Emergencies in Clinical Medicine is an intuitive guide to handling common medical emergencies. It explains how to reach a differential diagnosis and how to prevent, manage, or treat emergencies. With quick reference algorithms and symbols indicating severity, this accessible, portable text will help clinical staff manage acutely ill patients.

• 1: Ben Skinner, John Page, Alan Weir, Piers Page: The basics


• 2: Upsana Tayal, Simon Patel , Geri Keane, Adam Stannard, Mark Garside, Will Sedley, Ben Skinner, Jim Shawcross, Alan Weir, Erin Hurst, Jenny Koo Ng, Anna Gruener, Caroline Page, Asif Shah, Natasha Eagles, Bojidar Goranov, Piers Page, Rachel Pearson, Chris Crome: Presentations


• 3: Upsana Tayal: Cardiology


• 4: Rebecca Taylor: Respiratory


• 5: Jonathan Schofield:: Endocrine


• 6: Geri Keane: Gastoenterology


• 7: Jenny Koo and Jim Shawcross: Renal and urology


• 8: Erin Hurst, Bojidar Goranov, and Will Sedley: Haematology and Oncology


• 9: Will Sedley: Neurology and neurosurgery


• 10: Piers Page, Chris Crome, Rachel Pearson, Seth Makin: Musculoskeletal medicine and dermatology


• 11: Matt Thomas, Elizabeth Ward: Surgery


• 12: Will Coles: Clinical biochemistry / drug toxicity

Piers Page is currently a Specialty Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at Worthing General Hospital. After undergoing officer training, he spent time researching the outcome of mild traumatic brain injury and has subsequently authored and co-authored papers and book chapters in the fields of trauma and orthopaedics and military surgery.
Dr Asif Shah qualified from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and is a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine currently based at South Tyneside District Hospital in the North East of England. Dr Shah is dual accredited in Respiratory Medicine and General Internal Medicine, and continues to provide inpatient care to respiratory and general medical patients, including working on the acute medical take.
Greg Skinner is currently a consultant paediatric cardiologist at East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre.
Major Alan Weir is a Military Emergency Medicine Trainee currently training in the Wessex Region. He graduated from the Medical Schools of St Andrews and Manchester Universities. He initially undertook Surgical training prior to commencing training in Emergency Medicine. As a Military Doctor he has seen Service in a variety of locations, including Afghanistan.
He holds an interest in Military Emergency Medicine and trauma management; Medical Education; and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Medicine. He has completed the postgraduate Diploma in Medical Toxicology from Cardiff University and plans to undertake a higher research degree in this field of study in the future.
Miss Natasha Eagles is an Obstetrics & Gynaecology Registrar at University College London Hospital.