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Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine

  • 4th Edition - April 1, 2014
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: George Jelinek, Anne-Maree Kelly, Anthony F. T. Brown
  • Editors: Peter Cameron, Mark Little
  • Language: English

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 t… Read more

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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.

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Key features

  • Updates throughout reflect latest practice developments, curricula requirements and essential guidelines

  • Key point boxes highlight topic ‘essentials’ as well as controversial areas of treatment

  • An expanded list of leading international contributors ensures comprehensive coverage and maximizes worldwide relevance

  • New and enhanced coverage of important and topical areas - including latest imaging in emergency medicine; organ donation; massive transfusion protocols; medico legal issues; patient safety and quality measures

  • All new accompanying electronic version, including procedure videos and self-assessment materials to check your understanding and aid exam preparation

Readership

Trainees in emergency medicine

Table of 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

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 1, 2014
  • Language: English

About the editors

PC

Peter Cameron

Affiliations and expertise
Emergency Physician, Alfred Health Emergency Service, Australia

ML

Mark Little

Affiliations and expertise
Emergency Physician and Clinical Toxicologist, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Australia

About the authors

GJ

George Jelinek

Affiliations and expertise
UWA Departemnt of Emergency Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia

AK

Anne-Maree Kelly

Affiliations and expertise
Academic Head of Emergency Medicine Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research, Western Health, St Albans, Australia; Professorial Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

AB

Anthony F. T. Brown

Professor Tony Brown has written extensively in the medical literature, including a bestselling handbook on emergency medicine now in its eighth edition. He holds a Professorial academic teaching title at the University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, and still works full-time in clinical emergency medicine. He was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) in 2018, “For significant service to emergency medicine as a clinician, author and educator". His teaching awards include the inaugural Teaching Excellence Award 2001 at the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine; the Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award 2001 at the Royal Brisbane Hospital; the Outstanding Teaching Award 2015 at the Royal Brisbane Clinical School, University of Queensland; and The Michael Perera Teaching Award, Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit, Phase 2 MD Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland in 2021.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Mayne Academy of Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine MD Program, University of Queensland, Brisbane; Senior Staff Specialist (Pre-Eminent Status), Emergency and Trauma Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’ s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia