Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine

1. Resuscitation
2. Critical care
3. Trauma
4. Orthopaedic emergencies
5. Cardiovascular emergencies
6. Respiratory emergencies
7. Digestive emergencies
8. Neurology emergencies
9. Infectious disease emergencies
10. Genitourinary emergencies
11. Endocrine emergencies
12. Metabolic emergencies
13. Haematology emergencies
14. Rheumatology and musculoskeletal emergencies
15. Dermatology emergencies
16. Ocular emergencies
17. Dental emergencies
18. ENT emergencies
19. Obstetrics and gynaecology emergencies
20. Psychiatric emergencies
21. Challenging situations
22. Pain relief
23. Emergency imaging
24. Environmental emergencies
25. Toxicology emergencies
26. Toxinology emergencies
27. Academic emergency medicine
28. Emergency medicine and the law
29. Emergency and medical systems
30. Administration

Description

The Sixth Edition of this well-known and authoritative textbook provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of Adult Emergency Medicine. It is an invaluable guide for trainees and other health professionals, including nurse specialists and paramedics, offering concise and practical guidance based on the latest best practices and evidence-based guidelines. Originally published over 25 years ago, this title has been regularly updated to keep pace with current clinical practice.

All major topics encountered in the emergency department are covered and updated to reflect recent developments in this constantly evolving specialty. Chapters are concise and practical, with key points and controversial areas clearly highlighted to support learning and clinical decision-making.

The textbook also addresses complex and often challenging aspects of emergency medicine, including death and dying, management of difficult patients, ethics, providing testimony, and domestic violence. In addition, it covers governance, training, research, and organizational topics such as disaster planning and response, humanitarian emergencies, and refugee medicine, providing a comprehensive framework for understanding modern emergency care systems.

This textbook remains a vital resource for anyone involved in the practice of emergency medicine.

Key Features

• Practical guide covering a broad range of conditions encountered in emergency medicine.
• Clinically oriented and thoroughly updated by a team of expert editors.
• Concise, readable chapters suitable for trainee doctors, emergency medicine nurses, and urgent care professionals.
• Key points and highlighted controversial areas support deeper learning.
• Supports interpretation of diagnostic images in emergency medicine.

New to this edition

• Fully refreshed to reflect the latest evidence and clinical practice.
• New content on resuscitation, critical care, trauma, cardiology, pandemic preparedness and infection control.
• Expanded coverage of emergency care in humanitarian crises, wellness, resilience, and performance in emergency medicine.
• Updated images reflecting new technologies, with additional images available in the eBook.