Oxford Handbook of Accident and Emergency Medicine

by Wyatt, Jonathan P.; Illingworth, Robin N.; Clancy, Michael J.; Munro, Phil; Robertson, Colin E.

• ISBN13: 9780192627513
• ISBN10: 0192627511
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Accident and Emergency Medicine is a rapidly expanding speciality. Doctors and nurses working in an Accident and Emergency department are faced with a bewildering range of problems and challenges. Rapid decisions are required, and the consequences of errors can be devastating. Accurate,concise, and practical information is often needed within seconds. This book provides step-by-step guidance on the management of a huge range of common problems presenting to the Emergency department. It is the essential guide for doctors working in the emergency room environment. It includes thevery latest guidelines and protocols. The Oxford Handbook of Accident and Emergency Medicine follows the style of the other highly successful Oxford Handbooks. It gives practical advice about a huge range of conditions and problems that present in an A and E department. For doctors, nurses,paramedics, and medical students, the book will be the essential guide for their Emergency department work.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations and symbols	vi	(4)
Normal values	x	(2)
Acknowledgements	xii
1 General approach	1	(45)
2 Life-threatening emergencies	46	(20)
3 Medicine	66	(110)
4 Poisoning	176	(46)
5 Infectious diseases	222	(38)
6 Environmental emergencies	260	(22)
7 Analgesia and anaesthesia	282	(54)
8 Major trauma	336	(82)
9 Wounds and fractures	418	(96)
10 Surgery	514	(44)
11 Ophthalmology	558	(14)
12 Ear, nose, and throat	572	(18)
13 Obstetrics and gynaecology	590	(38)
14 Psychiatry	628	(38)
15 Paediatrics	666	(95)
Index	761