Outline of emergency medicine

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to emergency medicine:

Emergency medicine – medical specialty involving care for undifferentiated, unscheduled patients with acute illnesses or injuries that require immediate medical attention. While not usually providing long-term or continuing care, emergency physicians undertake acute investigations and interventions to resuscitate and stabilize patients. Emergency physicians generally practice in hospital emergency departments, pre-hospital settings via emergency medical services, and intensive care units.

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Listed below are conditions that constitute a possible medical emergency and may require immediate first aid, emergency room care, surgery, or care by a physician or nurse. Not all medical emergencies are life-threatening; some conditions require medical attention in order to prevent significant and long-lasting effects on physical or mental health.

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Acute coronary syndrome
Air embolism (arterial)
Aortic aneurysm (ruptured)
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Aortic dissection
Bleeding
- Internal bleeding
Hypovolemia
Cardiac arrest
Cardiac arrhythmia
- Ventricular fibrillation
- Supraventricular tachycardia
Cardiac tamponade
Deep vein thrombosis
Heart block
Heart failure
Hypertensive emergency
Infectious endocarditis
Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
Myocarditis
Pericarditis
Peripheral vascular disease
Pulmonary embolism
Valvular heart disease

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Abdominal trauma
Nose bleed
Appendicitis
Ballistic trauma (gunshot wound)
Bite
Blunt trauma
Bone fracture
Burns
Chest trauma
Child abuse
Domestic abuse
Facial trauma
Flail chest
Foreign body
Fulminant colitis
Head injury
Hyperthermia (including heat stroke or sunstroke)
- Malignant hyperthermia
Hypothermia or frostbite
Intestinal obstruction
Pancreatitis
Peritonitis
Polytrauma
Ruptured spleen
Sexual assault
Spinal disc herniation
Spinal injury
Sensorineural hearing loss
Traumatic brain injury
Wound

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Acute kidney injury

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Emergency medicine is multidisciplinary – due to the diversity of medical emergencies encountered, emergency medicine relies heavily upon the knowledge and procedures of many medical specialties, including:

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Marx, John (2010). Rosen's emergency medicine: concepts and clinical practice 7th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby/Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-323-05472-0.