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  Minor burns can occur anytime while working in the kitchen or accidents can happen with young kids. Immediate first aid management of burn...

Shock is a condition of severe impairment of tissue perfusion leading to cellular injury and dysfunction. Rapid recognition and treatme...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by chronic airflow limitation due to impedance to expiratory airflow, muco...

Acute severe asthma (also referred to in Latin as status asthmaticus, or asthmatic status) is an acute exacerbation of asthma that doe...

Make an initial assessment of the severity of acute asthma based upon a combination of clinical features,  peak flow measurement and...

The normal adult respiratory rate is 11–18/min, with a tidal volume of 400–800mL. Acute dyspnoea That is difficult or labored breathing ...

The goal of therapy is to prevent further embolic episodes, and heparin is the initial drug of choice for accomplishing this. First,...

Haemoptysis (Blood In Sputum) may be the chief or sole complaint of patients presenting to the emergency department or their family doc...

Mild to massive and usually painless bleeding due to a tear in the mucosa or submucosa of the cardia or lower esophagus characterizes ...

Bear the following points in mind when managing a hypertensive patient in the Emergency Department: • Most patients with hypertension a...

In hypovolemic shock, reduced intravascular blood volume causes circulatory dysfunction and inadequate tissue perfusion. Without suffi...

Poisonous snakebites are most common during summer afternoons in grassy or rocky habitats. Poisonous snakebites are medical emergencie...

Introduction Also called consumption coagulopathy and defibrination syndrome, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) occurs as ...

When an electric current passes through the body, the damage it does depends on the intensity of the current (amperes, milliamperes, o...

Introduction: Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is an acute exotoxin-mediated infection caused by the anaerobic, spore-forming, gram-po...

Traumatic amputation involves the accidental loss of a body part, usually a finger, a toe, an arm, or a leg. In complete amputation, th...

Abdominal aneurysm, an abnormal dilation in the arterial wall generally occurs in the aorta between the renal arteries and iliac bran...

A major burn is a horrifying injury, necessitating painful treatment and a long period of rehabilitation. It’s often fatal or permanen...

Head injury can be defined as any alteration in mental or physical functioning related to a blow to the head. Loss of consciousness d...

A hypertensive emergency (formerly called “malignant hypertension”) is severe hypertension (high blood pressure) with acute impairme...