Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine 4th Edition

The information and the way it is delivered are excellent, except for one most annoying problem: There are cover to cover acronyms and, unless one is reading from cover to cover, one is bound to come up against an acronym which means nothing to one! (And so, presumably, to one or two, or more, others). The book is heavy (pounds weight) but would more expansive elucidation of these abbreviations be a waste of resources? If so, a glossary of these time wasting distractions needs to be appended.

Very good book for studying and easy to read.But the binding is very poor and pages keep coming off as you read.May be the binding should be similar to their paediatric version of emergency medicine.Most of the pages in my book are flying around now and some of them are stapled..........

I have found this book excellent to use. It is a pretty compact book covering most areas of emergency medicine in less than 1000 pages. The only downside is that sometimes due to this the finer details are missing.... but i guess that's what those big thick reference texts are for. Also it's written by members of the Australian College of Emergency Medicine so it's great for studying for ACEM exams.

I wish I'd had this textbook a year ago when I started A&E. All my colleagues covet it - I started out keeping it at work to read in breaks or quiet moments but found it was always taken!Very nicely laid out, readable both as a reference or to dip into. For example, I like the box at the end of each chapter highlighting any controversies. Gives both UK and Australian perspectives.

Very clearly set out and written. Excellent

Lacking in some detail for wider study but a good overview of most ED topics appropriate for the ACEM exams