Cambridge Textbook of Accident and Emergency Medicine

Part I. General Principles: 1. The Accident and Emergency department D. V. Skinner L. Hadfield, M. Deahl and A. Copeman; 2. Airway management M. Parr, J. Nolan and P. Baskett; 3. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adults C. Robertson; 4. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in children R. Bingham; 5. Early management of the multiply injured patient K. I. Maull; 6. Shock I. M. Ledingham; 7. Acid/base balance, fluid and electrolytes J. Harris, S. Harrod and D. Watson; 8. Anaphylaxis G. Bird; 9. Coma C. Grange and D. Watson; 10. Pain control J. Nolan and P. Baskett; 11. Poisoning J. Henry; 12. Wound care J. Heyworth; 13a. Major disasters M. Moles; 13b. Major disasters M. Gavalas and S. Miles; 14. Pre-hospital care: a. The ambulance service M. Ward and M. Willis; b. Cardiac care I M. Eisenberg; c. Cardiac care II R. O. Cummins and J. R. Graves; d. Pre-hospital trauma care P. L. Lane; e. Inter-hospital transport P. L. Lane; 15. Radiology J. G. Murray, J. J. Curtin and G. de Lacey; 16. Death in accident and emergency C. McLauchlan; Part II. Trauma: 17. General concepts of trauma management P. Collicott; 18. Head injuries G. W. Dunwoody and R. Bradford; 19. Faciomaxillary and dental trauma I. Hutchinson; 20. ENT emergencies V. Lund and D. Howard; 21. Ocular trauma and emergencies R. Cooling: 22. Trauma to the spine and spinal cord A. Swain; 23. Chest and cardiac trauma P. Driscoll, C. Gwinnutt and T. R. Graham; 24. Abdominal trauma B. Rowlands; 25. Urological injuries S. Holmes and R. Kirby; 26. Management of open fractures S. S. F. Hughes; 27. Hand A. Sen and I. Anderson; 28. Upper limb and wrist K. Willett; 29. Fractures and dislocations in children M. Bell; 30. Lower limb M. Pearse and M. Jackson; 31. Pelvis M. Bircher; 32. Sports injuries N. Tubbs; 33. Special cases a. Trauma in children B. Enderson and T. Bell; b. Trauma in children P. Nash; c. Trauma in the elderly G. Hughes; d. Rape, sexual assault and female genital injuries P. Nash; 34. Burns and scalds J. Ryan; 35. Radiation and chemical injuries A. Redmond and T. Dains; 36. Electrical injuries J. Wardrope; 37. Near drowning and diving injuries D. Steedman; 38. Hypothermia and cold injury E. Lloyd; 39. Hyperthermia M. T. Ali and J. Coakley; 40. Ballistic injuries R. Peyton; 41. Rehabilitation N. S. T. Gendi and J. Outhwaite; 42. Physiotherapy H. Trundle; 43. Envenomation A. Brown; Part III. Medical Surgical and Obstetric Emergencies: 44. Respiratory emergencies F. Morris and K. Jones; 45. Cardiovascular emergencies a. MI / chest pain/angina/cardiogenic shock R. Vincent and D. Chamberlain; b. Cardiac arrythmias T. A. Millane and A. J. Camm; 46. Vascular emergencies D. Mitchell and R. Wood; 47. Medical and surgical abdominal emergencies R. Campbell and A. Fiennes; 48. Genitourinary medicine C. Carne and N. Bullock; 49. Haematological emergencies H. Doughty and M. Murphy; 50. Acute orthopaedic conditions H. Ware; 51. Inflamed joints and soft tissues C. B. Colaco and A. Wilson; 52. Dermatological emergencies H. Cugnoni and D. W. W. Harris; 53. Neurological emergencies P. Anand and M. K. Sharief; 54. Psychiatric emergencies B. Bruce-Jones and P. White; 55. Deliberate self-harm and substance abuse R. Blacker and B. Charnaud; 56. Endocrine emergencies J. Wass and R. Sheaves; 57. Diabetic emergencies J. Anderson and E. Gale; 58. Obstetric emergencies P. Nash and J. Price; 59. Gynaecological emergencies C. Gilling-Smith, L. Regan and R. Touquet; 60. Paediatric emergencies E. Molyneux; 61. Paediatric NAI and child sex abuse T. Beattie; 62. Care of the elderly in accident and emergency C. Bowman; 63. The febrile patient A. Harries and C. Parry.