Product Description

Accident and Emergency Medicine is a rapidly expanding speciality Step-by-step guidance on the management of a huge range of common problems presenting to the Accident and Emergency department The essential guide for doctors working in A & E Includes the very latest guidelines and protocols Doctors and nurses working in an Accident and Emergency department are faced with a bewildering range of problems and challenges. Rapid decisions are required, and the consequences of errors can be devastating. Accurate, concise, and practical information is often needed within seconds. The Oxford Handbook of Accident and Emergency Medicine follows the style of the other highly successful Oxford Handbooks. It gives practical advice about a huge range of conditions and problems that present in an A & E department. For doctors, nurses, paramedics, and medical students, the book will be the essential guide for their work in A and E.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #277831 in Books
• Published on: 1998-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 800 pages

Review
it does not get any better than this. The British Journal of General Practice, June 1999

The British Journal of General Practice, June 1999
'it does not get any better than this.'

The British Journal of General Practice, June 1999
"it does not get any better than this."

Customer Reviews

A handy pocket-book for SHO's/junior residents starting out.
This is a welcome addition to the Oxford Handbook series, which is so popular with medical students and trainee doctors throughout the English speaking world. As an overview or introduction to Accident & Emergency Medicine it is comprehensive in the topic areas it covers. It does not dwell on theoretical detail, but acts as a practical guide for students and junior doctors unsure of the initial assessment and management of common emergency problems. A criticism I would offer is that this book is lacking somewhat in detail in terms of the management of many conditions, offering the advice "refer to specialist" all to frequently. In a climate where emergency physicians are expanding their role, this may limit the use of this book in the near future. Overall, for the medical student or first time doctor in A&E, this is a very useful resource to have readily available.

wait for the new edition
I am generally a big fan of the Oxford Handbook series and its definitely appropriate to have one for A&E. However, this field is constantly changing and the current edition of the book is dangerously out of date and contains some important errors. For example, I just read a section on poisoning and it advises beta blocker administration for cocaine intoxication -- most definitely NOT a good idea and potentially a disastrous management! Our A&E consultant advised us not to trust it as it has so many errors, which I think says a lot. Luckily, there is a new edition out in Jan 2005 so if you are planning on getting this book I would certainly wait until then - hopefully the errors will be sorted and like its brothers and sisters in the series it will be an invaluable pocket guide.

Oxford Handbook of Accident and Emergency Medicine
While this is a good textbook, as the oxford handbooks tend to be, it really needs to be read alongside the OHCM and OHCS (which kind of defeats the purpose of a single handbook) and duplicates a lot of their content.

Some sections are interesting, but fundamentally this wasn't as useful as it could have been.