Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine A Comprehensive Study Guide

This 8th edition marks 37 years of continuous publication of a textbook
that began in 1978 as a collection of material used to study for the early
board examinations in Emergency Medicine. Each edition has expanded
in depth and breadth to represent the complexity and expertise needed
to practice emergency medicine in today’s environment. For past editions, I have been fortunate to have the editorial collaboration of notable
emergency educators—Ron Krome, Ernie Ruiz, Gabe Kelen, and Rita
Cydulka. This 8th edition is the result of efforts by Steve Stapczynski,
John Ma, Donald M. Yealy, Garth Meckler, and David Cline—and a
host of dedicated authors.
How do we identify the scope of practice and knowledge that is
today’s specialty of emergency medicine? Is it through paper books,
blogs, social networking, Google, journals, or clinical practice? While
e-information is perfectly suited to the multitasking and frequentattention shifts of the emergency medicine environment. E-information
does not communicate what Emergency Medicine IS. E-information
provides information about snippets of care, but not about the comprehensive knowledge set that is our specialty.
Both digital and print materials are available as part of the 8th edition.
We have designed the 8th edition, like the past editions, to include the
content that comprises the specialty of Emergency Medicine. But this
edition is part of a much larger e-work, AccessEmergencyMedicine,
the McGraw-Hill compendium of emergency medicine education texts.
AccessEmergencyMedicine also includes the digital version of the 8th
edition, with online searching of text, videos, tables, and illustrations.
Accompanying this print edition is a digital set of procedure videos that
were designed for both learner and teacher.
We will continue to combine the best educational tools—print and
digital—for contemporary emergency medicine practice as the best way
to communicate what Emergency Medicine IS.