Emergency medicine and trauma

Pathophysiology of trauma

• Shock and cardiovascular physiology
• Metabolic response to injury
• Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

Initial assessment of the trauma patient

• Principles of pre-hospital care
• Major incident triage
• Clinical assessment
• Scoring systems
• Resuscitation after trauma
• Airway and ventilation

Management of the unconscious patient

• Head injuries
• Intracranial haematomas
• Assessment and resuscitation of the comatose patient
• Cardiac arrest and resuscitation

Traumatic wounds

• Principles of management
• Gunshot and blast injuries
• Stab wounds
• Human and animal bites

Management of skin loss

• The wound
• Skin grafts
• Skin flaps

Traumatic oedema and compartment syndrome

• Pathogenesis, physiology, diagnosis and treatment

Environmental emergencies

• Hypothermia
• Heat exhaustion
• Management of radiation incident

Miscellaneous

• Acute loss of vision
• Red eye
• Hepatitis B and HIV