Accident and Emergency

Section 1 Medical Emergencies: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chest pain; The breathless patient; Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Fits and faints; Status epilepticus; The collapsed or unconscious patient; Transient ischaemic attacks; The overdose; Specific problems; Venemous bites and stings; Diseases imported from abroad; Hypothermia; Drowning; Sickle cell crisis; Acute monoarthropathy; Acute polyarthropathy; Nonarticular rheumatism; Urticaria; Angioedema; Anaphylaxis; Acute eczema; Sexually transmitted diseases; AIDS; Innoculation accidents; The elderly patient; Disordered behaviour in the elderly; Falls in the elderly. Section 2 Surgical Emergencies: Head injury; Multiple injuries; Burns; the Acute abdomen. Section 3 Orthopaedic Emergencies: Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm; Injuries to the elbow and forearm; Injuries to the wrist and hand; Injuries to the hip and upper femur; Injuries to the lower femur, knee and upper tibia; Injuries to the lower tibia, ankle and foot; Soft-tisse injuries; Back pain. Section 4 Paediatric Emergencies: Some helpful normal values; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Cot death; Child abuse; The breathless child; Stridor; Acute abdominal pain; Recurrent abdominal pain; Dehydration, diarrhoea and vomiting; Fever; Fits; Febrile convulsions; Poisoning and accidental overdose; the Limping child. Section 5 ENT emergencies: Traumatic conditions of the ear; Nontraumatic conditions of the ear; Traumatic conditions of the nose; Nontraumatic conditions of the nose; Nontraumatic conditions of the throat. Section 6 Ophthalmological Emergencies: Traumatic conditions of the eye; Conditions affecting the eyelids; The painful, red eye; Sudden loss of vision. Section 7 Oral surgery emergencies: Traumatic conditions of the face and mouth; Nontraumatic conditions of the mouth. Section 8 Gynaecological emergencies: Gynaecological causes of acute abdominal pain; Bleeding in early pregnancy; Conditions in late pregnancy; Postcoital contraception; Missed