Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine
Cameron, Peter (Emergency Physician, Alfred Health Emergency Service) / Little, Mark (Emergency Physician & Clinical Toxicologist, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns 4879 Q, Australia) / Mitra, Biswadev (Emergency Physician, Alfred Health Emergency Service) / Deasy, Conor, MB DCH Dip IMC Dip Tox FRCEM PhD (Clinical Director, Emergency and Acute Care, Cork University Hospital (CUH) /Professor, Emergency Medicine, CUH /South Trauma Network Clinical Lead / Clinical Lead, Major Trauma Audit, NOCA, Ireland) Since the first edition of Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine was published twenty years ago, there has been enormous change in the way emergency care is delivered. This has occurred both in countries where emergency medicine was originally developed and in those where its application was limited because of cost. Emergency medicine is now perceived as the cornerstone of response to acute illness regardless of resources. This fully revised Fi...