lectures list

Emergency presentations:

HeadacheBreathlessness
Coma
Shock & Anaphylactic shock

Sepsis

Hypoglycemia 

Cardiovascular emergencies:

• Chest Pain and Acute coronary syndrome (STEMI & NON STEMI)
• Pulmonary oedema
• Cardiogenic shock
• tachycardia
• Bradycardia

Respiratory emergencies:

• Acute severe asthma 
• Acute exacerbations of COPD
• Pneumothorax 
• Tension pneumothorax 
• Pneumonia 
• Pulmonary embolism (PE) 

Gastrointestinal emergencies:

• Acute upper GI bleeding
• Epigastric pain and gastritis
• pancreatitis   

Neurological emergencies:

• Convulsions 
• Head injury 
• Raised intracranial pressure (ICP)

Endocrinological emergencies:

• Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
• Other diabetic emergencies
• Thyroid emergencies
• Addisonian crisis
• Hypopituitary coma 
• Phaeochromocytoma emergencies

Some specifi c poisons and their antidotes:-

• Paracetamol poisoning
• Salicylate poisoning 

Burns
Hypothermia
Major disasters

Procedures and practices