About the Editors viii Notes on Contributors xi Preface xxiii Acknowledgements xxv How to Use Your Text Book xxvii Unit 1 Continuous Professional Development, Appraisal and Revalidation 1 Chapter 1 Governance 3 Ollie Phipps Chapter 2 Continuous Profession Development (CPD), Appraisal and Revalidation 19 Vikki-Jo Scott Unit 2 Complex Decision Making 35 Chapter 3 Ethics and Legal Principles 37 Nick Fox Chapter 4 Communication Skills and Breaking Bad News 50 Phil Broadhurst and Emma Underdown Chapter 5 Advanced Clinical Decision-making and End-of-life Care 63 Rachel Allen-Ashcroft and Victoria Metaxa Unit 3 History Taking and Physical Examination Skills in Acute, Emergency, and Critical Care 75 Chapter 6 Consultation Models and Diagnostic Reasoning 77 Sadie Diamond-Fox, Rebecca Connolly, Alexandra Gatehouse, John Wilkinson, Angela Roberts, Caroline McCrea, and Sonya Stone Chapter 7 Respiratory Presentations 106 Andrew Lee, Rebecca Chamoto, Rebecca Kurylec, Kirsty Laing, Kathryn Thomas, Emma Toplis, Padma Parthasarathy, and Rebecca Stacey Chapter 8 Cardiac Presentations 136 Rachel Wong Chapter 9 Neurological and Endocrine Presentations 169 Rebecca Connolly and Sonya Stone Chapter 10 AECC Renal and Genitourinary Presentations 196 Rachel Allen-Ashcroft and Sonya Stone Chapter 11 Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary 222 Angela Roberts Chapter 12 Haematological and Oncological Presentations 240 Barry Hill Chapter 13 Rheumatological and Immunological Presentations 263 Caroline McCrea, Barry Hill, Sonya Stone, and Sadie Diamond-Fox Chapter 14 Mental Health Presentations 283 Clare Allabyrne Unit 4 Diagnosis and Management in Acute, Emergency, and Critical Care 303 Chapter 15 Radiology 305 Joe Wood, Stephanie Shea, and Tracey Maxfield Chapter 16 Principles of Point of Care Ultrasound 327 Hannah Conway Chapter 17 Laboratory Tests 359 Sarah Henry and Natalie Gardner Chapter 18 Pharmacology and Prescribing for the Acute, Emergency, and Critical Care Populations 391 Jill Bentley, David Thom, and Joseph Tooley Chapter 19 Advanced and Extended Procedures for AECC Populations 414 Phil Evans and Sean Buchanan Unit 5 Resus & 1st Stage MX of the Critically Unwell 445 Chapter 20 Advanced Life Support 447 Sadie Diamond-Fox and Alexandra Gatehouse Chapter 21 Shock 483 Francesca Riccio and Phil Broadhurst Chapter 22 Intra/Inter Hospital Transfers 508 Mark Cannan, Stuart Cox, and Kirstin Geer Chapter 23 Organ Donation and Optimisation 521 Jill Featherstone and Stevie Park Prefixes and Suffixes 532 Normal Values 545 Index 549.