522
INDEXcrush injury and compartment
syndrome 323–4
suturing minor wounds 320
lower see lower limbs
upper see upper limbs
limping child 369–70
lip injury 428
lipids (blood), normal values 594
Lisfranc’s fracture 315
lithium toxicity 179–80
Little’s area, bleeding 402, 403
lobar pneumonia 350
local anaesthetics
infiltration 318–19
topical ophthalmic 410
log-rolling 220, 222, 238, 245, 460
lorazepam, children 345
low-velocity wounds 240
low-voltage electrocution 212–13
lower limbs
dermatomes and myotomes 331
injuries 302–15
reflexes 331
lower motor neurone paralysis 400–1
Ludwig’s angina 434
lumbar puncture 482–4
child 362
meningitis 99
subarachnoid haemorrhage 100
lumbar spine
abdominal pain relating to 274
injuries 245
lunate dislocation 294
lungs (pulmonary...)
chemical agents affecting 461–2
chronic disease (CLD), pneumothorax
secondary to 72, 73, 74
chronic obstructive disease (COPD)
71–2
in decompression illness 209
with barotrauma 211, 211–12
in high-voltage electrocution 214
oedema 75–6
tuberculosis 156
see also entries under respiratory
lymphadenopathy
cervical 435
persistent generalized 154
lyssavirus risk, bites 157–8
magnesium
administration (incl. magnesium
sulphate)
hypomagnesaemia 141
infusion guidelines 37
pre-eclampsia 384
ventricular fibrillation and
tachycardia 8
disorders 139–41
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),
cervical spine 228
Maisonneuve fracture 310, 312
major incident 456–74
malar fracture 431–2
malaria 159–60
male urethral catheterization 485
malignant hyperthermia syndrome 204
malignant tumours see cancer
mallet finger 300, 301
mandibular injury 430–1
march fracture 315
Marcus Gunn pupil 423, 424, 425
marine envenomation 197–9
mass casualty disaster 456–74
mastoiditis 399
maxillary fractures 433
maxillofacial emergencies 222, 427–35
median nerve damage
in elbow dislocation 285
humeral supracondylar fracture 283
at wrist
in carpal tunnel 330
in lunate dislocation 294
medical defence organization (MDO)
449, 450
medical records/information 446–7, 448
police request for 453
Medical Research Council (MRC) scale of
muscle weakness 224
Meibomian abscess 417
Meibomian cyst 417
melanoma, malignant 116–18
memory loss (amnesia), post-traumatic
247
men, urethral catheterization 485
meningitis 96–7
meningococcaemia 98, 116
mental capacity 451