…reduce a fracture dislocation or to miss a posterior dislocation. The exceptions are an obvious recurrent dislocation in a patient with known instability and a…

…Keep the saturation in the lower part of the target range. Paraquat poisoning — oxygen worsens the lung injury. Discuss with your national or regional poison…

…in patients with symptoms suggestive of acute myocardial infarction and at least one of the following criteria present: haemodynamic instability or cardiogenic shock recurrent or…

…In parallel with the drug treatment Resuscitation, investigation and drug treatment must proceed simultaneously. Do not wait for laboratory results, CT or EEG before the…

…unstable angina. Management begins in parallel with the diagnostic work up. Obtain an interpretable 12 lead ECG within 10 minutes of first medical contact, attach…

…9 Contact the haematologist or oncologist. Contact an infectious diseases physician early in a high risk course, in instability, with resistance problems, or with suspected…

…to every intervention Within 60 min Contact intensive care in shock, rapidly progressive organ dysfunction, respiratory failure, impaired consciousness, or a need for a vasopressor…

…reduce urethral trauma. The balloon is filled with sterile water according to the volume printed on the catheter , usually 10 mL in adults. Do not…

…gastric lavage: a wide bore orogastric tube (Ch 28–32 in an adult), a funnel or a lavage system, lukewarm fluid (tap water for adults…

…risk of blood contact. An alcohol or chlorhexidine swab. Let the skin dry completely before inserting the needle — alcohol carried in with the needle stings…