Marshall & Ruedy's On Call: Principles & Protocols

Table of Contents:
Section A - General Principles Approach to the diagnosis and management of on-call problems Professionalism and teamwork Documentation and communication Ethical and legal considerations Death, dying and breaking bad news Transferring the unwell patient Junior doctors’ health and wellbeing Section B - Emergency Calls Critically ill patient Cardiac arrest Acute airway failure Acute respiratory failure Acute circulatory failure Disability: acute neurological failure Environment, exposure and examination Hospital-based emergency response codes Section C - Common Calls Shortness of breath, cough and haemoptysis Chest pain Heart rate and rhythm disorders Hypotension Hypertension Altered mental status Collapse including syncope Falls Headache Seizures Weakness and dizziness Abdominal pain Postoperative ward calls Altered bowel habit Gastrointestinal bleeding Haematuria Decreased urine output and acute kidney injury Frequency and polyuria Leg pain Febrile patient Skin rashes Transfusion reactions Section D - Investigations Electrocardiogram Urinalysis Arterial and venous blood gases Chest X-ray Abdominal X-ray CT head scan Hyper- and hypoglycaemia Hyper- and hyponatraemia Hyper- and hypokalaemia Hyper- and hypocalcaemia Anaemia Coagulation disorders Section E - Practical Procedures General preparation for a practical procedure Infection control and standard precautions Blood cultures Peripheral venous cannulation Basic ultrasound and difficult peripheral cannulation Arterial puncture Administering an injection Local anaesthetic infiltration Nasogastric tube insertion Urinary catheterisation Paracentesis Pleural tap Chest drain insertion and removal Lumbar puncture Joint aspiration Cardiac monitoring and the electrocardiograph Defibrillation Electrical cardioversion (DC reversion) Transthoracic cardiac pacing Section F - Formulary On-call formulary Analgesics and local anaesthetics Cardiovascular Respiratory and allergy Gastrointestinal Neurological Psychotropics Antimicrobials Endocrine and metabolic Genitourinary Antidotes Section G - Laboratory Values Normal laboratory ranges

About the Author :
Professor Tony Brown has written extensively in the medical literature, including a bestselling handbook on emergency medicine now in its eighth edition. He holds a Professorial academic teaching title at the University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, and still works full-time in clinical emergency medicine. He was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) in 2018, "For significant service to emergency medicine as a clinician, author and educator". His teaching awards include the inaugural Teaching Excellence Award 2001 at the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine; the Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award 2001 at the Royal Brisbane Hospital; the Outstanding Teaching Award 2015 at the Royal Brisbane Clinical School, University of Queensland; and The Michael Perera Teaching Award, Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit, Phase 2 MD Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland in 2021. Mike Cadogan (sandnsurf) has a special interest in medical education, AI-powered medical informatics and the integration of social media with healthcare. He designs and implements web-based online education programs for undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is the co-founder of LITFL.com, and consultant for Medmastery.com and PMcardio.com. Professor Tony Celenza is the Head of the Discipline of Emergency Medicine at the UWA Medical School, and Director of Clinical Research in the Emergency Department of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. He has been Director of the UWA MD Program and has designed and conducts courses in Airway, Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Neurological, Orthopaedic, and Wilderness Emergencies for rural practitioners, medical students, and emergency trainees. He is passionate about medical education and has received several international, national and local awards for excellence in education and teaching. Associate Professor Viet Tran is a clinician, researcher, educator, and patient advocate. He is founder and director of the Tasmanian Emergency Medicine Research (TASER) Institute, where he inspires patient care through an evidence-based and data-driven approach. He is also the founder of Doctorswriting.com . He was awarded the Early Career Research Award 2022, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania; and the Vice Chancellors Award for Teaching Excellence in 2023, University of Tasmania.