This pack is an indispensable companion for any professional working in sport and exercise medicine. Both books provide an essential quick-referral guide for any medical professional caring for patients with sporting injuries, including strategies and management care plans as well as steps for immediate care in an emergency.

Domhnall MacAuley, Specialist in Sport and Exercise Medicine and visiting Professor, University of Ulster, Belfast, UK, Julian Redhead, Honorary Senior Lecturer and Chief of Emergency Services, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Jonathan Gordon, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow, UK

Domhnall MacAuley is a specialist in sport and exercise medicine and a senior editor at the BMJ. He was senior research fellow at the Queen's University of Belfast and Professor of Primary Health Care (Research) at the University of Ulster. He has published more than 250 scholarly articles, including 7 books and 75+ original research papers and is a former editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. He was one of the first to be awarded specialist accreditation in sport and exercise medicine in the UK and was on the advisory board for the formation of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the first such Faculty in the British Isles.

He was awarded the Duke of Edinburgh Prize by the Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine in 2010 and, in 2011, received the Robert Campbell Memorial Medal from the Ulster Medical Society. He has a wide interest in many sports and has competed at the Commonwealth Games and World Championships.

Dr Julian Redhead is Honorary Senior Lecturer and Chief of Emergency Services, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Consultant in Accident and Emergency Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK. He is also Chelsea FC Academy Doctor.

Dr Jonathan Gordon is Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.