Emergency medicine encompasses a large scope of practice. It concentrates on potentially life or limb threatening illnesses and understanding common conditions.

[edit] Medical emergencies

• Resuscitation

• Advanced cardiac life support
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support

[edit] Trauma

• Advanced Trauma Life Support
  • ABC (medicine)
  • Pneumothorax
  • Pericardial tamponade
  • Shock

[edit] Cardiology

• Chest pain
  • Coronary artery disease
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Pericarditis
• Congestive heart failure

[edit] Dermatology

• Toxic epidermal necrolysis(TEN)
• Aphthous ulcers
• Scabies

[edit] Gastroenterolgy

• Abdominal pain
• Gastroenteritis / diarrhea
• Hemorrhoids

[edit] Neurology

• Stroke
• Intracranial hemorrhage

[edit] Ophtholmology

• Glaucoma

[edit] Orthopedics

• Fracture (bone)

[edit] Respirology

• Asthma
• VURTI
• Sinusitis

[edit] Environment and Toxicology

• Environmental medicine
  • Frostbite
  • Accidental hypothermia
  • Heat illness
  • Electrical and lightning injuries
  • Scuba diving hazards and dysbarism
  • High altitude medicine
  • Drowning
  • Radiation injuries
• Toxicology
  • Overdose
  • Acetaminophen overdose
  • Aspirin overdose and other NSAIDs
  • Anticholinergics
  • Antidepressants
  • Cardiovascular drugs (Beta blockers, Calcium channel blockers)
  • Caustics
  • Sympathomimetics and cocaine
  • Toxic alcohols (Methanol, Ethylene glycol
  • Hallucinogens
  • Heavy metals
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Inhaled toxins
  • Lithium
  • Antipsychotics
  • Opioids
  • Pesticides
  • Plants, mushrooms, herbal medications
  • Sedative hypnotics

[edit] Urology

• Priapism

[edit] Reference

Marx, John (2010). Rosen's emergency medicine: concepts and clinical practice 7th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby/Elsevier. ISBN 9780323054720. 

[edit] External links

• "www.cfpc.ca". http://www.cfpc.ca/local/files/Education/CoreFamilyMed-ResidencyPrograms.pdf. 

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