Emergency Medicine Survival Guide is a book that is very informative and gives a practical approach to medical personnel in the emergency room setting. It is aimed at medical students, advanced nurse practitioners, new physicians, and junior medical staff. It contains information that cannot be found in the books. It emphasizes safe practice of medicine, general day-to-day workings of an emergency department, and an overall guidance that could help one transition to an emergency room work setting without any difficulty.

Dr. Bensson Samuel completed his undergraduate degree at University of Connecticut in the field allied health, cytotechnology. He was later board certified by American Society of Clinical Pathology. He completed his medical degree at Karol Marcinkowskiego University of Medicine, Poznan, Poland. After medical school, Dr. Samuel completed his foundation training at Wirral Hospital, during which he spent of the time in acute and emergency medicine. Dr. Samuel completed to work as an SHO at Macclesfield hospital, Royal Blackburn hospital. After gaining significant exposure, he went on to work as Specialty Associate in Macclesfield and Weston Super Mare district general hospitals. Dr. Samuel completed a Post Graduate certificate in Emergency Medicine during his time there. In addition to the above, he completed his training in Internal Medicine at St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Dr.Samuel also has completed a postgraduate diploma in gastroenterology from Queen Mary University, London. The book is a summation of cumulative experience gained from his time in the emergency department and contains insights that are not usually found in a regular textbook. The book was written over a span of five years and references Royal College and NICE guidelines written at that time. The book could be a supplementary reading and not to be used as the sole source of information. Dr. Samuel is currently employed as an ER physician at Williamsport Regional Hospital, Pennsylvania, and War Memorial Hospital, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.