Guide to the Essentials in Emergency Medicine, edited by Drs Shirley Ooi, Matthew Low, and Peter Manning of National University Hospital, Singapore, represents one of the World’s most important textbooks in Emergency Medicine. Now published as a Third Edition, it is extensively used by clinicians in Emergency Medicine and other acute care environments as a focused approach to symptoms, diseases, and therapeutic strategies typically found in patients arriving to the Emergency Department.
This Third Edition has 149 chapters, including 9 brand-new, labelled as basic (for medical students), advanced (for emergency specialists), and online (for reference). New to this edition are also QR codes which give readers access to online videos and additional images, providing additional opportunities for visual diagnostic interpretation. These online extensions make this textbook even more valuable for education and patient care. The chapters are divided into the following key Parts: Common Presentations in Adult Patients, Airway and Resuscitation, Cardiovascular Emergencies, Respiratory Emergencies, Gastrointestinal Emergencies, Endocrine/Metabolic Emergencies, Renal and Genito-Urinary Emergencies, Neurologic Emergencies, Infectious Diseases, Haematologic/Oncologic Emergencies/Palliative Care, Dermatologic Emergencies, Geriatric Emergencies, Toxicology, Toxicology (Including Bites), Surgical and Orthopedic Trauma/Infectious Emergencies, ENT Emergencies, Eye Emergencies, Psychiatric Emergencies, Obstetric and Gynaecologic Emergencies, Environmental Emergencies, Imaging, Pharmacology, Paediatric Emergencies, and Miscellaneous Useful Information. With such wide breadth and depth, this important text serves its most critical role for accomplished emergency physicians as a clear and comprehensive source of emergency diagnostic and treatment information, to use in real-time care of the critically ill and injured patient. It can also provide critical instruction for the resident trainee in Emergency Medicine and senior medical student interested in acute care medicine.
Clearly the three editors and authors of this Third Edition of Guide to Essentials in Emergency Medicine have created a powerful formula for emergency physicians wishing to provide outstanding patient care while increasing their knowledge base in the complex field of Emergency Medicine. As more physicians gravitate to the acute care of patients in the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit, it is likely that this major textbook will expand its use and therefore global impact. The editors and authors are to be congratulated for moving our field forward.
Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine