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Marshall & Ruedy's On Call: Principles & Protocols ANZ

Australian Version

  • 3rd Edition - September 7, 2016
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Anthony F. T. Brown, Mike Cadogan, Antonio (Tony) Celenza
  • Language: English

On Call: Principles and Protocols 3e provides a carefully structured, risk-based approach to the initial assessment, investigation, differential diagnosis and short-term m… Read more

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On Call: Principles and Protocols 3e provides a carefully structured, risk-based approach to the initial assessment, investigation, differential diagnosis and short-term management of ward problems on-call.

This new 3rd edition is completely revised and up-to-date, with the latest guidelines laid out in a succinct format to give a practical, rapid, efficient and effective bedside approach to problem solving. Clinical reasoning has never been made so explicit and exciting!

This edition includes the full eBook on ExpertConsult with additional reading material, high-quality images, procedural videos and references available on http://lifeinthefastlane.com/book/oncall

Key features

  • General principles: Overview of the knowledge and professional skills required to deal with undifferentiated on-call problems
  • Emergency calls: Standardised approach to life-threatening, time-critical problems involving airway, breathing, circulation, neurological disability and environment factors (ABCDE)
  • Common calls: How to deal with urgent ward calls based on an acute change in symptoms or signs
  • Investigations: Interpretation of bedside, laboratory and radiological tests
  • Practical procedures: Step-by-step guide to every relevant ward procedure
  • Formulary: Quick reference for the indications, actions, adverse effects, cautions, doses and routes of administration of the vast array of drugs encountered in ward patients
  • Laboratory values: Normal values for all the common tests

Table of contents

Section A - General principles
Section B - Emergency calls
Section C - Common calls
Section D - Investigations
Section E - Practical procedures
Section F - Formulary
Section G - Laboratory values

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 19, 2019
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Anthony F. T. Brown

Professor Tony Brown has written extensively in the medical literature, including a bestselling handbook on emergency medicine now in its eighth edition. He holds a Professorial academic teaching title at the University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, and still works full-time in clinical emergency medicine. He was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) in 2018, “For significant service to emergency medicine as a clinician, author and educator". His teaching awards include the inaugural Teaching Excellence Award 2001 at the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine; the Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award 2001 at the Royal Brisbane Hospital; the Outstanding Teaching Award 2015 at the Royal Brisbane Clinical School, University of Queensland; and The Michael Perera Teaching Award, Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit, Phase 2 MD Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland in 2021.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Mayne Academy of Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine MD Program, University of Queensland, Brisbane; Senior Staff Specialist (Pre-Eminent Status), Emergency and Trauma Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’ s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

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Mike Cadogan

Mike Cadogan (sandnsurf) has a special interest in medical education, AI-powered medical informatics and the integration of social media with healthcare. He designs and implements web-based online education programs for undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is the co-founder of LITFL.com, and consultant for Medmastery.com and PMcardio.com.
Affiliations and expertise
Staff Specialist in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth; Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of LITFL.com, Australia

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Antonio (Tony) Celenza

Professor Tony Celenza is the Head of the Discipline of Emergency Medicine at the UWA Medical School, and Director of Clinical Research in the Emergency Department of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. He has been Director of the UWA MD Program and has designed and conducts courses in Airway, Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Neurological, Orthopaedic, and Wilderness Emergencies for rural practitioners, medical students, and emergency trainees. He is passionate about medical education and has received several international, national and local awards for excellence in education and teaching.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Emergency, University of Western Australia, Perth; Staff Specialist, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia