There is a clear and increasing awareness of the importance of airway management for emergency medicine doctors. Does this book contribute to the knowledge base required to practise this skill in emergency medicine?

The editors and their 18 contributing authors are all consultant anaesthetists, and their book is not surprisingly targeted at the anaesthesia/intensive medicine section of the market, although emergency medicine is mentioned in the preface. Sadly this is the only time that emergency medicine is acknowledged. There are sections of generic value (for example, …