Essential Accident and Emergency Care

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. Function of the accident and emergency department

   • V. W. Burton

   Pages 1-5

3. The role of the nurse

   • A. H. Davies

   Pages 6-11

4. Wounds

   • V. W. Burton

   Pages 12-25

5. Abdominal emergencies

   • V. W. Burton

   Pages 26-35

6. Soft tissue injuries

   • V. W. Burton

   Pages 36-46

7. Joint injuries

   • V. W. Burton

   Pages 47-57

8. Fractures

   • V. W. Burton

   Pages 58-65

9. Plaster technique

   • V. W. Burton

   Pages 66-76

10. Eye injuries

    • A. H. Davies

    Pages 77-83

11. Ear, nose and throat, and facio-maxillary injuries

    • A. H. Davies

    Pages 84-91

12. Self-inflicted injuries

    • A. H. Davies

    Pages 92-97

13. Infections

    • V. W. Burton

    Pages 98-103

14. Local analgesia

    • J. E. Pring

    Pages 104-117

15. Blood pressure regulation

    • F. Wilson

    Pages 118-129

16. Blood volume maintenance and restoration

    • F. Wilson

    Pages 130-140

17. Respiratory physiology

    • F. Wilson

    Pages 141-164

18. Respiratory obstruction

    • F. Wilson

    Pages 165-181

19. Endotracheal intubation

    • F. Wilson

    Pages 182-196

20. Apparatus for general anesthesia

    • A. Kilpatrick

    Pages 197-205

I felt highly honoured when I was asked to write about the achievements of my late brother, Dr Frank Wilson, MB, BS(Lond.), FF ARCS, DA, DCH, who was the editor of and a contributor to this book. Frank graduated in Medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in 1949 at the early age of 22. Born in Lancaster, his one wish was to return to the North. He held house appointments at Preston, spent his two years of National Service in the Royal Air Force and attained the rank of Squadron Leader. While on National Service, his interests turned to anesthetics, and as Senior Medical Officer on H.M. Troopship 'Devonshire', he developed a love for the sea. Convinced that anesthesia was his career, Frank came to Liverpool and attended the University course in this speciality. The vast experi­ ence he gained in anesthesia in the Liverpool Hospitals and on the Thoracic, Cardiac, Neurosurgical and Paediatric units, ensured his continued interest in resuscitation and neonatal anesthesia, which led him to design a new tracheostomy tube when he was at Alder Hey Children's Hospital. He became Lecturer in Anesthesia at the University of Liverpool and later Consultant Anesthetist to Southmead Hospital, Bristol, and then to the Burnley group of hospitals and to Lancaster in 1966.

• anesthesia
• emergency
• pain
• resuscitation

• Royal Lancaster Infirmary, England

  V. W. Burton, A. H. Davies, A. Kilpatrick, M. B. McIllmurray, J. E. Pring, F. Wilson

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