History of Accident and Emergency Medicine, 1948-2004

HENRY GULY qualified in London in 1974 and entered higher training in accident and emergency in Plymouth and Exeter in 1980. In 1983 he became the first A&E consultant in Wolverhampton, before moving back to Plymouth in 1986 as a consultant. He has been a Member of the Board of the Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine since 1993.

• Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Some Notes on Statistics and Other Topics Casualty Before Platt Who Should Run A&E Departments? The First Consultants The First Senior Registrars and Training How Many Consultants? A Changing Specialty The Faculty Junior Staffing Non-Consultant, Non-Training Grades Primary Care in A&E Politics and the Future Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

'...[This] should be of interest to practitioners within the speciality of A&E, and of value to those involved in research on emergency medicine, the NHS, and the development of disciplines in general.' - Medical History'[This] is a must read for all who are committed to a career in Emergency Medicine. Henry Guly has produced a well-reseached history of our speciality since 1948. He shows how the needs of patients and the foresight of Emergency Medicine pioneers led to the devleopment of our speciality despite rigidity of thought by others.' - R Touquet, Emergency Medicine Journal