This book comprises a subset of the topics prepared by the Emergency Medicine expert writing group. As resuscitation is essential to all aspects of emergency medicine, that section is reproduced in full as an introduction. Otherwise the main focus of the book is toxicology, toxinology, anaphylaxis and wilderness (environmental) medicine, including assessment and management of burns. There is also a limited amount of clinical pharmacological information about drugs used in the management of poisoning.

Endorsements include Australiasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM), Council of Remote Area Nurse of Australia (CRANA), National Prescribing Service (NPS), Roayl College of Nursing Australia (RCNA), The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA). The book is perfect as a guide for health professionals who may be faced with Australian emergency situations.

Chapters include;

• Toxicology, including basic principles in assessment and management of the poisoned patient, toxidromes, paediatric poisoning and a comprehensive listing of individual drugs and other chemicals with antidotes
• Toxinology, including snake and spider bite; marine envenoming and poisoning
• Environmental medicine, including altitude illness, diving medicine, heat-related illness, hypothermia and near-drowning
• Obstetric emergencies - medical management
• Oculur emergencies - initial assessment and management
• Trauma - medical management
• Recognising the seriously ill child
• Resuscitation
• Anaphylaxis