The Unofficial Guide to Medical and Surgical Emergencies - E-Book


Book Description

The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice – as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide. 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




The Unofficial Guide to Passing OSCEs


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The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice - as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide. This guide has everything you need in one place - including common questions, model answers, how to present your answers to examiners, and numerous practical tips for success - all written by doctors and students who have recently completed the exam process. Ideal for OSCE candidates wanting to blitz their exams, this book will also make a useful day-to-day reference guide for professionals. Over 100 common scenarios - including medical history taking, clinical examination, practical skills and communication skills Covers specialities including orthopaedics, paediatrics, psychiatry, radiology, prescribing, O&G, ophthalmology, ENT Over 300 full colour clinical photos to bring the text to life, including images of patients with disease features Clearly outlines how to relay the assessment of a patient to an examiner or to other doctors on a ward round Model answers to key OSCE questions Written and reviewed by doctors and senior medical students - essential guidance from those in the know New data interpretation chapter New dedicated ophthalmology chapter




The Unofficial Guide to Passing OSCEs - E-Book


Book Description

The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice – as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide. This guide has everything you need in one place – including common questions, model answers, how to present your answers to examiners, and numerous practical tips for success – all written by doctors and students who have recently completed the exam process. Ideal for OSCE candidates wanting to blitz their exams, this book will also make a useful day-to-day reference guide for professionals. - Over 100 common scenarios – including medical history taking, clinical examination, practical skills and communication skills - Covers specialities including orthopaedics, paediatrics, psychiatry, radiology, prescribing, O&G, ophthalmology, ENT - Over 300 full colour clinical photos to bring the text to life, including images of patients with disease features - Clearly outlines how to relay the assessment of a patient to an examiner or to other doctors on a ward round - Model answers to key OSCE questions - Written and reviewed by doctors and senior medical students – essential guidance from those in the know - New data interpretation chapter - New dedicated ophthalmology chapter




The Unofficial Guide to Obstetrics and Gynaecology - E-Book


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The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice – as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide. Written by registrars who understand just what you need, The Unofficial Guide to Obstetrics and Gynaecology is designed to help you pass the O&G finals with ease. It contains clear summaries of the core topics, followed by more than 300 multiple choice questions and fully explained answers. High quality images, clinical cases and engaging content make it enjoyable to read. The guide will help you navigate a difficult specialty, which combines medicine and surgery. It is a book that you can come back to time and again during your study, and later when you are working on the wards. Based on national and international guidelines – a unique book involving junior doctors, for junior doctors Concise, clear and easy to remember facts – ideal for studying for your medical school finals Includes core chapter summaries in a clinically relevant format Over 300 questions and fully explained answers with key points and compact learning summaries. High quality colour images and illustrations throughout the book to present key concepts and anatomy 50 new images, including clinical photographs Updated language New questions Updated clinical content according to National and International guidelines Significant changes to the paediatric and adolescent gynaecology chapter New ethics chapter




The Unofficial Guide to Practical Skills


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The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice – as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide. Designed for medical students, nurses, junior doctors and other healthcare professionals, The Unofficial Guide to Practical Skills contains step-by-step guidance to over 50 core practical procedures. Information is easy to follow and procedures are explained clearly – along with expert practical tips. This book covers the essential skills you’ll need throughout your course and for the OSCEs. It also provides a succinct, day-to-day reference for those in practice. Wide range of procedures covered – more than any other book of its kind Accompanying mark schemes and typical exam questions to simulate real-life assessment Fully illustrated with over 200 color photos/illustrations Model answers so you can check how well you are performing Content aligned to the latest GMC/MLA requirements Additional stations covering lateral flow tests, PPE, using a hospital bed Standardisation of different scenarios New COVID guidance More answers to examiner questions in each scenario




The Unofficial Guide to Radiology - E-Book


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The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This collective author team understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice – as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide. The Unofficial Guide to Radiology will help you conduct a systematic analysis of all radiological investigations, including X-rays, CT, MRI, ultrasound and nuclear medicine, as well as interventional radiology. It presents each image in the context of a real-life scenario so you can practise your interpretation and compare it to a model report, accompanied by a fully annotated version of the image. Further multiple-choice questions help you relate theory to patient management. This book is ideal for students to test their core knowledge for exams, and also has relevance for postgraduate further education and as a day-to-day reference for professionals. - Recommended by the Royal College of Radiologists, with awards from the British Medical Association and the British Institute of Radiology - Test your knowledge with over 100 annotated X-rays, illustrated with systematic examples of how to present each one in an exam - 300 clinical and radiology-related multiple-choice questions with detailed answers – illustrate how the X-ray findings will influence patient management - Covers all commonly used radiology tests including chest, abdominal and orthopaedic X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound and nuclear medicine, as well as interventional radiology - Structured for relevance to clinical practice, with sample images related to real-life scenarios




Emergency Surgery


Book Description

Emergency Surgery provides both a practical guide and an understanding of the issues that need to be considered in the management of emergency surgery patients. It presents a clear account of the key issues involved in the assessment, investigation, resuscitation and surgical management of patients who present to the on-call emergency team. It considers the full breadth of issues encountered in these patients including anaesthesia, pre-op resuscitation/optimization, and initial post-operative care including preliminary high dependency/critical care, as well as the complications and acute issues found in acute surgical patients on the ward. It is ideal for surgical trainees as well as trainees from other specialties involved in the care of these complex and challenging patients. This title is also available as a mobile App from MedHand Mobile Libraries. Buy it now from Google Play or the MedHand Store.




Essential Surgery


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Essential Surgery is a comprehensive and highly illustrated textbook for clinical students as well as a practical manual for junior doctors and those preparing for postgraduate qualifications in surgery. The unique feature of the book is its problem-orientated nature as distinct to the traditional disease-based structure. Explains the pathophysiological basis of surgical diseases and of their management to help bridge the gap between the basic medical sciences and clinical problems. Adopts a problem-solving rather than a disease-orientated approach to diagnosis and treatment, reflecting current teaching trends which emphasise the full understanding of how a diagnosis is made and why a particular treatment is used. Includes information about epidemiology, disease prevention and the provision of health care, and tries to relate the community aspects of surgical problems to aetiology, disease prevention and primary care. Contains outlines of common surgical operations, to enable students and junior doctors to explain operations to patients and to allow them to participate intelligently in the operating department, as well as giving them an understanding of how to prevent complications. Includes a major section on accident surgery related to the general surgeon. Now with full text online on Student Consult. Comprehensively updated in line with the evolution and refinement of surgery over the past few years, by an expanded author team and an advisory group of surgical and radiological experts. All line drawings re-presented for greater impact and clarity. All radiological images reviewed and updated. Includes a new chapter on screening. Incorporates all the latest consensus guidelines for managing common disorders.




The Unofficial Guide to Getting Into Medical School


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This book is designed to help you become one of the few applicants to get into a highly competitive medicine degree, based on the insights of over 300 medical students across 32 UK medical schools. Written in a clear and engaging style, the Unofficial Guide offers unique content to help you stand out from the crowd with useful tips and information at every stage of the process. It demystifies what you can expect from the degree, talks you though writing the application, covers what you need to know (and appear to know) for the interview, and provides a full guide to exam preparation. Updated to incorporate recent post-COVID changes to the admission process, and full of real-life examples from those who have succeeded before you, this will be a much-cherished companion for every would-be doctor. Unique, highly relevant and inspirational content, all based on real-life experiences Complete approach that focuses on every aspect of getting into medical school Written by doctors and medical students – full of tips and tricks that work Improve your application - covers what admission tutors are looking for when making their selection Blitz the interview – strategies and techniques, the top 120 most commonly encountered questions, plus all the extra-curricular background reading required Ace your entrance exams – 20-hour preparation strategy Write a fantastic personal statement - step-by-step support using previous successful examples Graduate medicine applications and dedicated section for international students Includes a section dedicated to international students Content updated to include post-COVID changes to the process More real-life examples How to select the best medical school to increase your chances New diagrams




The Unofficial Guide to Surgery: Core Operations


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· Comprehensive overview of over 120 surgical operations spanning all surgical specialties · Step-by-step guide to all procedures with accompanying clinical anatomy, pre and post op care and complications, giving anyone reading it a clear understanding of every common operation · Questions from senior surgeons that are commonly asked of students in the operating theatre, with detailed answers New chapters on Maxillofacial Surgery, and Transplant Surgery