Section 20 Psychiatric Emergencies Edited by George Jelinek 20.1 Mental state assessment 613 20.2 Distinguishing medical from psychiatric causes of mental disorder presentations 619 20.3 Deliberate self-harm/suicide 625 20.4 Depression…
Section 5 Cardiovascular Anne-Maree Kelly 5.1 Chest pain 202 5.2 Acute coronary syndromes 208 5.3 Assessment and management of acute pulmonary oedema 215 5.4 Arrhythmias 219 5.5 Pulmonary embolism 232…
Section 6 Respiratory Edited by Anne-Maree Kelly 6.1 Upper respiratory tract 273 6.2 Asthma 279 6.3 Community-acquired pneumonia 283 6.4 Influenza and emerging respiratory infections 293 6.5 Chronic obstructive pulmonary…
Section 30 Toxinology Edited by Lindsay Murray 30.1 Snakebite 984 30.2 Spider bite 989 30.3 Marine envenoming and poisoning 993 30.1 Snakebite Geoffrey Isbister ESSENTIALS 1 Australia has some of…
Section 9 Infectious Diseases Peter Cameron 9.1 Approach to undifferentiated fever in adults 402 9.2 Meningitis 408 9.3 Septic arthritis 414 9.4 Osteomyelitis 416 9.5 Urinary tract infection 418 9.6…
Section 23 Ultrasound Edited by George Jelinek 23.1 Emergency department ultrasound712 23.1 Emergency department ultrasound Andrew Haig, Adrian Goudie Essentials 1 Ultrasound examination, interpretation and clinical correlation should be available…
section 8 Neurology Anne-Maree Kelly 8.1 Headache 368 8.2 Stroke and transient ischaemic attacks 372 8.3 Subarachnoid haemorrhage 381 8.4 Altered conscious state 386 8.5 Seizures 392 8.6 Syncope and…
Section 4 Orthopaedic Emergencies Edited by Anthony F.T. Brown, Anne-Maree Kelly 4.1 Injuries of the shoulder 154 4.2 Fractures of the humerus 157 4.3 Dislocations of the elbow 161 4.4…
Section 15 Dermatology Edited by Anthony F.T. Brown 15.1 Emergency dermatology 559 15.1 Emergency dermatology Edward Upjohn, George Varigos, Vanessa Morgan Essentials 1 Emergency dermatology presentations may be divided into…
