Emergency Medicine

INDEX

513

Code Brown (major incident) 456–74
cognitive impairment in confusion,
assessing 82, 83–4
cold see hypothermia
colic
biliary 264
renal and ureteric 268–9
colitis
ischaemic 266
ulcerative 263
collapse with poisoning 167
collateral ligament injuries
knee, medial and lateral 307
ulnar 296–7
Colles’ fracture 288–90
reverse (=Smith’s) 290–1
coma, diabetic 78–80
see also Glasgow Coma Scale
combined oral contraceptive pill, missed
390–1
communication
breaking bad news to relatives 448–9
with GP see general practitioner
major incident 457
compartment syndrome 323–4
competence (patient) 451–2
compound fracture, wound management
246, 320
compulsory detention 443–4
computed tomography (CT)
abdominal pain (acute) 258–9
ischaemic colitis 266
pancreatitis 268
renal and ureteric colic 268–9
retroperitoneal haemorrhage 272
abdominal trauma (blunt) 239
cervical spine 227
head trauma 248
maxillofacial trauma 432
renal trauma 242
confusion see delirium
conjunctival foreign body 413–14
conjunctivitis, acute 419–20
consciousness
altered level 80–9
head injury with no loss of 247–50
loss see unconscious patient
consent 451–2
continuous positive airways pressure,

pneumothorax 76

contraception 389–91

missed pill 390–1

post-coital 389–90

see also intrauterine contraceptive

device

convulsions see seizures

cooling in heat stroke 203

cornea

abrasion 414

fluorescein stain 410

foreign body 414

inflammation 420

coronary arteries

disease 44–50

gas embolism in pulmonary

barotrauma 211

coronary care unit admission 50

coroner 453–4

cortical necrosis, acute 142

corticosteroids see methylprednisolone;

prednisolone; steroids

costochondritis 60

court attendance 455

cranial (temporal) arteritis 101, 423

cranial fracture see skull fracture

cricothyrotomy 14, 219, 229, 469–71

critical care emergencies 1–42

Crohn’s disease 263

croup 14–15, 352–3

cruciate ligament injuries 307

crush injury 323–4

crystal arthropathies 106–7

cutaneous disorders 112–18

cyanide poisoning 185

chemical incident 460

fire 250

cycloplegic agents 410

cyst

Meibomian 417

ovarian, ruptured 380

cystitis, bacterial, with epididymo-

orchitis 271

D-dimer test 54, 57

dacryocystitis 417–18

DC shock see cardioversion; defibrillation

de Quervain’s stenosing tenosynovitis

329–30