Website organisation

We have just completed the upgrading of the quality of nearly all the videos used on the website. The new files are larger than the old ones, so will take longer to load for the first time. The best way of viewing them is usually with the player set to loop the video continuously.  

30 new images have been added to the Image of the day gallery.

Four new images have been added to the CXR gallery.

8 new images have been added to the Orthopaedic image gallery.

Seven new ECGs have been added to the ECG gallery. 

A variety of videos on the site have had their image quality (and in some cases, duration) improved. More work on this is continuing.

We have just changed the web display slightly so the menu bar remains visible at the top of your device screen as you scroll down, whilst using the ‘front end’ of the website. We think it should help with navigation, but not take up too much screen space to get in the way. But let … Read more

For those of you interested in these sort of things, here are the webstats for The Emergency Medicine Manual Online for 2017 Total visits: 173,000 or 470 each day Pages viewed: 3.8 million – or 10,400 each day For those of you not interested in these sort of things – it was a busy year.

Both versions of the manual have just been updated with an expanded table of contents. The table of contents now contains 3 levels of topic headings when previously there were 2. The table of contents remains collapsible and expandable according to your wishes. We hope this change makes it easier for you to find exactly … Read more

We have just posted the 2000th update to the manual since September 2012 – averaging about 500 updates each year (with many more minor changes). This helps to illustrate how medicine is always changing and why it is important to keep as up to date as possible – a text book published 2 years ago … Read more

We have just noticed that a number of links from various pages on the site were broken. We think we have either fixed all of these or removed any links no longer active. Please let us know if you spot any broken links we might have missed.

We have just completed a bit of website redesign to improve the experience when using small screened devices.  Some of these changes are subtle, so if you haven’t noticed they are: Adding a search box to the top right of the main menu bar Reducing the size of the main page header Reducing the size … Read more

A series of links to the segment on IV magnesium therapy in the Hypomagnesaemia page have been added to the Management of life threatening asthma, Hypertension in pregnancy and  Ventricular arrhythmias pages.

We are pleased to have upgraded our software to be able to provide you with a AUD$20 discount when you purchase 2 products at the same time, and AUD$40 when you purchase 3 or more products from our online store. This means that if you want to buy an online subscription and a print version … Read more

The new support section of the website has also just had a ‘FAQ’ page added, with answers to the most commonly asked questions about the function of the website added.

We have just introduced a new support system for subscribers having any difficulty with the website. You can now generate a support ticket and track all correspondence related to that issue from within the website. The support area can be found by clicking on the ‘Support’ tab in the members section (My details) of the … Read more

35 new images have been loaded into the Image of the day library.

Even wondered when the last time a particular section of the manual was last updated? Well now you will soon be able to tell because we have started adding the ‘Last modified’ date at the end of each page. This is the latest date and time any part of the page was updated. However when … Read more