Product Description

Medical emergencies make great demands on the diagnostic and therapeutic knowledge and skill of the junior doctor. As a house officer, there is usually good supervision by senior colleagues, but nights on cover, when help is on the end of a telephone and is about 30 minutes from the hospital, can be difficult. The Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine provides a handy and practical guide to the management of emergency situations in everyday clinical practice. It is aimed at the newly qualified doctor, following on from the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine. It provides step by step details on the current diagnostic and management principles necessary to allow junior doctors to deal with medical emergencies safely and effectively. It assumes a basic knowlege of disease processes, physical examination skills, and medical terminology, and concentrates on therapeutic and diagnostic decisions. It will also be of interest to Accident and Emergency staff, GPs, some medical students, and nurses involved in the care of acutely ill patients.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #361508 in Books
• Published on: 1997-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 878 pages

Review
"Overall, I think the authors have done a tremendous job, and it certainly will make life on the wards a bit easier for clinicians. The book reads very well, and manages to include an admirable amount of detail, whilst remaining comprehensible. Well done!" -Pre-registration House Officer

Review
This book (which is also available for your PDA) is a no-nonsense guide to acute presentations and guides you succinctly through the presentation of, causes of and (most importantly) a stepwise plan of action for common acute scenarios. (Medic World )

The Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine is a good introduction about the day-to-day issues of hospital-based medicine. It is thorough, well-written, timely, and suited for budding physicians and those at the beginning of their careers. this will be a book about practicalities. It is not intended to be a dusty tome that one consults when one has the luxury of time. Rather, they intend for it to become dog-eared from frequent use. (Respiratory Care, Vol 50, No 9 )

This pocket-sized book contains an absolute wealth of information on acute medical problems and is very comprehensive in the breadth of its coverage. (Hospital Doctor )

The Oxford Handbook series have done it again, another great book to add to this ever growing collection . . . I would have thought junior medical staff would benefit most from this book but GPs and their registrars would also appreciate some of the wisdom. Even more senior medical staff would also want to own a copy and best of all is the price. This book truly represents superb value for money and even if this book gets a bit dog eared after a few months use, or worse gets lost or pinched (surely not), it will not break the bank to get another one . . . Certainly this book ranks up there with a BNF, a stethoscope, and a bleep that junior medical staff need to go about their daily duties. As for other practitioners both hospital and non hospital based, this is also a very useful book to keep them up to date with what goes on in acute medicine. (Dr Harry Brown on the Univadis website )

About the Author
Dr Punit Ramrakha, Flat 9, Merchant House, 184-186 Sutherland Avenue, London W9 1HR. Tel: 0171 289 8088. Fax: 0181 749 3439. email: pramrakh@rpms.ac.uk

Dr Kevin Moore, Senior Lecturer and Consultant Hepatologist, Royal Free Hospital, London

Customer Reviews

extremely useful
this is as good as the yellow handbook of clinical medicine but this gives you the signposts you need as a SHO on call , wheras the yellow book is rather more simple. They do complement each other though. Really useful as a checklist for making sure you have done everything that is needed as an emergency.

comprehensive, authoritative
The new edition of the OHAM is a very welcome revision indeed. The first edition was starting to feel rather dated.

For the most part is extremely comprehenisive, covering everything for altitude sickness to COPD exacerbations. The information is always well presented and reasonably succinct. It really does follow on nicely from the OHCM.

Of course there are problems- the text has become more prose-like and less bullet pointy. This means that whilst it is a 'pocketbook', it really is best read at home before and after the event to dissect out what may/went wrong. Nevertheless it is useful in making sure you haven't forgotten anything during an on-call.

The book includes a section of respiratory support- this is esentially principle based and is of little use in an actual emergency. The practical management information the book provides would be enough for an SPR who was not working in their chosen field i think. Obviously each hospital has its own guidelines which no doubt deviate from this text.

The main book to compare it with is the 'Acute Medicine: A Practical Guide to the Management of Medical Emergencies'

Overall, the OHAM is more detailed and comprehensive, HOWEVER - the other book is far more practical and offers extremely valuable management algorithms.
In short, you must use BOTH books........

A real acute medicine.
Only truly used and verified clinical knowledge. I trust this book, its realy up to date, good problem approach, reliable. Does not make me confused as many others when I check a problem. Worth every single penny.