The Oxford Handbook of Accident and Emergency Department follows the style of the other highly successful Oxford Handbooks. It provides a didactic, up-to-the-minute approach to the common and uncommon situations experienced in practice, giving advice about a huge range of conditions and problems that present in an A & E department. The information provided is easily accessible and presented in a way that both new and experienced individuals can obtain authoritative advice. For doctors, nurses, paramedics, and medical students, the book will be the essential guide for their work in A and E.