- Presentations
- Types of emergencies Blood Children Endocrine Environmental Eyes Gastrointestinal Genitourinary Heart and blood vessels Infectious disease Inflammatory Injury Lungs and airway Nervous system Pregnancy Psychiatric Skin Toxicological Gynecologic
- Emergency medical care Critical care Life support Environmental medicine
- Branches of emergency medicine Contributory fields
- Emergency medical system Emergency medical services Emergency medical facilities Emergency medical professionals
- Tools and equipment Drugs
- History
- Journals
- Organizations
- See also
- References
- External links
{{Short description|1=Overview of and topical guide to emergency medicine}}The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to emergency medicine: Emergency medicine – medical specialty involving care for undifferentiated, unscheduled patients with acute illnesses or injuries that require immediate medical attention. While not usually providing long-term or continuing care, emergency physicians undertake acute investigations and interventions to resuscitate and stabilize patients. Emergency physicians generally practice in hospital emergency departments, pre-hospital settings via emergency medical services, and intensive care units. {{TOC limit|3}} Presentations - Abdominal pain
- Altered level of consciousness
- Back pain
- Chest pain
- Coma
- Confusion
- Constipation
- Cyanosis
- Diarrhea
- Dizziness
- Dyspnea
- Fever
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Headache
- Hemoptysis
- Jaundice
- Nausea and vomiting
- Pelvic pain
- Seizure
- Sore throat
- Syncope
- Testicular pain
- Vaginal bleeding
- Vertigo
- Weakness
Types of emergencies Listed below are conditions that constitute a possible medical emergency and may require immediate first aid, emergency room care, surgery, or care by a physician or nurse. Not all medical emergencies are life-threatening; some conditions require medical attention in order to prevent significant and long-lasting effects on physical or mental health. Blood - Anemia
- Polycythemia
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Children Endocrine - Acid base disorder
- Diabetes mellitus
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Thyroid storm
- Adrenal crisis
- Acute renal failure
- Addisonian crisis
- Dehydration
- Diabetic coma
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Hypoglycemic coma
- Electrolyte disturbance
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Hypercalcemic crisis
- Lactic acidosis
- Malnutrition and starvation
- Pheochromocytoma
Environmental - Accidental hypothermia
- Drowning
- Electric shock and lightning injuries
- Frostbite
- Heat illness
- Radiation injuries
- Scuba diving hazards and dysbarism
Eyes - Acute angle-closure glaucoma
- Giant-cell arteritis
- Orbital perforation or penetration
- Retinal detachment
Gastrointestinal - Appendicitis
- Biliary colic
- Cholecystitis
- Gastroenteritis
- Small bowel obstruction
- Crohn's disease
Genitourinary - Acute prostatitis
- Paraphimosis
- Priapism
- Testicular torsion
- Urinary retention
- Renal failure
- Sexually transmitted infection
Heart and blood vessels - Acute coronary syndrome
- Air embolism (arterial)
- Aortic aneurysm (ruptured)
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Aortic dissection
- Bleeding
- Hypovolemia
- Cardiac arrest
- Cardiac arrhythmia
- Ventricular fibrillation
- Supraventricular tachycardia
- Cardiac tamponade
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Heart block
- Heart failure
- Hypertensive emergency
- Infectious endocarditis
- Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
- Myocarditis
- Pericarditis
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Pulmonary embolism
- Valvular heart disease
Infectious disease - HIV/AIDS
- Cellulitis
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Osteomyelitis
- Rabies
- Sepsis
- Septic arthritis
- Tuberculosis
- Meningitis
- Cholera
- Ear infection
- Gas gangrene
- Lyme disease
- Malaria
- Neutropenic sepsis
- Salmonella poisoning
Inflammatory - Allergy
- Anaphylaxis
- Arthritis
- Bursitis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Vasculitis
Injury - Abdominal trauma
- Nose bleed
- Appendicitis
- Ballistic trauma (gunshot wound)
- Bite
- Bone fracture
- Burns
- Chest trauma
- Child abuse
- Domestic abuse
- Facial trauma
- Flail chest
- Foreign body
- Fulminant colitis
- Head injury
- Hyperthermia (including heat stroke or sunstroke)
- Hypothermia or frostbite
- Intestinal obstruction
- Pancreatitis
- Peritonitis
- Polytrauma
- Ruptured spleen
- Sexual assault
- Spinal disc herniation
- Spinal injury
- Sensorineural hearing loss
- Traumatic brain injury
- Wound
Lungs and airway - Agonal breathing
- Asphyxia
- Angioedema
- Choking
- Drowning
- Smoke inhalation
- Asthma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Epiglottitis
- Pleurisy
- Pneumonia
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary embolism
- Respiratory failure
- Upper respiratory infection
Nervous system - Spinal-cord injury
- Cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
- Delirium
- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
- Seizures
- Status epilepticus
- Epilepsy
- Serotonin syndrome
- Status migrainosus
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Subdural hematoma
Pregnancy - Ectopic pregnancy
- Eclampsia
- Pre-eclampsia
- Fetal distress
- Obstetrical bleeding
- Placental abruption
- Prolapsed cord
- Puerperal sepsis
- Shoulder dystocia
- Uterine rupture
Psychiatric - Anxiety
- Attempted suicide
- Excited delirium
- Homicidal ideation
- Mood disorder
- Psychomotor agitation
- Psychotic episode
- Somatoform disorder
- Suicidal ideation
- Thought disorder
Skin - Acute urticaria
- Angioedema
- Erythema multiforme major
- Kasabach–Merritt syndrome
Toxicological {{Further|Toxicology}}- Overdose
- Acetaminophen overdose
- Aspirin overdose and other NSAIDs
- Poisoning
- Beta blocker toxicity
- Calcium channel blocker toxicity
- Ethylene glycol poisoning
- Food poisoning
Gynecologic - Gynecologic hemorrhage
- Ovarian torsion
Emergency medical care - First aid
- Golden hour
- Triage
Critical care - Acute Care of at-Risk Newborns (ACoRN)
- Airway management
- Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CCrISP)
- Mechanical ventilation
- Shock
- Resuscitation
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Advanced Trauma Life Support(ATLS)
Life support - Basic life support (BLS)
- Advanced life support
- Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS)
- Advanced trauma life support (ATLS)
- ABC (medicine)
- Pneumothorax
- Pericardial tamponade
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Environmental medicine Environmental medicine- High altitude medicine
- Travel medicine
- Mass-gathering medicine
Branches of emergency medicine - Emergency medical services
- Emergency nursing
- Emergency psychiatry
- International emergency medicine
- Pediatric emergency medicine
- Pre-hospital emergency medicine
- Social emergency medicine
Contributory fields Emergency medicine is multidiciplinary – due to the diversity of medical emergencies encountered, emergency medicine relies heavily upon the knowledge and procedures of many medical specialties, including: - Critical care medicine
- Disaster medicine
- Hospice care
- Hyperbaric medicine
- Pain management
- Palliative care
- Sports medicine
- Ultrasound
- Wilderness medicine
Emergency medical system - Emergency telephone number
Emergency medical services Emergency medical services- Ambulance
- Emergency medical dispatch
- Medical Priority Dispatch System (US)
- Computer-aided call handling (US)
- Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System (UK)
- Emergency medical technician
- Paramedic
Emergency medical facilities - Emergency department
- Poison control center
- Trauma center
Emergency medical professionals - Emergency physician
- Emergency nurse
- Emergency medical technician
- Paramedic
Tools and equipment Emergency medical equipment- Bag valve mask (BVM)
- Chest tube
- Defibrillation (AED
- ICD)
- Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)
- Intraosseous infusion (IO)
- Intravenous therapy (IV)
- Tracheal intubation
- Laryngeal tube
- Combitube
- Nasopharyngeal airway (NPA)
- Oropharyngeal airway (OPA)
- Pocket mask
Drugs - Atropine
- Amiodarone
- Epinephrine / Adrenaline
- Magnesium sulfate
History - History of the ambulance
- History of emergency medical services
Journals - Critical Care Medicine
- Intensive Care Medicine
- Military Medicine
- Shock
- Trauma
- Academic Emergency Medicine
- American Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Annals of Emergency Medicine
- Annals of Intensive Care
- Critical Care Clinics
- Emergency Medicine Australasia
- Emergency Medicine Journal
- Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
- Injury Prevention
- Journal of Critical Care
- Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock
- Journal of Emergency Nursing
- Journal of Injury and Violence Research
- Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Prehospital Emergency Care
- The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Organizations - American Board of Emergency Medicine
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine
- Asian Society for Emergency Medicine
- Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
- British Association for Immediate Care
- Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
- Emergency Nurses Association
- European Resuscitation Council
- European Society of Emergency Medicine
- International Federation for Emergency Medicine
- International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation
- Resuscitation Council
- Royal College of Emergency Medicine
See also References {{cite book |title=Rosen's emergency medicine: concepts and clinical practice 7th edition |last=Marx |first=John |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2010 |publisher=Mosby/Elsevier |location=Philadelphia, PA |isbn=978-0-323-05472-0 |page= |url= }} External links {{sisterlinks|Emergency medicine}}- {{cite web |url=http://www.cfpc.ca/local/files/Education/CoreFamilyMed-ResidencyPrograms.pdf |title=www.cfpc.ca |format= |work= |accessdate=}}
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- {{cite web |url=http://www.wikem.org |title=WikEM: The Global Emergency Medicine Wiki |format= |work= |accessdate=}}
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