Section A General principles

Chapter 1 Approach to the diagnosis and management of on-call problems
Chapter 2 Professionalism and teamwork
Chapter 3 Documentation and communication
Chapter 4 Ethical and legal considerations
Chapter 5 Death, dying and breaking bad news
Chapter 6 Transferring the unwell patient
Chapter 7 Junior Doctor Health

Section B Emergency calls

Chapter 8 The critically ill patient
Chapter 9 Cardiac arrest
Chapter 10 Acute airway failure
Chapter 11 Acute respiratory failure
Chapter 12 Acute circulatory failure
Chapter 13 Disability: acute neurological failure
Chapter 14 Environment, exposure and examination
Chapter 15 Hospital-based emergency response code

Section C Common calls

Chapter 16 Shortness of breath, cough and haemoptysis
Chapter 17 Chest pain
Chapter 18 Heart rate and rhythm disorders
Chapter 19 Hypotension
Chapter 20 Hypertension
Chapter 21 Altered mental status
Chapter 22 Collapse, syncope and mechanical falls
Chapter 23 Falls
Chapter 24 Headache
Chapter 25 Seizures
Chapter 26 Weakness and dizziness
Chapter 27 Abdominal pain
Chapter 28 Postoperative ward calls
Chapter 29 Altered bowel habit
Chapter 30 Gastrointestinal bleeding
Chapter 31 Haematuria
Chapter 32 Decreased urine output and acute kidney injury
Chapter 33 Frequency and polyuria
Chapter 34 Leg pain
Chapter 35 Febrile patient
Chapter 36 Skin rashes including allergic reactions
Chapter 37 Transfusion reactions

Section D Investigations

Chapter 38 Electrocardiogram
Chapter 39 Chest X-ray
Chapter 40 Abdominal X-ray
Chapter 41 CT head scan
Chapter 42 Urinalysis
Chapter 43 Acid–base disorders
Chapter 44 Glucose disorders
Chapter 45 Sodium disorders
Chapter 46 Potassium disorders
Chapter 47 Calcium disorders
Chapter 48 Anaemia
Chapter 49 Coagulation disorders

Section E Practical procedures

Chapter 50 General preparation for a practical procedure
Chapter 51 Infection control and standard precautions
Chapter 52 Blood cultures
¿¿¿¿Chapter 53 Peripheral venous cannulation
Chapter 54 Basic USS
Chapter 55 Arterial puncture
Chapter 56 Administering an injection
Chapter 57 Local anaesthetic infiltration
Chapter 58 Nasogastric tube insertion
Chapter 59 Urinary catheterisation
Chapter 60 Paracentesis
Chapter 61 Pleural tap
Chapter 62 Chest drain insertion and removal
Chapter 63 Lumbar puncture
Chapter 64 Joint aspiration¿¿
Chapter 65 Cardiac monitoring and the electrocardiograph
Chapter 66 Defibrillation
Chapter 67 Electrical cardioversion (DC reversion)
Chapter 68 Transthoracic cardiac pacing

Section F Formulary

Chapter 69 On-call formulary

Section G Laboratory values

Chapter 70 Normal laboratory ranges
Index