valuable foundational reading for basic and advanced Emergency Medicine Trainees preparing for their postgraduate examination.

• Practical, focused, and concise presentations of common conditions encountered by medical students during their rotations in the Emergency Department.

• An indispensable guide to treating multidisciplinary emergencies for house officers and medical officers serving their rotations other than Emergency Medicine.

• "Special tips for GP's" provides a helpful section for general practitioners, paramedics and pre-hospital care personnel during the first 30 minutes of multidisciplinary emergencies.

Table of Contents:

Section 1:  Common Presentations

Chapter 1.     Altered Mental State
Chapter 2.     Bleeding, GIT
Chapter 3.     Bleeding, Vaginal, Abnormal
Chapter 4.     Blurring of Vision, Acute
Chapter 5.     Breathlessness, Acute
Chapter 6.     Child with Abdominal Pain
Chapter 7.     Child with Breathlessness
Chapter 8.     Child/Baby, Crying
Chapter 9.     Child with Diarrhoea
Chapter 10.   Child with Fever
Chapter 11.   Child, Fitting
Chapter 12.   Child with Vomiting
Chapter 13.   Diarrhoea and Vomiting
Chapter 14.   Fever
Chapter 15.   Giddiness
Chapter 16.   Haemoptysis
Chapter 17.   Headache
Chapter 18.   Hyperventilation
Chapter 19.   Lower Limb Swelling
Chapter 20.   Pain, Abdominal
Chapter 21.   Pain, Chest, Acute
Chapter 22.   Pain, Low Back
Chapter 23.   Pain, Scrotal and Penile
Chapter 24.   Palpitations
Chapter 25.   Poisoning:  General Principles
Chapter 26.   Red and Painful Eye
Chapter 27.   Seizure
Chapter 28.   Shock/Hypoperfusion
Chapter 29.   Stridor
Chapter 30.   Syncope
Chapter 31.   Trauma, multiple:  Initial Management
Chapter 32.   Urinary Retention, Acute
Chapter 33.   Violent/Suicidal Patient

Section 2:  Specific Conditions in Adults

Chapter 34.   Acid Base Emergencies
Chapter 35.   Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
Chapter 36.   Adrenal Insufficiency, Acute
Chapter 37.   Alcohol Intoxication
Chapter 38.   Allergic Reactions/Anaphylaxis
Chapter 39.   Aortic Dissection
Chapter 40.   Appendicitis, Acute
Chapter 41.   Assault (Non-Sexual)
Chapter 42.   Asthma
Chapter 43.   Bites, Mammalian and Human
Chapter 44.   Bites, Snakes
Chapter 45.   Burns, Major
Chapter 46.   Burns, Minor
Chapter 47.   Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
Chapter 48.   Coronary Syndromes, Acute
Chapter 49.   Crush Syndrome
Chapter 50.   Dengue Fever
Chapter 51.   Dermatology in Emergency Care
Chapter 52.   Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
Chapter 53.   Diving Emergencies
Chapter 54.   Eclampsia
Chapter 55.   Ectopic Pregnancy
Chapter 56.   Electrical and Lightening Injuries
Chapter 57.   ENT Emergencies
Chapter 58.   Geriatric Emergencies
Chapter 59.   Heart Failure
Chapter 60.   Hepatic Encephalopathy, Acute
Chapter 61.   Hepatobiliary Emergencies
Chapter 62.   Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State (HHS)
Chapter 63.   Hypertensive Crises
Chapter 64.   Hyperthermia
Chapter 65.   Hypoglycemia
Chapter 66.   Intestinal Obstruction
Chapter 67.   Ischaemic Bowel
Chapter 68.   Malaria
Chapter 69.   Meningitis
Chapter 70.   Myocardial Infarction, Acute
Chapter 71.   Near Drowning
Chapter 72.   Onocology Emergencies
Chapter 73.   Pancreatitis, Acute
Chapter 74.   Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Chapter 75.   Peptic Ulcer Disease/Dyspepsia
Chapter 76.   Perianal Conditions
Chapter 77.   Pneumonia, Community Acquired
Chapter 78.   Pneumothorax
Chapter 79.   Poisoning, Benzodiazepine
Chapter 80.   Poisoning, Carbon Monoxide
Chapter 81.   Poisoning, Cyclic Antidepressants
Chapter 82.   Poisoning, Organophosphates
Chapter 83.   Poisoning, Paracetamol
Chapter 84.   Poisoning, Salicylates
Chapter 85.   Pulmonary Embolism
Chapter 86.   Pulmonary Edema, Cardiogenic
Chapter 87.   Renal Emergencies
Chapter 88.   Respiratory Failure, Acute
Chapter 89.   Sepsis/Septic Shock
Chapter 90.   Spinal Cord Injury
Chapter 91.   Stroke
Chapter 92.   Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Chapter 93.   Temporal Arteritis
Chapter 94.   Tetanus
Chapter 95.   Thyrotoxic Crisis
Chapter 96.   Trauma, Abdominal
Chapter 97.   Trauma, Chest
Chapter 98.   Trauma and Infections, Hand
Chapter 99.   Trauma, Head
Chapter 100. Trauma, Lower Limb
Chapter 101. Trauma, Maxillofacial
Chapter 102. Trauma, Pelvic
Chapter 103. Trauma, Pregnancy
Chapter 104. Trauma, Upper Limb
Chapter 105. Urolithiasis
Chapter 106. Wound Care

Section 2B:  Specific Conditions in Pediatrics

Chapter 107. Asthma, Pediatric
Chapter 108. Bronchiolitis
Chapter 109. Febrile Fit
Chapter 110. Non-Accidental Injury in Pediatrics
Chapter 111. Trauma, Pediatric

Section 3:  Miscellaneous Useful Information

Chapter 112. Administration of Blood Products in the Emergency Department
Chapter 113. Airway Management/Rapid Sequence Intubation
Chapter 114. Cardiac Dysrhythmias/Resuscitation Algorithms
Chapter 115. Cervical Spine Clearance
Chapter 116. Commonly Used Scoring System
Chapter 117. Conscious Sedation
Chapter 118. Fluid Replacement in Pediatrics
Chapter 119. List of Drugs to Avoid in G6PD Deficiency
Chapter 120. List of Drugs to Avoid in Pregnancy
Chapter 121. Needlestick/Body Fluid Exposure
Chapter 122. Pediatric Drugs and Equipment
Chapter 123. Pain Management
Chapter 124. Simple Statistics
Chapter 125. Tetanus Immunization Schedule
Chapter 126. Useful Formulae
Chapter 127. Views of x-rays to Order