Emergency Medicine

INDEX

515

asthma 66, 67
children 348
blistering disorders 113
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
72
infusion guidelines in critical care
34–40
migraine 103–4
non-ST-elevation MI 49–50
ocular topical preparations 410
poisoning (in general) 167–8
in pregnancy
pre-eclampsia 385–6
prescribing 376
resuscitation
child 344–6
ventricular fibrillation and
tachycardia 7, 8
ST-elevation MI 46, 46–7
see also specific (types of) drugs
drug dependency and abuse 441–3
drug-induced disorders
confusion 81
falls in elderly 120
syncope 88
see also toxicology
dysbarism 208–9
dyspnoea see breathlessness

ear 397–401
non-traumatic conditions 398–401
trauma 224, 397–9
high-voltage electrocution 214
pressure-related (barotrauma)
210–12
eardrum, perforated 397
ECG see electrocardiogram
echocardiogram, myocardial contusion
234
eclampsia 385–6
ectopic pregnancy, ruptured 377–8
elapid snake bites 192–4
elbow
injuries 285–8
non-articular conditions 329
elderly patient 118–21
electrical trauma 212–16
electrocardiogram (ECG)
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 71

electrical trauma

lightning strike 215

low-voltage electrocution 213

electrolyte disorders

hypercalcaemia 138

hyperkalaemia 133

hypocalcaemia 139

hypokalaemia 134

hypomagnesaemia 141

hypothermia 206

myocardial contusion 233, 234

myocardial infarction

non-ST elevation 49

ST elevation 45

poisoning/overdose

beta-blockers 182

digoxin 178

tricyclic antidepressants 174, 175

pulmonary embolus 53

renal failure (acute) 142

electrolytes

administration, children 361

disorders 131–41

cardiorespiratory arrest 9–10, 132,

133

reference ranges 504

electromechanical dissociation (pulseless

electrical activity) 8–11

embolism

cerebral see cerebral embolism

palpable purpura due to 115

pulmonary 48, 51–5

see also thromboembolism

emesis see vomiting

enamel damage 428

encephalopathy

hypertensive 101–2

Wernicke’s 25, 85, 92

endocrine disorders

abdominal pain 273

confusion 82

endometriosis 381

endoscopy, upper GI haemorrhage 78

endotracheal intubation 6, 6, 466

burns 252

cervical spine injury 228

child 342–3

drowning 208

lightning strike 216