BMJ16d
Endotracheal tube as chest tube: a back-up alternative in resource limited settings
Thoracostomies, and subsequent placements of chest tubes (CTs), are a standard procedure in several domains of medicine. In emergency medicine, thoracostomies are indicated to release a relevant ...
BMJ6d
Are medical students in prehospital care at risk of moral injury?
Background The term ‘moral injury’ may be useful in conceptualising the negative psychological effects of delivering emergency and prehospital medicine as it provides a non-pathological framework for ...
BMJ3d
Risk factors and outcomes associated with post-traumatic headache after mild traumatic brain injury
Correspondence to Tansel Yilmaz, Department of Neurology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022 GC Tilburg, The Netherlands; t.yilmaz{at}elisabeth.nl Objectives To determine the ...
BMJ12d
Colles’ type distal radial fractures undergoing manipulation in the ED: a multicentre observational cohort study
Background Colles’ type fractures of the distal radius are one of the most commonly manipulated fractures in the ED. Local audit data suggest that a high proportion of these injuries undergo ...
BMJ4d
Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for paediatric testicular torsion: a systematic review and meta-analysis
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore Background Previous studies have examined the utility of ultrasonography performed by radiologists for diagnosing ...
BMJ13d
Ability of prehospital NEWS to predict 1-day and 7-day mortality is reduced in older adult patients
Correspondence to Jussi Pirneskoski, Department of Emergency Medicine and Services, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland; jussi.pirneskoski{at}helsinki.fi Background National Early ...
BMJ6d
Effect of weather on attendance with injury at a paediatric emergency department
Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, Aberdeen, UK Correspondence to: Dr D M Macgregor, Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, Cornhill ...
BMJ13d
Relationship between the Injury Severity Score and the need for life-saving interventions in trauma patients in the UK
Introduction Major trauma is the third leading cause of avoidable mortality in the UK. Defining which patients require care in a major trauma centre is a critical component of developing, evaluating ...
BMJ11d
Sex differences in the intention and decision to use emergency medical services for acute coronary syndrome in Australia: a retrospective study
Background Sex-based disparities in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) presentations exist and women often have worse outcomes after an ACS event. Calling the emergency medical services (EMS) initiates ...
BMJ2d
Evaluation of 3-mm diameter intravenous tubing for the rapid infusion of fluids.
Department of Anaesthesia, Odstock Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The use of intravenous administration systems incorporating 3-mm internal diameter tubing is becoming more common in ...
BMJ8d
A survey of the perceived quality of patient handover by ambulance staff in the resuscitation room
Objectives—The aim of this study was to examine the quality of handover of patients in the resuscitation room by describing the current perceptions of medical and ambulance staff. Methods—This was a ...
BMJ6d
Venous pH can safely replace arterial pH in the initial evaluation of patients in the emergency department
Objective—This study aims to determine the extent of correlation of arterial and venous pH with a view to identifying whether venous samples can be used as an alternative to arterial values in the ...