The RCEM Lecture Notes: Emergency Medicine 5th Edition

Comprehensive introduction to the core specialty area of emergency medicine

Presented in a user-friendly format, combining flowcharts and high-quality illustrations together for an easy-to-read experience, this fifth edition of The RCEM Lecture Notes: Emergency Medicine has been thoroughly revised to reflect recent advances in the field of emergency medicine and to give readers a comprehensive and highly accessible overview of the field.

The RCEM Lecture Notes: Emergency Medicine, Fifth Edition presents important 'need to know' information for all those involved in treating patients in an emergency setting. The text serves as an excellent starting point to support initial teaching on the subject and reference or revision at the end of a module, rotation, or final exams.

Contributions made by a variety of healthcare professionals with significant firsthand experience in the field, The RCEM Lecture Notes: Emergency Medicine contains information on:

• Major trauma and injuries.
• Burns, contamination, irradiation, and poisoning.
• Acute medical, surgical and obstetric conditions relevant to emergency medicine.
• Paediatric emergency medicine.
• Mental health and medicolegal aspects of emergency medicine.
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Autorentext

Catherine Williams, FRCEM, Consultant in Emergency Medicine with dual accreditation in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Royal Bolton Hospital. Training programme director for Intermediate Emergency Medicine training, Health Education North West.

Amy Nickson, FRCEM DTM&H DLM DRCOG, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Royal Bolton Hospital. Sexual Offences Examiner, Lancashire SAFE Centre.
This 5th Edition is edited by Catherine Williams and Amy Nickson, has been revised and updated by contributors, and is based on the 4th edition of Lecture Notes: Emergency Medicine which was authored by Chris Moulton and David Yates.