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Product DescriptionWith comprehensive coverage of emergency and pre-hospital care topics, this bundle provides you with everything that you need when you are first at the scene.Review`Review from previous edition Having recently purchased the new Oxford Handbook of Accident and Emergency Medicine, I would like to say that it is an excellent update. As a Specialist Registrar... I am involved in training all new A&E doctors and will recommend this book highly. ' Dr Reshad Khodabocus, St James's Hospital, Leeds, July 2005`The 1st edition (published 1999) has become the "Bible" of Emergency care for many practitioners working in this field - Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics etc... I used it throughout my Specialist Registrar training as both an "on the spot" diagnostic tool but also as a reference aid for my FRCS and FFAEM. There's a lot more in it than you think! The second edition has built on and consolidated all that was good in the 1st edition but added some new sections and expanded others. It includes up to date information and references... I would not only recommend but also INSIST that all practitioners... in emergency care read and used this handbook. It would also be useful to Doctors in almost all specialties including General Practice, General Surgery and General Medicine. ' Medical Defence Union`I enjoyed this little book; it explains in simple terms how to manage common clinical problems in the Accident and Emergency (A+E) Department. Written for doctors pursuing their training in Emergency Medicine, it will also be of value to their seniors and those of us, medical and non-medical, in other clinical specialities.' BJAAbout the AuthorKeith Porter is a Consultant Trauma Surgeon and an Immediate Care Practitioner. Qualifying originally in London but doing much of his higher surgical training in the West Midlands, he was originally appointed Consultant Trauma Surgeon at the Birmingham Accident Hospital in 1986. With changes inhospital practice he is now Senior Trauma Surgeon at University Hospital Birmingham. He is also an active immediate care practitioner working both in urban practice in Birmingham and also in rural practice in Hereford & Worcester. He is the Medical Director of the West Midlands Central AccidentResuscitation (CARE) team and actively involved in both the delivery of pre-hospital care and education within the region.Ian Greaves qualified at the University of Birmingham Medical School in 1986. He trained in General Medicine and Emergency Medicine, joined the British Army and was appointed Consultant in 1997. He was appointed to Visiting Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Teesside in 2002. Heis author or editor of several books and numerous chapters and papers on Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Pre-hospital Care. He is Chairman of the Research Committee, Member of the Speciality Advisory Board and Member of the Management Board of the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care.