Medical and Surgical Emergencies for Students and Junior Doctors

Lack of exposure and patient management during undergraduate andearly postgraduate training often means both students and junior doctorscan have difficulty managing acute medical and surgical situations. This pocketbook provides comprehensive coverage of the commonmedical and surgical emergencies encountered by medical students andjunior doctors. It outlines possible symptoms, signs, differentials,investigations and management in a succinct, easy to comprehend format. By focusing on evidence-based practice, the guide provides the most upto-date and clinically relevant guide for today's practice, ideal for quickreference on the wards. Faye Hill, Sash Noor and Neel Sharma have come up with a wonderfulnew resource that will empower medical students and junior doctors tohandle medical and surgical emergencies with increasing confidence. From the Foreword by Tiago Villanueva