Table of Contents
Preface to the fourth edition, vii
Preface to the second edition, viii
Preface to the first edition, ix
1 What every emergency physician must know, 1
2 Major trauma and multiple injuries, 19
3 Head injuries, 33
4 The neck and the back, 50
5 Facial injuries, 64
6 Injuries to the trunk, 72
7 The lower limb, 86
8 The upper limb, 111
9 The hand, 128
10 Burns, contamination and irradiation, 136
11 Cardiac arrest and cardiac dysrhythmias, 150
12 Chest pain, 176
13 Respiratory distress, 196
14 Collapse and sudden illness, 219
15 Poisoning, 268
16 Abdominal pain, 302
17 Obstetric, gynaecological, genitourinary and perineal problems, 316
18 Children’s problems in the emergency department, 328
19 The disturbed patient, 357
20 Medicolegal aspects of emergency medicine, 370
21 Small wounds and localised infections, 391
22 Ophthalmic, ENT and facial conditions, 411
Index, 426
