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Poisoning: quick reference for antidotes and initial management

…the substance. Treatment of acute poisoning consists of four parallel components: supportive treatment, a targeted antidote, reduced absorption and, in selected cases, enhanced elimination. For…

Endotracheal intubation

…a rising pCO₂ and respiratory acidosis, or a markedly increased work of breathing with impending exhaustion. Threatened airway obstruction: inhalation injury, anaphylaxis, deep neck infection…

Urinary alkalinisation

…threshold and on whether haemodialysis should be considered. Rhabdomyolysis with marked elevation of CK and threatened kidney injury, as an adjunct to the decisive measure…

Reduction of dislocations

…with known instability and a low energy mechanism, and a neurovascularly threatened limb in which reduction cannot wait. A radiograph after reduction is always taken…

Acute Limb Ischaemia: Recognition and Urgent Management

…exceed available blood flow. The resulting ischaemia threatens skeletal muscle and peripheral nerves and may progress rapidly to irreversible tissue injury. Skeletal muscle and nerves…

Introduction to Coronary Artery Disease (Ischemic Heart Disease)

…meal; that thus excited, it is accompanied with a sensation, which threatens instant death if the motion is persisted in; and, that on stopping, the…

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