 | Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, Sixth edition by Judith E. Tintinalli
Buy new: £101.92 / Used from: £86.00 My favourite reference book - and nicely in one volume as well. Might do well to wait for the 7th ed, which should be out next year
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 | Oxford Handbook of Emergency Medicine (Oxford Handbooks) (Oxford Handbooks Series) by Jonathan Wyatt
Buy new: £18.71 / Used from: £15.96 Small, portable, got most of the stuff you'll need during a shift in it.
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 | Pocketbook of Orthopaedics and Fractures (Churchill Pocketbooks) by Ronald McRae FRCS(Eng Glas) FChS(Hon) AIMBI Fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association
Buy new: £17.24 / Used from: £17.17 This - and Practical Fracture Treatment by the same author - are very handy if you haven't got a really strong orthopaedic background.
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 | Minor Emergencies: Splinters to Fractures by Philip Buttaravoli MD FACEP
Buy new: £55.09 / Used from: £70.80 The broadest book for "minor" problems - from removal of dislocated contact lenses, how to excise thrombosed piles, to ring removal and fire ant stings. Got it all.
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 | ABC of Emergency Radiology (ABC) (ABC Series) by Otto Chan
Buy new: £24.72 / Used from: £39.52 Nicely readable. A complement to Raby et al, which is also an essential to have close at hand during the shift.
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 | ECGs for the Emergency Physician 1: Level 1 by Amal Mattu
Buy new: £22.23 / Used from: £20.56 Great authors, great book. Lovely ECGs and clear teaching points. Does need a good grasp of the basics first though.
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 | Emergency Medicine: Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes
Buy new: £28.44 / Used from: £23.62 Don't agree with all of his interpretations of study data, but he raises some good points for discussion. A though-provoking book.
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 | Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen: Twenty-First Edition by William Silen
Buy new: £21.84 / Used from: £15.00 A classic, and updated regularly by William Silen, who is also great. Lovely emphasis on physical diagnosis and differential, as well as discussion of potential rarities.
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 | Essential Guide to Acute Care by Paul Cramp
Buy new: £19.49 / Used from: £18.67 Nice introduction to critical care from principles. Lots of self-assessment histories at each chapter end.
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 | Trauma Rules by Timothy J. Hodgetts; Deane; Sugrue; Gunning; Lee Turner
Buy new: £19.52 / Used from: £28.52 Lovely, clear, memorable. Certainly more concise than the ATLS manual....!
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 | Handbook for Surgical Cross-Cover
Buy new: £23.70 / Used from: £14.90 Very useful for making good sub-specialty surgical referrals. Covers a broad remit, including ENT, plastics, max-fax, etc
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 | Medical Ethics and Law: The Core Curriculum by Tony Hope MA PhD MBBch FRCPsych MFPH
Buy new: £16.40 / Used from: £15.73 Good book. And you need more and more to know about medico-legal aspects of your work.
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