Emergency Medicine, 5th edition contains essential information and provides a quick reference tool for emergency physicians, hospital residents, paramedics, ambulance officers, nurses and general practitioners, as well as students of these disciplines.
- Coverage of important controversies with evidence based recommendations.
- Editor comments contained in relevant chapters to provide clinical tips and advice for practice.
- Increased coverage of topical issues such as deep vein thrombosis (economy class syndrome) and street drugs.
- Practical rapid reference appendix.
- Detailed glossary and index.
- Expanded coverage of ultrasound in emergency medicine
- New BLS/ALS guidelines
- Expanded coverage of administration and management
- New material on envenomation and psychiatry
- New chapter on rural, indigenous and remote emergencies
- New chapter on advanced nursing roles
- New chapter on students guide to the emergency term
- New chapter structure design to minimize repetition; reorganized hierarchy to highlight important information; pearls & pitfalls in boxed out sections integrated throughout text; differential diagnosis summary tables and flow diagrams at the end of each chapter