| Description |
xxii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm |
| Series |
Therapeutic guidelines |
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Therapeutic guidelines.
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| Contents |
Resuscitation -- Toxicology: general approach -- Toxicology: specific drug treatments and antidotes -- Toxicology: toxidromes -- Toxicology: paediatric poisoning -- Toxicology: individual drugs and other chemicals -- Snake bite -- Spider bite -- Marine envenoming -- Marine poisoning -- Tick bite -- Anaphylaxis -- Altitude illness -- Burns -- Diving medicine -- Electrical injury -- Heat-related illness -- Hypothermia -- Near-drowning and submersion injury -- Appendix 1. Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines (2006) -- Appendix 2. Glasgow Coma Scales -- Appendix 3. Therapeutic hypothermia -- Appendix 4. Useful resources -- Appendix 5. Common abbreviations in emergency medicine |
| Summary |
As resuscitation is essential to emergency medicine, that section is reproduced in full. The main focus of the book is toxicology, toxinology, anaphylaxis and wilderness (environmental) medicine, including assessment and management of burns. Includes a limited amount of pharmacological information for management of poisoning |
| Analysis |
Drug therapy |
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Toxicology |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Subject |
Emergency medicine -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Medical emergencies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Outdoor medical emergencies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Poisoning -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Toxicology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Toxicology -- Australia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Bites and Stings.
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Drug Therapy.
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Emergency Treatment.
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Toxicology.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Therapeutic Guidelines. Emergency Medicine Expert Group
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| ISBN |
0980476402 |
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9780980476408 |
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