Handbook of Emergencies in Dermatosurgery is a practical, clinically relevant and concise guide to recognizing and managing the emergencies that may arise before, during or after dermatosurgical procedures, prepared in association with the Association of Cutaneous Surgeons of India.

The vast majority of these procedures are performed under local anesthesia in well-controlled outpatient settings, yet anaphylaxis, excessive bleeding, syncope, cardiac events, airway compromise and systemic toxicity can arise and threaten patient safety. This handbook addresses the general emergency itself alongside the complications specific to each procedure, and includes chapters on handling violent patients, fire hazards in the operation theatre and medicolegal emergencies.

The chapters follow the whole continuum of patient safety — preoperative risk assessment, intraoperative vigilance, emergency recognition, crisis management, postoperative surveillance and algorithm-based prevention and intervention — with chapters contributed by neurologists, cardiologists, ophthalmologists and psychiatrists where the emergency crosses specialty lines.

• Each chapter is structured to deliver actionable insights distilled from current evidence, clinical guidelines and personal experience, with key preventive strategies included alongside the management.
• The fundamentals section sets up the clinic before anything goes wrong — preoperative risk assessment and patient selection, patient assessment in an emergency, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and basic life support, and the emergency equipment and medications a dermatologic surgery setting should stock.
• Procedure-related chapters map the specific risks of the procedures now in routine use, from dermal fillers and botulinum toxin to lasers, energy-based devices, fat grafting, flap surgery, hair transplant, sclerotherapy, thread lifts and vitiligo surgery.
• Special-population chapters give dosing and management considerations for paediatric, geriatric and pregnant patients.
• A closing quick-guide section reduces the commonest crises — loss of consciousness, breathing difficulty and seizure — to flowcharts that can be followed under pressure.

Key Features:

• 43 chapters across 6 sections: fundamentals, general emergencies, procedure-related emergencies, special populations, safe practice, and quick guides with flowcharts.
• Emergency drug protocols, practical algorithms and procedural checklists that can be implemented in everyday clinical practice.
• Chapters close on Key Points and references, with boxes setting out procedure-specific complications.
• A safe-practice section covering checklists for safe surgical practice, medicolegal considerations, handling aggressive violent patients, and handling police complaints and court cases.
• Cross-specialty contributions from neurologists, cardiologists, ophthalmologists and psychiatrists.