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abdominal abscess accident and emergency acute admission admitted to hospital airway ambulance anaesthesia anaesthetic analgesics antibiotic arterial associated bleeding blood pressure bone burns cardiac cause Chapter chest chronic clinical common concussion condition cubicle damage diagnosis diazepam disease dislocation doctor dose drugs emergency department examination facial finger fluid foreign body fracture haematoma haemorrhage head injury headache hydrocortisone hypoglycaemia hypotension hypoxia illness immediately incision indicated infection infusion initial intracranial intravenous involved joint lateral lesion ligament limb metacarpophalangeal joint minutes muscle myocardial infarction nail nasal necessary neck nerve neurological normal nurses observation ward obstruction occasionally occur oedema onset oxygen pain patient pneumothorax possible present pulmonary pulmonary embolism removed require respiratory result resuscitation rupture severe signs skin spine splint staff surgeon surgical suture symptoms tachycardia tenderness tendon tetanus therapy tissue tracheotomy trauma treatment trolley ulcer usually ventilation ventricular ventricular fibrillation vomiting wound x-ray