Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine

Section 1: Resuscitation

1.1 Basic life support

1.2 Advanced life support

Section 2: Critical care

2.1 Airway and ventilation management

2.2 Oxygen therapy

2.3 Haemodynamic monitoring

2.4 Shock overview

2.5 Sepsis and septic shock

2.6 Arterial blood gases

2.7 Cerebral resuscitation after cardiac arrest

2.8 Anaphylaxis

Section 3: Trauma

3.1 Trauma overview

3.2 Traumatic brain injury

3.3 Spinal trauma

3.4 Facial trauma

3.5 Abdominal trauma

3.6 Chest trauma

3.7 Limb trauma

3.8 Radiology in major trauma

3.9 Trauma in pregnancy

3.10 Wound care and repair

3.11 Burns

3.12 Major haemorrhage

Section 4: Orthopaedic emergencies

4.1 Injuries of the shoulder

4.2 Dislocations of the elbow

4.3 Fractures of the humerus

4.4 Fractures of the forearm and carpal bones

4.5 Hand injuries

4.6 Pelvic injuries

4.7 Hip injuries

4.8 Femur injuries

4.9 Knee injuries

4.10 Tibial and fibular injuries

4.11 Ankle joint injuries

4.12 Foot injuries

4.13 Osteomyelitis

Section 5: Cardiovascular emergencies

5.1 Chest pain

5.2 Acute coronary syndromes

5.3 Assessment and management of acute pulmonary oedema

5.4 Arrhythmias

5.5 Pulmonary embolism

5.6 Pericarditis, cardiac tamponade and myocarditis

5.7 Heart valve emergencies

5.8 Peripheral vascular disease

5.9 Hypertension

5.10 Aortic dissection

5.11 Aneurysms

Section 6: Respiratory emergencies

6.1 Upper respiratory tract

6.2 Asthma

6.3 Community-acquired pneumonia

6.4 Influenza

6.5 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

6.6 Pneumothorax

6.7 Pleural effusion

6.8 Haemoptysis

Section 7: Digestive emergencies

7.1 Dysphagia

7.2 Approach to abdominal pain

7.3 Bowel obstruction

7.4 Hernia

7.5 Gastroenteritis

7.6 Haematemesis and melaena

7.7 Peptic ulcer disease and gastritis

7.8 Biliary tract disease

7.9 Acute pancreatitis

7.10 Acute appendicitis

7.11 Inflammatory bowel disease

7.12 Acute liver failure

7.13 Haematochezia

7.14 Perianal conditions

Section 8: Neurology emergencies

8.1 Headache

8.2 Stroke and transient ischaemic attacks

8.3 Subarachnoid haemorrhage

8.4 Altered conscious state

8.5 Seizures

8.6 Syncope and vertigo

8.7 Weakness

Section 9: Infectious disease emergencies

9.1 Approach to undifferentiated fever in adults

9.2 Meningitis

9.3 Septic arthritis

9.4 Urinary tract infections

9.5 Skin and soft-tissue infections

9.6 COVID-19

9.7 Needlestick injuries and related blood and body fluid exposures

9.8 Hepatitis

9.9 Human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome

9.10 Sexually transmitted infections

9.11 Tropical infectious diseases

Section 10: Genitourinary emergencies

10.1 Acute kidney injury

10.2 The acute scrotum

10.3 Renal colic

Section 11: Endocrine emergencies

11.1 Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia: an overview

11.2 Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar, hyperglycaemic state

11.3 Thyroid and adrenal emergencies

Section 12: Metabolic emergencies

12.1 Acid–base disorders

12.2 Electrolyte disturbances

Section 13: Haematology emergencies

13.1 Anaemia

13.2 Neutropaenia

13.3 Thrombocytopaenia

13.4 Haemophilia

13.5 Blood and blood components

Section 14: Rheumatology and musculoskeletal emergencies

14.1 Rheumatological emergencies

14.2 Monoarthritis

14.3 Polyarthritis

14.4 Musculoskeletal and soft-tissue emergencies

Section 15: Dermatology emergencies

15.1 Emergency dermatology

Section 16: Ocular emergencies

16.1 Ocular emergencies

Section 17: Dental emergencies

17.1 Dental emergencies

Section 18: Ear, nose and throat emergencies

18.1 Ear, nose and throat emergencies

Section 19: Obstetrics and gynaecology emergencies

19.1 Pelvic pain

19.2 Pelvic inflammatory disease

19.3 Abnormal vaginal bleeding in the nonpregnant patient

19.4 Pain and bleeding in early pregnancy – miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy

19.5 Bleeding after the first trimester of pregnancy

19.6 Pre-eclampsia

19.7 Emergency birth and complications

Section 20: Psychiatric emergencies

20.1 Mental state assessment

20.2 Distinguishing medical from psychiatric causes of mental disorder presentations

20.3 Suicidality and self-harm

20.4 Depression

20.5 Psychosis

20.6 Pharmacological management of the aroused patient

Section 21: Challenging situations

21.1 Death and dying

21.2 Sexual assault

21.3 Family violence

21.4 Alcohol-related illness

21.5 The challenging patient

21.6 End-of-life decision-making and provision of palliative care

21.7 Organ and tissue donation

Section 22: Pain relief

22.1 General pain management

22.2 Local anaesthesia

22.3 Emergency department procedural sedation

Section 23: Emergency imaging

23.1 Emergency department ultrasound

23.2 Computed tomography scanning in emergency medicine

23.3 Magnetic resonance imaging in emergency medicine

Section 24: Environmental emergencies

24.1 Heat-related illness

24.2 Cold-related illness

24.3 Dysbarism

24.4 Radiation incidents

24.5 Drowning

24.6 Electric shock and lightning injury

24.7 High-altitude illness

Section 25: Toxicology emergencies

25.1 Approach to the poisoned patient

25.2 Cardiovascular drugs

25.3 Antipsychotic drugs

25.4 Antidepressant drugs

25.5 Lithium

25.6 Paracetamol

25.7 Salicylate

25.8 Antidiabetic drugs

25.9 Colchicine

25.10 Caffeine and theophylline

25.11 Iron

25.12 Drugs of abuse

25.13 Cyanide

25.14 Hydrofluoric acid

25.15 Anticholinesterase insecticides

25.16 Herbicides

25.17 Ethanol and other ‘toxic’ alcohols

25.18 Carbon monoxide

25.19 Anticonvulsants

25.20 Toxidromes

25.21 Chloroquine

25.22 Opioids

25.23 Oral anticoagulants

Section 26: Toxinology emergencies

26.1 Snakebite

26.2 Exotic snakebite

26.3 Spider bite

26.4 Marine injury, envenomation and poisoning

26.5 Hymenoptera stings

Section 27: Academic emergency medicine

27.1 Research methodology

27.2 Writing for publication

27.3 Principles of medical education

27.4 Teaching medical students emergency medicine

27.5 Postgraduate emergency medicine teaching and simulation

Section 28: Emergency medicine and the law

28.1 Mental health and the law: the Australian and New Zealand perspectives

28.2 The coroner

28.3 Consent and competence

28.4 Privacy and confidentiality

28.5 Ethics in emergency medicine

Section 29: Emergency and medical systems

29.1 Prehospital emergency medicine

29.2 Retrieval

29.3 Medical issues in disasters

29.4 Triage

29.5 Emergency care in a humanitarian crisis

29.6 Emergency department short stay units

29.7 Overcrowding

29.8 Rapid and other hyperacute response systems in the emergency department

29.9 Public health and social emergency medicine

29.10 Indigenous health in the emergency department setting

Section 30: Administration

30.1 Emergency department staffing

30.2 Emergency department layout

30.3 Quality assurance and quality improvement

30.4 Business planning

30.5 Accreditation, specialist training and recognition in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

30.6 Specialist training and recognition in emergency medicine in the United Kingdom

30.7 Complaints

30.8 Patient safety

30.9 Wellness, resilience and performance in emergency medicine