Emergency medicine encompasses a large scope of practice. It concentrates on potentially life or limb threatening illnesses and understanding common conditions.
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Medical emergencies
Trauma
Cardiology
Dermatology
Gastroenterolgy
Neurology
Ophtholmology
Orthopedics
Respirology
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
Urology
Reference
Marx, John (2010). Rosen's emergency medicine: concepts and clinical practice 7th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby/Elsevier. ISBN 9780323054720.
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