Best book(s) for emergency medicine?

[roadwarrior17]

I am interested in emergency medicine and will be starting my rotation in a month. I was wondering what book people have found most useful and what I can do to prepare for my rotation. I would like to make a good impression and want to be as prepared as possible. Thanks for the help.

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[Powdermonkey]

Know your EKGs.

 

[It'sElectric]

There definitely are threads on this already, so do a quick search. That being said, this book is, in my opinion, the best for EM:

http://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Med...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244342877&sr=1-1

It's pocket-sized.

 

[docB]

Here is a batch of relevant threads. You can certainly still do a search tho...

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=610993

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=552840

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=527469

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=414627

 

[Toohotinvegas33]

There definitely are threads on this already, so do a quick search. That being said, this book is, in my opinion, the best for EM:

http://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Med...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244342877&sr=1-1

It's pocket-sized.

Only medicine has 900 page "pocket" books

 

[It'sElectric]

Only medicine has 900 page "pocket" books

Haha...so true. I can assure you, I don't read Harrison's daily.

You have to see the book firsthand to realize it's actually incredibly concise....and the degree of mental masturbation within it is pretty much null.