What to do in a General Practice Emergency

All working in primary care can be faced with a serious or unfamiliar emergency. This invaluable handbook is designed to be carried in the doctor′s bag, and to be used in the heat of the moment. It contains guidance on a broad range of emergency situations with authoritative guidelines and drug dosages, and will prove a practical tool when you really need to know what to do

Adult medicine: resuscitation – adult basic life support, adult advanced life support, medical emergencies – choking, anphylaxis, acute asthma, acute myocardial infarction, acute LVF, PE, seizures, coma. Paediatric medicine: assessment of the sick child, resuscitation – paediatric basic life support, paediatric advanced life support, medical emergencies – choking, shock, including sepsis and anaphylaxis, asthma, stridor and croup, seizures, coma. What do you do if you come across trauma: special situations – burns, electrocution, near drowning, hanging, hypothermia, gynaecological emergencies, obstetric emergencies, neonatal resuscitation, other emergencies – surgical emergencies, general fracture management, epistaxis, psychiatric emergencies, hints section (or "how to use a coke bottle as a nebuliser"), a personal note...Appendices: practical procedures, what to carry with you, and where to get it, further education and training.

Ian Higginson is the author of What to do in a General Practice Emergency, published by Wiley.