Jonathan P. Wyatt is Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Exeter, UKRobert G. Taylor is Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UKKerstin de Wit is Assistant Professor at McMaster University, Hamilton, CanadaEmily J. Hotton is Clinical Research Fellow at Southmead Hospital and University of Bristol, UK

The text is straight to the point, concise, informative and educational which also helps to improve patient care. Yet it is surprisingly comprehensive for this size of book and a lot of common and less common situations are covered in significant depth. This is achieved in part, because every word counts and the text is straight to the point. Exactly what many people want.

• 1: General approach 2: Life-threatening emergencies 3: Medicine 4: Toxicology 5: Infectious diseases 6: Environmental emergencies 7: Analgesia and anaesthesia 8: Major trauma 9: Wounds, fractures, orthopaedics 10: Surgery 11: Ophthalmology 12: Ear, nose, and throat 13: Obstetrics and gynaecology 14: Psychiatry 15: Paediatric emergencies

Jonathan P. Wyatt is Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Exeter, UKRobert G. Taylor is Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UKKerstin de Wit is Assistant Professor at McMaster University, Hamilton, CanadaEmily J. Hotton is Clinical Research Fellow at Southmead Hospital and University of Bristol, UK

The text is straight to the point, concise, informative and educational which also helps to improve patient care. Yet it is surprisingly comprehensive for this size of book and a lot of common and less common situations are covered in significant depth. This is achieved in part, because every word counts and the text is straight to the point. Exactly what many people want.

• 1: General approach 2: Life-threatening emergencies 3: Medicine 4: Toxicology 5: Infectious diseases 6: Environmental emergencies 7: Analgesia and anaesthesia 8: Major trauma 9: Wounds, fractures, orthopaedics 10: Surgery 11: Ophthalmology 12: Ear, nose, and throat 13: Obstetrics and gynaecology 14: Psychiatry 15: Paediatric emergencies