INDEX531ulnar collateral ligament, rupture 296–7
ulnar shaft fractures 287–8
ultrasound
abdominal pain (acute) 257, 258
intussusception 261
pyelonephritis 270
splenic rupture 267
abdominal trauma (blunt) 239
pregnancy
antepartum haemorrhage 384
ectopic 378
trauma 387
renal failure (acute) 143
see also echocardiogram
unconscious patient 24–7
poisoning 167
stroke 96
United Kingdom national triage scale
451
upper limbs 277–301
dermatomes 226
injuries 277–301
myotomes 225
reflexes 225–6
upper motor neurone paralysis 401
ureteric colic 268–9
ureteric injury 243
urethra
catheterization 484–6
injuries 222, 244
urinary alkalinization, salicylate
poisoning 173
urinary retention, acute 270
urinary tract
abdominal pain relating to disorders
of 259
catheterization 484–6
infections, children 362
injuries 242–4
urticaria 110
uterine rupture in late pregnancy,
traumatic 388
vaccination
rabies (post-exposure) 158
tetanus 321, 322, 322–3
vaginal delivery 386
vaginal ultrasound, ectopic pregnancy
378
varices, gastroesophageal 76, 78
vascular access, child 344
vascular disorders
abdominal pain 259
retinal 422–4
vascular injury
in central line insertion 480
in humeral supracondylar fracture 283
neck 229
in shoulder dislocation (anterior) 279
vascular syncope 88
vasculitis, cutaneous 115
see also temporal arteritis
vasopressor support, shock 23
vasovagal syncope 89
vecuronium, infusion guidelines 40
vena cava, superior, central line insertion
via 477, 478
venous access see intravenous line
venous thromboembolism see
thromboembolism
ventilation (assisted) and oxygenation
3–4
children 342–4
multiple injury 220
pneumothorax 76
poisoning 167
ventilation–perfusion scan, pulmonary
embolism 54–5
ventricular fibrillation (VF) 7–8
children 346
ventricular tachycardia (VT) 62
children 346
pulseless 7–8
verapamil
narrow-complex supraventricular
tachycardia 63
toxicity 182
verbal response in Glasgow Coma Scale
30
vertebral fractures, cervical 226, 227
vertebrobasilar territory dysfunction 93
vertigo 400
vesicobullous conditions 112–13
chemical agents causing (vesicants)
461
violent patient 439–40
viper snake bites 195
viral infections