AfEM Handbook of Acute and Emergency Care (Medical)

Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Approach to the unstable patient
Part 3: Rapid assessment protocols
Part 4: Disorders by system
A. Cardiovascular system
B. Dental and Oral Surgery
C. Dermatology
D. Ear, nose and throat
E. Environmental emergencies
F. Gastrointestinal
G. Haematology
H. Infectious diseases
I. Metabolic and nutritional
J. Neurology
K. Obstetrics and gynaecology
L. Ophthalmology
M. Orthopaedics
N. Psychiatry
O. Renal and urology
P. Respiratory system
Q. Rheumatology
R. Toxicology
S. Trauma
Part 5: Emergency Ultrasound
Part 6: Procedures
Part 7: Special considerations
A. Process
B. Out of hospital care
C. Disaster medicine
Part 8: Appendix

The AFEM Handbook of Acute and Emergency Care guides the reader through the approach to the patient in a low resource setting (e.g. basic medications and interventions, with a goal to stabilisation and transfer), a moderately resourced setting (e.g. where an x-ray machine and oxygen are available), or a setting with full resources (e.g. with a CT scanner and NIPPV). This unique stratified approach is tailored to the specificities of the African context. This second edition presents updated clinical management recommendations, an expanded section on unstable patients, a new section on palliative care, and several of the new emergency care outputs from WHO.