Selected resources - for more on this topic contact the library

Current Awareness Bulletin

Contact library staff to receive a weekly Emergency or Critical Care email bulletin which provides details of new research published in the top 5 quality journals as well as details of any relevant articles published in The Lancet, BMJ, NEJM, JAMA and Cochrane Reviews.

Useful Websites

Eye Emergencies Interactive Quiz
Standards for Nurse Staffing in Critical Care
The College of Emergency Medicine - contains information about postgraduate medical education in emergency specialty
The Intensive Care Society - the professional body for intensive care specialist in the UK
The Resuscitation Council - contains information about Resus Council publications and courses as well as guidelines and other useful information

Electronic Journals - Top 5 - Athens account required

Other e-journals are available: log in with NHS Athens at NHS Evidence

CJEM: Journal of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physcians - 2001 onwards
Emergency Medicine Australasia - 2004 onwards (delayed 1 year)
Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ formerly: Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine) - 1984 onwards
Journal of Academic Emergency Medicine - 2010 onwards
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - 2008 onwards

Print Journals

	GRH	CGH
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	2000 - 2012
Annals of Emergency Medicine		2001 onwards
Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain		2005 onwards
Critical Care Medicine		2005 onwards
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America View a list of Clinic topics	1989 - 2010

Electronic Books - Athens account required

Advanced Life Support Group (2010) Acute medical emergencies: the practical approach. 2nd ed. Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell
Daniels, R. ; Nutbeam, T. (2010). ABC of sepsis. (ABC). Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell. Knoop, K. J. (2010) Atlas of emergency medicine 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill
Morris, F.; Fletcher, A. (2009) ABC of emergency differential diagnosis (ABC) Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell
Nimmo, G. R. ; Singer, M. (2011). ABC of intensive care. 2nd ed. (ABC). Chichester : BMJ.

New Books

Title	Shelved at
Dawood, M. (2012). The emergency practitioner's handbook : for all front-line health professionals. London : Radcliffe	WD450 GRH/CGH
Jevon, P. ; Ewens, B. (2012). Monitoring the critically ill patient. 3rd ed. (Essential clinical skills for nurses). Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell	WB430 GRH
Page, K ; McKinney, A. (2012) Nursing the acutely ill adult : case book. (Case book). Maidenhead, Berks : Open University Press	WB430 CGH
Peate, I. ; Dutton, H. (2012). Acute nursing care : recognising and responding to medical emergencies. Harlow, Essex : Pearson	WD458 GRH
Tait, D. (2012). Acute and critical care in adult nursing. (Transforming nursing practice). Los Angeles; London : Learning Matters	WB430 CGH

Please contact the library to suggest appropriate books for purchase

Need to know more?

For a full list of books & journals use our online catalogue - www.swims.nhs.uk
To find more e-journals go to NHS Evidence and log in with your NHS Athens account
To ask for a literature search on a specific topic contact the library staff, details below

The Library Alexandra House Cheltenham General Hospital Tel: 0300 422 3036 Email:

The Library Redwood Education Centre Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Tel: 0300 422 6495 Email:

 

 

 

 

Updated 1st August 2013 DC