The Unofficial Guide Medical and Surgical Emergencies offers a collection of common clinical emergency scenarios. It walks you through the practical steps of the decision-making process, from taking a referral through to making a management plan and prescribing – all designed to ensure safe and best practice.

With plenty of tips to support your clinical reasoning, real time examples, and a focus on initial management before a diagnosis is clear, this book is ideal for medical students as well as junior doctors wanting a quick reference guide or revision aid.

• Clear, simple, practical tips for managing common emergency scenarios

• Describes patient management through real time thought processes of a doctor making decisions

• Key clinical and prescribing tips to improve safety

• Covers a wide range of cases, including fluid prescriptions, interpreting blood test results and acute management of emergencies

• Covers practical essentials such as clerking, effective communication and handover tips

• High quality images to illustrate important clinical findings