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General Emergency Medicine
Pediatrics
Procedure Texts
Surgery/Trauma
Orthopedics
Toxicology
Radiology
ECGs
Emergency Ultrasound
Pediatrics
Miscellaneous
Critical Care
Board Review

Journals
Still need more to read?
These are the ones:
- Annals of Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medicine Journal
- Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Academic Emergency Medicine
(Listed in order of descending relevance to a resident)
Want to see what journals I read each month?
Beware the path to madness lies here.
For some reason, people are curious what I read when I am not reading the 60 journals, if you are one of those people check out the EMCrit Shelf.
Hi Scott
This is a fantastic resource that pretty much every ED in Australia has in book form.
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/resources/gmct/ophthalmology/eye_manual_pdf.asp
it’s one of the benefits of living in the world of socialised medicine…
cheers
George
Hi George thanks for the ED reference. Just added it to my portable references…
Scott thanks for all you have been doing with the podcast and your website, and for making it available…
I just tried this link and it no longer works. Do you know if there is a new one?
Thanks 🙂
I was also unable to find the link, but doing a Google search, I did find this link. Perhaps this is the newest version?
http://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/155011/eye_manual.pdf
Thank you, Ryan.
These are great books, I especially like the oral board review book, I’d also recommend boardvitals.com it’s the source I have been using for board prep this year, and it’s pretty great and helps to sort of assess where you are as far as board readiness too.
Marik has an evidence based review book…it’s a great read!
Excellent list, thank you. Many of those books fill in gaps in my library! Thank goodness for Amazon Wish List!
Even better – the Common Hand injuries book is available on kindle for £6.49 – bargain price!
Scott how do you find the time to read these articles, books, etc. and work like you presumably do?
i don’t sleep
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Love your blog I’m a medical student resources here are really helpful thanks Scott
Hi Scott,
PR Carter’s “Common Hand Injuries” is now in its second edition on itunes for 9.99. It’s not in print and it doesn’t seem to be in digital form anywhere else. Thanks for the recommendation, it is great. The best books are so often single author books.
fantastic rec!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks, James.
Hey Scott,
Any good recommendations (books or other) for those of us with a mild aptitude and understanding of bio-statistics looking to get better at tearing research papers apart?
Thanks!
-Stowens
Users Guide to the Medical Literature is just about perfect
Hey Dr Scott,
I’m an EM 1st Year Resident, what do you think of the Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine and Textbook of Pediatric Emergency medicine by Peter Cameron ?
Are they good?
PS- Any idea about the Tintinalli’s 8th edition release date?
Hi Scott,
Do you have any recommendations for written boards?
Thanks.
Mate, no wonder you are magnanimous and a maverick! (Like the way you sign off wrt the journals you read up every month !) , I belong to the same ilk and of course there lies a method to my madness! I have embraced A&E full time now and thank you sincerely for putting up the bucket list of books that, I m cocksure, would make me a better clinician than what I am currently. Thou shall be thanked for life,Keep us posted of your quirks ….best, K.
Kalyan, A&E Registrar, CMC, Vellore, India.
How about best hadbooks in emergency medicine: That’s more relevant in day to day practice and 3 months before exams.
I want to buy this book, waiting for a second opinion:
https://www.amazon.com/Manual-Emergency-Medicine-Michael-Bresler/dp/0815111428/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
Hello,
This list is great!
What do you recommend for reading CT?
For those who do treat kids; I’d recommend Lewis S. Nelson M.D. “Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants.” When the parents come in saying “Johnny ate some red berries or chewed a green leaf” : info on possible plant I.D. and toxidrome management (as well as color photos of the plants) is not readily available in any other ER book. I keep a copy with me in my briefcase at work all the time.
Hi.
please, could you give me a recommendation on electrolytes and metabolic disorders?
What I want is a to-the-point text on the most commonly encountered surgeries and complications for ED docs. Like- gastric bypass? Here are the types. Here’s what can go wrong. Do these things. Has it been written?
Do you have any recommendations for echocardiography texts?
Hi Scott. Have you read Oh´s Intensive Care or Textbook of Critical Care? If so, what do you think of them compared to Irwin & Rippe`s?
I like the Washington manual of critical care. It has great info and for me, most important are numerous tables and flow charts, as I learn more effectively that way. I prefer this to the ICU book for that reason.
https://www.amazon.com/Washington-Manual-Critical-Care/dp/1496328515/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=1DNL4U8UP30IQ&keywords=washington+manual+of+critical+care&qid=1554283402&s=gateway&sprefix=washington+m&sr=8-1
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