The third edition of Emergencies in Anaesthesia is a practical, accessible guide to all emergency situations surrounding anaesthesia. Re-structured to follow the ABCDE emergency approach, this handbook guides the clinician through what to do and when. Chapters are arranged for quick reference, with symbols used to indicate clinical severity.

• 1: Dr Simon J Mercer: Crisis Management and Human Factors


• 2: Professor Jerry Nolan and Dr. Craig Dunlop: Cardiovascular


• 3: Professor Tim Cook and Dr. Benjamin Walton: Respiratory


• 4: Dr. Jules Cranshaw and Professor Tim Cook: Airway


• 5: Dr. Daniel Lutman: Paediatrics


• 6: Dr. Mark Scrutton and Dr. Stephen Michael Kinsella: Obstetrics


• 7: Dr. Katharine Hunt and Dr. Manni Waraich: Neurology and Neurosurgery


• 8: Dr. James R. Bennett and Dr. Gerard Gould: Thoracics


• 9: Dr. Owen Davies: Regional Anaesthesia


• 10: Dr. Hannah Blanshard: Metabolic and Endocrine


• 11: Dr. Charly Gibson: Recovery Problems


• 12: Dr. Kath Sutherland and Dr. Neil Rasburn: Emergency Department Problems


• 13: Dr. Kim Gupta: Equipment Problems


• 14: Dr. John Isaac, Dr. Mark Stoneham, and Nerida Williams: Miscellaneous


• 15: Dr. Louise Cossey and Dr. Bruce McCormick: Practical Procedures

Dr Alastair Martin is a consultant anaesthetist at Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust.
Dr Keith G. Allman currently serves as a consultant anaesthetist with Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust. He is president of the British Opthalmic Anaesthesia Society and editor of the Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia.
Dr Andrew McIndoe is a consultant anaesthetist at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. He was appointed in 1998 and has been closely involved in providing simulation-based emergency training at the Bristol Medical Simulation Centre for over 20 years. He has worked as a Primary FRCA examiner for 13 years and is co-lead of the Royal College of Anaesthetist's award-winning e-Learning Anaesthesia programme.