Emergency Medicine

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INDEX

upper 13–15
alcohol 85–7, 441–2
medical problems related to 85–6
police request for breath test or blood
sample 453–4
withdrawal 86–7, 441
alkali burns 189
alkalinization, urinary, salicylate
poisoning 173
alkalosis 124
metabolic 124, 125, 126, 127, 128–9
mixed 124
respiratory 124, 125, 126, 127, 128,
130–1
allergic conjunctivitis 419
see also hypersensitivity reactions
-particles 463
alteplase
infusion guidelines 39
ST elevation MI 447
aminophylline, infusion guidelines 35
amiodarone
infusion guidelines 35
tachycardia 62
supraventricular 63
ventricular 8
ventricular fibrillation 8
amnesia, post-traumatic 247
amoebiasis 148
amphetamines, children 368
AMPLE history in multiple trauma 222
amputation of limb or digit, traumatic
247
analgesia/pain relief (pharmacological)
abdominal pain 259
biliary pain 264
burns
major 253
minor 254
in chest pain
arrhythmias 62
deep venous thrombosis 57
non-ST-elevation MI 49
ST-elevation MI 46
febrile convulsions 366
knee injury (soft tissues) 308
migraine 103
renal and ureteric colic 269
rib/sternal fractures 232, 233

torticollis 327

anaphylaxis (anaphylactic reactions) 25,

27–8

bee and wasp stings 199

children 351–2

with N-acetylcysteine (NAC) 172

aneurysm, abdominal aortic, rupture 265

angina, unstable 48–51

angioedema 111

with laryngeal oedema 15, 111

anion gap 126–7

ankle injuries 310–12

antibiotics

blistering disorders (secondarily-

infected) 113

diverticulitis 263

epididymo-orchitis 271

febrile neutropenia 146–7

gastrointestinal infections 149

inflammatory bowel disease 263

meningitis 98–9

ophthalmic conditions, topical 410

foreign body 413, 416

pelvic inflammatory disease 380

pneumonia

children 350–1

community-acquired 68–70

septic shock 23

sexually transmitted diseases 150

throat infections 405

tuberculosis 156

wound care 320

antibody testing, HIV 155

anticholinergic effects of tricyclic

antidepressants 175–6

anticonvulsants see antiepileptic drugs

antidepressants, tricyclic 174–5, 368

antidotes 168

see also specific poisons

antiepileptic drugs 90

children 365

delirium tremens-related seizures 87

in post-resuscitation care 12

status epilepticus 92

antihistamines, urticaria 110

antihypertensives

hypertensive encephalopathy 102

in pre-eclampsia 385–6

antimalarials 159–60