Marshall & Ruedy’s On Call: Principles & Protocols - Softcover

Brown AM FRCP FRCS (Ed) FACEM FRCEM, Anthony F. T.; Cadogan MA(Oxon) MBChB FACEM FFSEM, Mike; Celenza MBBS MClinEd FACEM, Antonio (Tony); Tran BMedSci MBBS FACEM, Viet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0729545024 ISBN 13: 9780729545020

Publisher: Elsevier, 2025

Synopsis

Marshall and Ruedy's On Call: Principles & Protocols, Australasian and UK 4th edition offers a carefully structured, risk-based approach to the initial assessment, investigation, differential diagnosis and short-term management of a wide variety of on-call ward problems.

This fourth edition has been completely revised, with the addition of a new author, new chapters and updated content based on the latest evidence-based guidelines. The layout is in a succinct, easy-to-read format that outlines a practical, fast, efficient and effective bedside approach to clinical problem-solving on call. Clinical reasoning has never been made so explicit and exciting!

• General principles: Overview of the professional, organisational, ethical and social traits required of the junior doctor on call
• Emergency calls: Risk-stratified approach to life-threatening airway, breathing, circulation, neurological disability and environment factors (ABCDE)
• Common calls: Explicit detail on how to deal with every call from urgent to non-life threatening, based on a standardised, reproducible clinical reasoning approach
• Investigations: How to interpret an ECG, common imaging, acid base, electrolyte and haematological tests when on call
• Practical procedures: How to perform a large array of practical procedures that may be needed when on call
• 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

This edition includes the full eBook on eBooks+ with additional reading material, high-quality images, procedural videos and references available on https://litfl.com.

About this title

About the Authors

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.

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.

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.

Associate Professor Viet Tran is a clinician, researcher, educator, and patient advocate. He is founder and director of the Tasmanian Emergency Medicine Research (TASER) Institute, where he inspires patient care through an evidence-based and data-driven approach. He is also the founder of Doctorswriting.com . He was awarded the Early Career Research Award 2022, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania; and the Vice Chancellors Award for Teaching Excellence in 2023, University of Tasmania.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0729545024
• ISBN 13: 9780729545020
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 702