Emergency care practitioners work in a variety of settings and provide emergency, urgent or unscheduled care. Use this guide to find information resources about emergency care including books, reports and journal articles.
Beed M, Sherman R and Mahajan R (2013) Emergencies in critical care: a concise guide to the practical management of core medical emergencies, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Buettner J (2013) Fast facts for the ER nurse: emergency room orientation in a nutshell, New York: Springer.
Dolan B and Holt L (2013) Accident and emergency: theory into practice (3rd edition), Edinburgh: Bailliere Tindall.
Goyal D and Mattu A (2012) Urgent care emergencies: avoiding the pitfalls and improving the outcomes, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Jandial R and Jandial D (2014) Code blue: bedside procedures and critical information, Boca Raton: CRC Press.
Nixon V (2013) Professional practice in paramedic, emergency and urgent care, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Nutbeam T and Boylan M (2013) ABC of prehospital emergency medicine, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Peate I and Dutton H (2012) Acute nursing care: recognising and responding to medical emergencies, Harlow: Pearson.
Soar J, Perkins G and Nolan J (2013) ABC of resuscitation, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Williamson T (2014) Care bundles in emergency medicine, London: Radcliffe.
Wyatt J (2012) Oxford handbook of emergency medicine, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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