Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine, 5th Edition

The fully revised Fifth Edition of Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine provides comprehensive and practical coverage of this constantly evolving specialty. Designed for trainee doctors and other emergency care professionals, this book delivers concise, highly practical guidance incorporating the latest best practices and evidence-based guidelines.

Key Enhancements:

• Updated Content: Major updates in airway, shock, sepsis, and imaging chapters reflect rapid changes in practice and technology.
• Expanded Scope: New sections cover staffing, overcrowding, triage, patient safety, and quality measures, addressing key issues in today's emergency departments.
• Critical Topics: Difficult topics like death and dying, the challenging patient, ethics, and domestic violence are covered.
• System-Wide Perspective: Governance, training, research, and organizational subjects like disaster planning, humanitarian emergencies, and refugee medicine provide a framework for understanding major emergency systems of care.
• Enhanced eBook: Access a richer learning experience with video and self-assessment content.

Key Features:

• Comprehensive Coverage: A complete textbook of adult emergency medicine for trainee doctors.
• Practical and Concise: Highly readable chapters with key point summaries and controversial treatment area highlights.
• Clinically Oriented: The content is highly practical and thoroughly updated in all core subjects.