Medical emergencies
Medical Emergencies -
The most important thing you need to know is advanced life support, since this is the basic for dealing with all these situations.
Emergency Presentations
Emergency Conditions
Cardiovascular Emergencies
- Heart attacks (Myocardial infarction) and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Acute heart failure
- Cardiogenic shock (pump failure).
- Tachycardia - Broad complex and narrow complex
- Cardiac tamponade
Respiratory Emergencies
Neurological Emergencies
Gastrointestinal Emergencies
- Acute appendicitis
- Acute liver failure
- Haematemesis
- Acute pancreatitis
- Upper GI bleeding
- Bowel obstruction
- Strangulated hernia
Metabolic Emergencies
- Acute renal failure
- Addisonian crisis
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- HONK
- Hypopituitary emergencies
- Phaeochromocytoma
- Poisoning
- Thyroid emergencies - thyroid storm and myxoedema coma
