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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 up with current practice.

All major topics encountered in the emergency department are covered and have been updated to reflect recent changes in this constantly evolving specialty. Chapters are concise and practical, with key points and controversial areas highlighted.

In addition, the textbook addresses complex topics such as death and dying, managing challenging patients, ethics, providing testimony, and domestic violence. It also covers governance, training, research, and organisational subjects like disaster planning and response, humanitarian emergencies, and refugee medicine. This content provides a framework for understanding the complexities of managing major emergency care systems.

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

Key Features

• Practical guide– covers everything you are likely to come across
• Clinically orientated and thoroughly updated by a team of expert editors
• Concise and readable chapters – accessible for trainee doctors as well as emergency medicine nursing specialties and those working in urgent care units
• Key points and highlighted controversial areas support additional learning
• Supports image interpretation in emergency medicine

New to this edition

• Fully refreshed and updated to reflect the latest evidence and practice
• New content on resuscitation, critical care, trauma, cardiology, pandemic preparedness and infection control, emergency care in humanitarian crises, wellness, resilience, and performance in emergency medicine
• Images updated to reflect new technology