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Adult Emergency Medicine at a Glance

Series: At a Glance
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A fully updated edition of the concise yet comprehensive text. The market-leading at a Glance series offers easy-to-use, strongly visual, full-colour texts for medical students and qualified practitioners. The second edition of this book provides a user-friendly introduction to the key concepts and knowledge required to... Read More
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"Emergency medicine emerged as a distinct specialty in the 1960s with the rise in road trauma and has evolved through subsequent years to being the main sorting hub distributing patients to inpatient specialties. It is now the largest hospital specialty in terms of patient contacts and treats 28 million people - the equivalent of 42% of the population - in the UK every year"--

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A fully updated edition of the concise yet comprehensive text.

The market-leading at a Glance series offers easy-to-use, strongly visual, full-colour texts for medical students and qualified practitioners. The second edition of this book provides a user-friendly introduction to the key concepts and knowledge required to dive successfully into this fast-paced, exciting, and increasingly important area of healthcare.

Readers of the second edition of Adult Emergency Medicine at a Glance will also find:

  • Updates incorporating the latest research and clinical guidelines.
  • Detailed discussion of topics including how the Emergency Department works, effective clinical reasoning, rational use of investigations, and core presentations in emergency medicine.
  • Clear, easy-to-follow diagrams and concise text that are both accessible and easy to use.

Now expanded with new chapters and updated material throughout, Adult Emergency Medicine at a Glance, Second Edition is the perfect resource for anyone learning to work in emergency care, e.g. medical students, ED nurses, physician associates, paramedics, advanced clinical practitioners, and doctors in training.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119839361

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 January 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Edition: 2nd edition

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 250g

Pages: 110

About the Author

Thomas Hughes, Bt. OBE, FRCS, FRCEM, MRCP is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Oxford. He also works for NHS England leading national programmes on data collection and initial assessment (triage and streaming) in Emergency Care.

David Metcalfe, PhD, FRCEM, MRCP, MRCS is a Clinical Lecturer in Emergency Medicine at the University of Oxford. He was formerly a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Medical School and Hunterian Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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