RCEM Lecture Notes

This introduction to emergency medicine, the core specialty of the field, presents its subject in a clear and approachable way. Flowcharts and detailed illustrations appear throughout the text, so the material is easier to absorb on a first read. This fifth edition has been carefully updated to reflect recent developments in the discipline.

The contributors are healthcare professionals with extensive hands-on experience in emergency care, and their practical knowledge shapes the content. The book concentrates on the essentials that everyone treating patients in an emergency setting needs to know.

It works well as a first resource when the subject is introduced in teaching, and it is equally useful for review at the close of a module or rotation, or in preparation for final exams.