Common Simple Emergencies

(agk) Library – Diaper Rash chapter added 16 Jan 2021

from Buttaravoli & Stair: COMMON SIMPLE EMERGENCIES ©
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

About this book

Note: Common Simple Emergencies was last updated in the late 1990s. I use it because its discussion is excellent and emergency medicine changes slowly.

To check current practice, search the global emergency medicine wiki (offsite link). To check historic practice, search Henriette's herbal homepage (offsite link) for results from editions of The Eclectic Practice of Medicine by Thomas (1907) or Ellingwood (1910).

NEUROLOGIC

• Vasovagal syncope (faint, swoon)
• Hyperventilation
• Minor head trauma (“concussion”)
• Seizures (convulsions, fits)
• Hysterical coma or seizure
• Dystonic drug reaction
• Tension headache
• Migraine headache
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Weakness
• Vertigo (“dizzy, lightheaded”)
• Bell’s palsy (facial weakness)

OPHTHALMOLOGIC

• Periorbital ecchymosis (black eye)
• Conjunctivitis
• Iritis
• Conjunctival foreign body
• Corneal foreign body
• Corneal abrasion
• Periorbital and conjuncival edema
• Subconjunctival hemorrhage
• Ultraviolet keratoconjunctivitis
• Hordeolum (sty)
• Contact lens irritation, contamination, overuse
• Removal of dislocated contact lens
• Complete eye exam

EAR NOSE THROAT

• Cerumen impaction (ear wax blockage)
• Otitis externa (swimmer’s ear)
• Otitis media
• Perforated tympanic membrane (ear drum)
• Foreign body in ear
• Serous otitis media
• Split earlobe
• Epistaxis (nosebleed)
• Foreign body in nose
• Nose fracture
• Sinusitis
• Pharyngitis (sore throat)
• Foreign body in throat
• Mononucleosis (glandular fever)

ORAL & DENTAL

• Temperomandibular joint pain
• Jaw dislocation
• Lacerations of the mouth
• Aphthous ulcer (canker sore)
• Oral herpes simplex (cold sore)
• Sialolithiasis (salivary duct stone)
• Gingivitis
• Oral candidiasis (thrush)
• Perleche (angular chelitis)
• Burning tongue
• Mucocele (mucous cyst)
• Uvular edema
• Avulsed tooth
• Dental trauma
• Bleeding after dental surgery
• Dental pain post extraction (dry socket)
• Dental pain – pulpitis
• Dental pain – abscess
• Dental pain – periconitis
• Oral nerve blocks
• Orthodontic complications

PULMONARY & THORACIC

• Upper respiratory infection (cold)
• Rib fracture/costocondral separation
• Costochondritis
• Tear gas exposure
• Inhalation injury

GASTROINTESTINAL

• Singultus (hiccups)
• Esophageal food bolus obstruction (steakhouse syndrome)
• Swallowed foreign body
• Innocuous ingestions
• Poison center phone numbers
• Food poisoning – staphylococcal
• Diarrhea
• Gas pain and constipation
• Enterobiasis (threadworms, pinworms)
• Hemorrhoids (piles)
• Anal fissure
• Rectal foreign body

UROLOGIC

• Lower urinary tract infection (cystitis)
• Upper urinary tract infection (pyelonephritis)
• Colorful urine
• Urethritis (drip)
• Gonorrhea (clap)
• Genital herpes simplex
• Epididymitis
• Prostatitis
• Urinary retention
• Phimosis and paraphimosis
• Blunt scrotal trauma

GYNECOLOGIC

• Dysmenorrhea (menstrual cramps)
• Vaginal bleeding
• Vaginitis
• Vaginal foreign body
• Bartholin abscess
• Contact vulvovaginitis
• Genital warts (condylomata accuminata)
• “Morning after” contraception
• Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)

MUSCULOSKELETAL

• Cervical strain (whiplash)
• Torticollis (wry neck)
• Collarbone (clavicle) fracture
• Acromio-clavicular (shoulder) separation
• Shoulder dislocation
• Acute lumbar strain (low back pain)
• Coccyx fracture (broken tail bone)
• Fibromyaglia (trigger points)
• Acute monarticular arthritis
• Acute gouty arthritis
• Bursitis
• Ligament sprains (including joint capsule injuries)
• Ankle sprain
• Knee sprain
• Muscle strains and tears
• Traumatic effusion (could not find)
• Subluxation of the head of the radius (nursemaid’s elbow)
• Radial head fracture
• Radial neuropathy (Saturday night palsy)
• Cheiralgia paresthetica (handcuff neuropathy)
• Carpal tunnel sydrome
• Thumb tenosynovitis (DeQuervain’s)
• Scaphoid (carpal navicular) fracture
• Skipole or gamekeeper’s thumb
• Ganglion cysts
• Finger (PIP Joint) Dislocation
• Extensor tendon avulsion – distal phalynx (mallet finger)
• “Plantaris” tendon rupture
• Broken toe

SOFT TISSUE

• Simple laceration
• Superficial fingertip avulsion
• Nail root dislocation
• Finger or toenail avulsion
• Ring removal
• Nailbed laceration
• Subungual hematoma
• Subungual ecchymosis
• Foreign body beneath nail
• Paronychia
• Digital nerve block
• A simple finger tip dressing
• Bicycle spoke injury
• Needle (foreign body) in foot
• Puncture wounds
• Minor impalement injuries
• Fishhook removal
• Traumatic tattoos and abrasions
• Bites
• Tetanus prophylaxis
• Rabies prophylaxis
• Marine envenomations

SKIN

• Rhus dermatitis (poison ivy, oak, sumac)
• Sunburn
• Partial thickness burns
• Frostbite
• Hymenoptera envenomations (bee stings)
• Superficial sliver
• Pencil point puncture
• Subcutaneous foreign body
• Tick removal
• Cutaneous abscess or pustule
• Erysipelas, cellulitis and lymphangitis
• Pyogenic granuloma (proud flesh)
• Zipper caught on penis or chin
• Contusion (bruise)
• Urticaria (hives)
• Pityriasis rosea
• Tinea (athlete’s foot, ringworm)
• Herpes zoster (shingles)
• Pediculosis (lice, crabs)
• Scabies
• Impetigo
• Diaper rash

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