Main description:

Covers the most common conditions seen in an out-of-hours primary care or urgent medical care setting.

Urgent and Out-of-Hours Primary Care provides practical guidance on the diagnosis and management of the acute medical conditions seen most commonly in an out-of-hours setting.

Covers over 200 acute medical conditions commonly encountered when working in an urgent and primary care setting
Colour photographs provide the reader with further important information on assessing patients presenting with acute medical conditions
Key 'red flag' features are highlighted in boxes
The latest guidance and prescribing information is provided
Uses a consistent approach: each condition features discussions of presentation, assessment and management
Offers practical guidance on how to use telephone triage, video consultations and home visits effectively
Assumes access to basic diagnostic aids only
Provides differential diagnoses by symptom
Indicates when to refer to hospital and when to order an emergency ambulance

This book is aimed at GPs, GP trainees, doctors, medical students, nurses, paramedics, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals involved in providing urgent and out-of-hours primary care to patients.

Contents:

Index of conditions

Index of conditions by symptom

Preface

Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Medico-legal aspects of providing out-of-hours medical care

Chapter 2: Telephone consultations and telephone triage

Chapter 3: Video consultations

Chapter 4: Home visits

Chapter 5: Head injuries

Chapter 6: Acute injuries, bites and wounds

Chapter 7: Cardiovascular

Chapter 8: Respiratory

Chapter 9: Neurology

Chapter 10: Endocrinology

Chapter 11: Gastroenterology

Chapter 12: Ophthalmology

Chapter 13: Mental health

Chapter 14: Poisoning, overdose and foreign body ingestion

Chapter 15: ENT

Chapter 16: Musculoskeletal

Chapter 17: Women's health

Chapter 18: Men's health

Chapter 19: Paediatrics

Chapter 20: Cancer/palliative care

Chapter 21: Safeguarding and non-accidental injury

Chapter 22: Basic life support

Chapter 23: Confirmation of life extinct

Glossary