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COMMON PRESENTATIONS IN ADULT PATIENTS -- Altered Mental State -- Bleeding, Gastrointestinal Tract -- Bleeding, Vaginal, Abnormal -- Blurring of Vision -- Breathlessness, Acute -- Diarrhoea and Vomiting -- Fever -- Giddiness -- Haemoptysis -- Headache -- Hyperventilation -- Jaundice -- Lower Limb Swelling -- Pain, Abdominal -- Pain, Chest, Acute -- Pain, Joint, Peripheral -- Pain, Low Back -- Pain, Scrotal and Penile -- Palpitations -- Poisoning, General Principles -- Red Eye -- Seizure -- Shock/Hypoperfusion States -- Stridor -- Syncope -- Trauma, Multiple, Initial Management -- Urinary Retention, Acute -- Violent and Psychotic Patients -- Weakness -- AIRWAY AND RESUSCITATION -- Airway Management/Rapid SequenceIntubation -- Allergic Reactions/Anaphylaxis -- Cardiac Arrest Algorithms -- Cardiogenic Shock -- Neurogenic Shock -- Sepsis/Septic Shock -- CARDIOVASCULAR EMERGENCIES -- Aortic Emergencies -- Bradydysrhythmias -- Coronary Syndromes, Acute -- Heart Failure, Acute -- Hypertensive Crises -- Limb Ischaemia, Acute -- Pulmonary Embolism -- Tachydysrhythmias -- Venous Emergencies -- Other Heart Conditions -- RESPIRATORYEMERGENCIES -- Asthma -- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Pneumonia, Community Acquired -- Pneumothorax -- Respiratory Failure, Acute

GASTROINTESTINAL EMERGENCIES -- Appendicitis, Acute -- Hepatic Encephalopathy, Acute -- Hepatobiliary Emergencies -- Intestinal Obstruction -- Ischaemic Bowel/Mesenteric Ischaemia -- Pancreatitis, Acute -- Peptic Ulcer Disease/Dyspepsia -- Perianal Conditions -- ENDOCRINE/METABOLIC EMERGENCIES -- Acid-Base Emergencies -- Adrenal Insufficiency, Acute -- Diabetic Ketoacidosis andHyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State -- Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders -- Hypoglycaemia -- Thyroid Emergencies, Thyroid Crisisand Myxoedema -- RENAL ANDGENITO-URINARY EMERGENCIES -- Renal Emergencies -- Urinary Tract Infections -- Urolithiasis -- NEUROLOGICEMERGENCIES -- Meningitis -- Migraine, Tension and ClusterHeadache -- Stroke -- Subarachnoid Haemorrhage -- Transient Ischaemic Attack -- Giant Cell Arteritis -- INFECTIOUSDISEASES -- Dengue Fever -- Coping with Emerging InfectiousDiseases in the Emergency Department -- Malaria -- Needlestick/Body Fluid Exposure -- Tetanus -- HAEMATOLOGIC/ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES/PALLIATIVECARE -- Administration of Blood Products inthe Emergency Department -- Emergency Anticoagulation Reversal -- Oncologic Emergencies -- Palliative and End-of-life EmergencyCare -- DERMATOLOGIC EMERGENCIES -- Introduction to Dermatology inEmergency Care -- Inflammatory Dermatological Conditions -- Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions -- Infections and the Skin -- Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIVPost-exposure Prophylaxis -- GERIATRICEMERGENCIES -- Geriatric Emergencies -- TOXICOLOGY -- Poisoning, Benzodiazepine -- Poisoning, Cyclic Antidepressants -- Poisoning, Organophosphates -- Poisoning, Paracetamol -- Alcohol Intoxication and Poisoningwith Other Alcohols -- Poisoning, Carbon Monoxide -- Poisoning, Digoxin -- Poisoning, Salicylates -- Poisoning, Novel PsychoactiveSubstances -- Poisoning, Serotonin Syndrome -- TOXICOLOGY (INCLUDING BITES) -- Bites, Mammalian and Human -- Snake-related Injuries

SURGICALAND ORTHOPADIC TRAUMA/INFECTIOUS EMERGENCIES -- Trauma,Abdominal -- Trauma,Chest -- Trauma,Head -- Trauma and Infections, Hand -- Trauma, Lower Extremity -- Trauma, Maxillofacial -- Trauma, Pelvic -- Trauma, Spinal Cord and Cervical SpineClearance -- Trauma, Upper Extremity -- Wound Care and Management -- CrushSyndrome -- Trauma,Paediatric -- Trauma,in Pregnancy -- ENT EMERGENCIES -- Common Ear, Nose and Throat Emergencies -- EYE EMERGENCIES -- Eye Emergencies -- PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES -- Assault (Non-sexual) -- OBSTETRIC AND GYNAECOLOGIC EMERGENCIES -- Eclampsia -- Ectopic Pregnancy -- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Emergency Delivery of the Newborn -- ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES -- Burns, Major -- Burns, Minor -- Electrical and Lightning Injuries -- Hyperbaric Emergencies -- Hyperthermia -- Submersion Injuries -- IMAGING -- Emergency CT Brain Interpretation -- Emergency Ultrasound -- Views of X-rays to Order -- Emergency CT Abdomen and PelvisInterpretation -- Emergency CT Thorax Interpretation -- PHARMACOLOGY -- Prescribing in Pregnancy -- Commonly Used Emergency Drugs in Adults -- Drugs to Avoid in G6PD Deficiency -- PAEDIATRICEMERGENCIES -- Child with Acute Abdominal Pain -- Child with Breathlessness -- Child/Baby, Crying -- Child with Diarrhoea -- Child with Fever -- Child, Fitting -- Child with Vomiting -- Paediatric Asthma -- Bronchiolitis -- Fluid Replacement in Paediatrics -- Newborn Resuscitation in the EmergencyDepartment -- Non-accidental Injury in Paediatrics -- Paediatric Drugs and Equipment -- Trauma, Paediatric -- Child with Altered Mental State -- MISCELLANEOUS USEFUL INFORMATION -- Common Emergency Procedures -- Pain Management and Nerve Blocks -- Procedural Sedation -- Simple Statistics