The RCEM Lecture Notes

List of Contributors vi Preface to the Fifth Edition vii Preface to the Fourth Edition viii Preface to the Second Edition ix Preface to the First Edition x About the Companion Website xi 1 What every Emergency Physician needs to know 1 Catherine Williams 2 Major trauma and multiple injuries 19 Lt Col Alan G A Weir RAMC 3 Head injuries 34 Kate Clayton 4 The neck and the back 48 Fiqry Fadillah and Catherine Williams 5 Facial injuries 64 James Conroy and Abu Hassan 6 Injuries to the trunk 73 Fiqry Fadillah 7 The lower limb 88 Abu Hassan 8 The upper limb 113 Katie Fulcher and Abu Hassan 9 The hand 132 Shah Rahman and Sophie Jefferys 10 Burns contamination and irradiation 141 Jodie Wilkinson 11 Cardiac arrest and cardiac dysrhythmias 157 Rob Summerhayes 12 Chest pain 184 Vivek Chhabra and Amy Nickson 13 Respiratory distress 205 Amy Nickson 14 Collapse and sudden illness 233 Amy Nickson 15 Poisoning 277 Jodie Wilkinson 16 Abdominal pain and GI problems 310 Catherine Williams 17 Obstetric gynaecological and genitourinary problems 326 Amy Nickson 18 Children’s problems in the emergency department 341 Catherine Williams 19 The disturbed patient 373 Antonia Hazlerigg and Laura Cottey 20 Medicolegal aspects of emergency medicine 392 Amy Nickson 21 Small wounds and localised infections 410 Catherine Williams 22 Ophthalmic ENT and facial conditions 428 Amy Nickson 23 Global health 443 A.D. Redmond Index 458