Adult Emergency Medicine at a Glance

Thomas Hughes, David Metcalfe

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2026
• Print ISBN:
  9781119839361
• eBook ISBN:
  9781119839408
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Emergency Medicine & Critical Care

The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners, for its concise and simple approach and excellent illustrations.

Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text.

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The market-leading at a Glance series offers easy-to-use, strongly visual, full-color 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.

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• 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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1 How the Emergency Department Works
• 2 Diagnosis / using tests
• 3 Diagnostic Tests
• 4 Imaging in ED
• 5 Blood Gas Analysis
• 6 Shock and Intravenous Fluids
• 7 Analgesia
• 8 Sedation and Anaesthesia
• 9 Airway and Breathing
• 10 Major Trauma
• 11 Head and Neck Injury 1
• 12 Head and Neck Injury 2
• 13 Wounds
• 14 Burns
• 15 Hand Injuries
• 16 Wrist and Forearm Injuries
• 17 Shoulder and Elbow Injuries
• 18 Back Pain
• 19 Tibia, Ankle and Foot Injuries
• 20 Hip and Knee Injuries
• 21 Abdominal Pain
• 22 Urology
• 23 Ear/Nose/Throat/Dental
• 24 Eyes
• 25 Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• 26 Toxicology 1 – General Principles
• 27 Toxicology 2 – Specific Poisons
• 28 Psychiatry 1: Self‐harm
• 29 Psychiatry 2: Behavioural Disturbance
• 30 Social Factors in the ED
• 31 The Extended ED
• 32 Older Patients in the ED and Frailty
• 33 Syncope/Collapse
• 34 Slow Heart Rate and Conduction Problems
• 35 Fast Heart Rate
• 36 Cardiac Arrest
• 37 Chest Pain I – Cardiovascular
• 38 Chest Pain II – Non‐Cardiovascular
• 39 Shortness of Breath
• 40 Anaphylaxis
• 41 Sepsis
• 42 Endocrine Emergencies
• 43 Gastrointestinal Symptoms
• 44 Headache
• 45 Stroke/Transient Ischaemic Attack
• 46 Seizures
• 47 Cold and Heat Injury
• 48 Pre‐Hospital Medicine
• 49 Disaster/Major Incident
• 50 Pandemic
• 51 Chemical, Biological, Radiation, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Incidents
• 52 Medicolegal Aspects of ED Work
• Index
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