Correspondence to Dr Silvia Bressan, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova 35128, Italy; silviabress{at}gmail.com Background Intravenous (IV) peripheral access is ...
Background To compare the clinical and demographic variables of patients who present to the ED at different times of the day in order to determine the nature and extent of potential selection bias ...
Objective:: In 2002 a new protocol was introduced based on the Canadian CT rules. Before this the Royal College of Surgeons “Galasko” report guidelines had been followed. This study evaluates the ...
Objectives: The recent introduction of a disposable laryngeal mask airway has provided paramedics with an alternative to endotracheal intubation. Time taken to secure the airway with each device was ...
Background The priorities for UK emergency medicine research were defined in 2017 by a priority setting partnership coordinated by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in collaboration with the ...
Dear editor, We read with great interest the review entitled ‘Paracetamol vs other analgesia in adult patients with minor musculoskeletal injuries: a systematic review’,1 published in the Emergency ...
Objectives—To describe the diagnostic errors occurring in a busy district general hospital accident and emergency (A&E) department over four years. Method—All diagnostic errors discovered by or ...
Background: Heatstroke is a medical emergency that results from failure of thermoregulatory mechanism coupled with an exaggerated acute phase response, causing an elevation in core body temperature ...
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, James Cook Hospital, Middlesborough, Middlesborough, UK This paper reviews the ...
Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United Kingdom. Airbags drastically reduce both morbidity and mortality from crashes, but with the increased use of airbags ...
1 Clinical Effectiveness Committee, College of Emergency Medicine, London, UK 2 Clinical Standards Department, Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit, Royal College of Physicians, London, UK ...
Centre for Health Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Australia Correspondence to Anthony Harris, Centre for Health Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Building ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback