Marshall & Ruedy’s On Call: Principles & Protocols, 4th edition (True PDF)

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

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Elsevier
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 15, 2025
Edition ‏ : ‎ 4th
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0729545024
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0729545020