There is no doubt that the practice of emergency medicine is characterized by intensity, targeted action, the ability to make immediate decisions, and effective management of difficult situations, which concern not only the patients and their environment but also the staff involved in the effort to revive the patients. This very medical and nursing staff working in the Emergency Department of a hospital is inevitably called upon to make these critical life-saving decisions under conditions of extreme pressure.

To perform their duties in such a demanding clinical setting, both doctors and nurses must be able to immediately recognize life-threatening situations in order to address them effectively, as time is a powerful enemy in this effort. To this end, they need to quickly recall a vast amount of knowledge and information, distinguish conditions and pathological entities, and make the appropriate choices that ensure the patient's life.

A valuable aid for the proper practice of clinical work in this environment is the handbook by Sefrin and Schua, which has rightfully received favorable comments from the global medical community and has been translated into numerous languages, as it is a practical and comprehensible manual that thousands of doctors refer to daily for handling emergency cases around the world. By delivering this handbook to Greek doctors, nurses, and rescuers, we express our belief that they will find in it a valuable ally in their daily struggle to save and restore patients.