510
INDEXin theophylline poisoning 182
toxicity 182
-particles 463
bicarbonate (HCO 3 ), blood
assessment 125, 126
compensatory changes 127, 129, 130
see also sodium bicarbonate
Bier’s block 289, 488–9
bilharzia 162
biliary disorders, abdominal pain 259
biological incident 462–3
bites
antibiotic prophylaxis 320
lyssavirus (incl. rabies) risk 157–8
snake 192–5
bitumen burns 256
black eye 411
bladder injuries 244
bleeding see haemorrhage
blepharitis 417
blistering disorders see vesicobullous
conditions
blood
alcohol, police request for sample to
test for 453–4
in chemical incidents, agents affecting
460–1
gas analysis see arterial blood gas
analysis
loss see haemorrhage
pressure
abnormal see hypertension;
hypotension
children, normal values 337
transfusion in multiple injury 221
volume (normal), children 337
see also hypervolaemic
hyponatraemia; hypovolaemia
bluebottle jellyfish 197, 198
blunt injury
abdomen 238–40
chest 231, 233, 235, 236
eye 415–16
kidney 242–3
Boerhaave’s syndrome 48, 236
bone marrow disorders, purpura 115
boutonnièère deformity 300
bowel (intestine)
abdominal pain relating to 259, 260–3
inflammatory disease 263
intussusception 261–2
obstruction 260–1
whole bowel irrigation 168
box jellyfish 197, 198
boxer’s injury (knuckle fracture of little
finger) 298
brachial artery damage
elbow dislocation 285
humeral supracondylar fracture 283
brachial plexus, posterior cord 278
bradycardia 64
brain see central nervous system
manifestations; neurological
conditions and entries under cerebral
breaking bad news 448–9
breathing
assessment and management 2, 3, 4
multiple injury 220
children
assessing efficacy 340
normal breath rate 337
see also ventilation
breathlessness (dyspnoea) 64–76
child 347–52
broad-complex tachycardia 62
bronchiolitis 349
bronchodilators in asthma 67
children 348
bronchopneumonia 350
bullous conditions see vesicobullous
conditions
burns 250–6
chemical see chemical burns
electrical 212, 214
face 15, 256
eyes/eyelids 412–13
hand 255
major 250–4
minor 254–6
bursitis
olecranon 329
pre-patellar 330
subacromial 329
button batteries, swallowed 406caesarean delivery 384, 389
CAGE screening 442
calcaneal fractures 313