Main description:

2015 BMA Medical Book Awards Highly Commended in Surgery Category! Now fully revised and updated, Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine provides clear and consistent coverage of this rapidly evolving specialty. Building on the success of previous editions, it covers all the major topics that present to the trainee doctor in the emergency department. It will also prove invaluable to the range of other professionals working in this setting - including nurse specialists and paramedics - who require concise, highly practical guidance, incorporating latest best practice and current guidelines.

For the first time this edition now comes with a complete and enhanced electronic version, providing a richer learning experience and making rapid reference easier than ever before, anytime, anywhere.

Contents:

Section 1 Resuscitation

Section 2 Critical care

Section 3 Trauma

Section 4 Orthopaedic emergencies

Section 5 Cardiovascular emergencies

Section 6 Respiratory emergencies

Section 7 Digestive emergencies

Section 8 Neurology emergencies

Section 9 Infectious disease emergencies

Section 10 Genitourinary emergencies

Section 11 Endocrine emergencies

Section 12 Metabolic emergencies

Section 13 Haematology emergencies

Section 14 Rheumatology and musculoskeletal emergencies

Section 15 Dermatology emergencies

Section 16 Ocular emergencies

Section 17 Dental emergencies

Section 18 ENT emergencies

Section 19 Obstetrics & gynaecology emergencies

Section 20 Psychiatric emergencies

Section 21 Challenging situations

Section 22 Pain relief

Section 23 Emergency imaging

Section 24 Academic emergency medicine

Section 25 Emergency medicine and the law

Section 26 Emergency and medical systems

Section 27 Administration

Section 28 Environmental emergencies

Section 29 Toxicology emergencies

Section 30 Toxinology emergencies

Index