Table of Contents

Section I Life-threatening Emergencies

1. Airway Obstruction

2. Anaphylaxis

3. Cardiac Arrhythmias

4. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

5. Myocardial Infarction (Acute Coronary Syndrome)

6. Pulmonary Embolism

7. Shock—Clinical Approach

Section II General Instructions

8. Caveats in General Patient Care

9. Communication and Grief Counselling

10. Infection Control

Section III Medical Emergencies

11. Adrenal Crisis

12. Bronchial Asthma

13. Coma—Clinical Approach

14. Diabetic Emergencies

15. Eclampsia

16. Gastroenteritis

17. Hanging

18. Hyperkalaemia

19. Hypertensive Emergencies

20. Hypocalcaemia

21. Hypokalaemia

22. Hyponatraemia

23. Meningitis

24. Migraine

25. Needlestick Injury

26. Pain, Agitation and Delirium

27. Pancreatitis—Acute

28. Psychiatric Emergency—The Violent Patient

29. Sepsis

30. Stroke

31. SIADH

32. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Section IV Environmental Emergencies

33. Bee and Hymenoptera Stings

34. Dog Bite—Rabies Immunoprophylaxis

35. Electrical Injuries

36. Heat-related Illness

37. Inhalational Emergencies

38. Submersion Injury (Drowning)

39. Scorpion Envenomation

40. Snake Envenomation

Section V Toxicology

41. An Overview of Poisoning

42. Barbiturates

43. Benzodiazepines

44. Hair Dye

45. Hydrocarbons

46. Illicit Liquor

47. Oduvanthalai

48. Oleander

49. Organophosphates and Allied Pesticides

50. Paracetamol

51. Phenothiazines

52. Pyrethrum (Mosquito Repellents)

53. Rodenticides

54. Tricyclic Antidepressant

Section VI Paediatric Emergencies

55. Airway Management and Neonatal Resuscitation

56. Acute Respiratory Distress

57. Bronchiolitis

58. Convulsions

59. Croup

60. Cyanotic Spells

61. Dehydration in Children

62. Epiglottitis

63. Hypoglycaemia

64. The Incessantly Crying Child

65. Transfusion Guidelines for Blood Products in Children

Section VII Surgical Emergencies

66. Burns

67. Dislocation—Shoulder

68. Dislocation—Mandible

69. Early Management of Trauma

70. Epistaxis

71. Foreign Bodies of the Eye, Ear and Nose

72. Fractures—Emergency Management

73. Gas Gangrene

74. Head Trauma

75. Nail Bed Emergencies

76. Phimosis and Paraphimosis

77. Rhabdomyolysis and Compartment Syndrome

78. Testicular Emergencies

79. Wound Management

Section VIII Procedures

80. Airway—Endotracheal Intubation

81. Breathing—Non-invasive Ventilation (NIV)

82. Breathing—Ventilator Management

83. Breathing—Pulse Oximetry

84. Venous Access—Central Line

85. Venous Access—Peripheral Line

86. Gastric Lavage

87. Nasal Tamponade

88. Nerve Block—Digital

89. Nerve Block —Peripheral

90. Plaster of Paris (POP) Splint

91. Suprapubic Cystostomy

92. Tube Thoracostomy

Section IX Therapeutics—Nursing Interventions

93. Blood Transfusion

94. Dopamine

95. Glyceryl Trinitrate (GTN)

96. Ketamine

97. Magnesium

98. Noradrenaline

99. Oxygen Therapy

100. Phenytoin Sodium

101. Streptokinase

102. Tetanus Immunoprophylaxis

Section X Disaster Medicine

103. Fire Evacuation Procedure

104. Mass Casualty Incident (MCI)

105. Triage

Section XI Medicolegal Issues

106. MLC—General Information

107. Medicolegal Documentation

108. Notifiable Diseases

109. Release of a Dead Body