Book Review

Some recently-reviewed books have left me scratching my follicly-challenged head as to their relevance to the JPP readership, so hope then for my hair line (receding faster than the outgoing tide) when another in the successful ABC series emerges.

My initial thoughts on unpacking this latest offering from the ABC dynasty was how it was able to effectively address all aspects of such an incredibly broad field such as ‘pre-hospital emergency medicine’ into such a slender volume. The reality is that it doesn't. But don't skip onto the classifieds just yet!

As you would expect from the notable contributors and their background, the emphasis in these pages is heavily biased towards trauma rather than ‘medical’ cases as such. For example, key areas for paramedics include management of COPD patients and sepsis (to name but two), yet these are afforded half a page and one side of a page respectively. Clearly lacking in substance here and a similar tale for other medically-orientated ailments.