Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine - 6th Edition by Peter Cameron & Biswadev Mitra & Kim Hansen & Mark Little & Conor Deasy (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

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.

• 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
• Additional images available in the eBook

Review Quotes

Reviews of the previous edition:
"The combination of desk-bound hard copy with the portability and expanded content of the 'e-book' that moves the fourth edition from the 'you should have this' of the third edition to the next level of desirability and utility." --Emergency Medicine Australasia

"As an experienced ED nurse and Emergency Nurse Practitioner, I found the book fascinating and could not put it down. The authors and editors of this text have succeeded in producing a comprehensive guide to Emergency Medicine which would be a valuable resource for any Emergency Department." --International Emergency Nursing

"it has established itself as one of the leading reference textbooks in the field of adult emergency medicine in Australasia. It is now a mature reference textbook, which is a credit to the editors and the contributors." --Journal of Military and Veterans' Health

"This is an excellent evidence based textbook suitable for exam preparation or for reference, which takes you through the complete management of all emergency medicine conditions. I would strongly recommend it to all emergency medicine trainees." --Injury: international Journal of Care of the Injured