TY - BOOK AU - Hughes, Thomas. AU - Cruickshank, Jaycen TI - Adult emergency medicine at a glance SN - 9781405189019 AV - RC 86.8 .H84 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Chichester, England PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - EMERGENCY MEDICINE -- HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC N1 - Includes index; 1. Life in the Emergency Department 2 Diagnosis 3. Shock and intravenous fluids 4. Imaging in the Emergency Department 5. Analgesia 6. Airway management and sedation 7. Blood gas analysis 8. Trauma: primary survey 9. Trauma: secondary survey 10. Major head and neck injury 11. Minor head and neck injury 12. Wounds 13. Burns 14. Hand injuries 15. Wrist and forearm injuries 16. Shoulder and elbow injuries 17. Back pain, hip and knee injuries 18. Tibia, ankle and foot injuries 19. Abdominal pain 20. Urology problems 21. Ear, nose, throat and dental problems 22. Eye problems 23. Obstetrics and gynaecology problems 24. Toxicology: general principles 25. Toxicology: specifi c poisons 26. Psychiatry: self-harm and capacity. 27. Psychiatry: the disturbed patient 28. Observational medicine 29. Loss of function and independence 30. Syncope, collapse and falls 31. Slow heart rate 32. Fast heart rate 33. Cardiac arrest 34. Chest pain: cardiovascular 35. Chest pain: non-cardiovascular 36. Shortness of breath 37. Anaphylaxis 38. Sepsis 39. Endocrine emergencies 40. Gastroenterology 41. Headache 42. Stroke and transient ischaemic attack 43. Seizures 44. Hypothermia and hyperthermia 45. Pre-hospital medicine 46. Major incident 47. Chemical, biological, radiation, nuclear and explosive incidents N2 - 'Adult Emergency Medicine at a Glance' provides a concise and visually-orientated summary of a comprehensive lecture course in adult emergency medicine. It is aimed primarily at clinical undergraduate medical students undertaking accident and emergency attachments and those revising for assessment ER -