Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Cnr Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia The incidence of anaphylaxis is under-reported. Children ...
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 2 Department of Intensive Care, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands ...
A qualitative study exploring the experiences of advanced clinical practitioner training in emergency care in the South West of England, United Kingdom ...
Objectives To establish the accuracy of emergency department (ED) nursing staff risk assessment using an established chest pain risk score alone and when incorporated with presentation ...
4 Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 5 Emergency Medicine Department, University of Western Australia, Western Australia ...
Background Blunt thoracic aortic injury (BTAI) is an uncommon diagnosis, usually developing as a consequence of high-impact acceleration–deceleration mechanisms. Timely diagnosis may enable early ...
Background Trauma accounts for a huge burden of disease worldwide. Trauma systems have been implemented in multiple countries across the globe, aiming to link and optimise multiple aspects of the ...
Correspondence to Dr Benjamin Clarke, Emergency Department, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK; b.clarke{at}doctors.org.uk This month’s update is by the South East Scotland team. We ...
Background Understanding patient experiences is crucial to evaluating care quality in EDs. However, while previous reviews describe the determinants of ED patient experiences (ie, factors that ...
Background Complications in early pregnancy, such as threatened or actual miscarriage is a common occurrence resulting in many women presenting to the emergency department (ED). Early pregnancy ...
Objective The potential increased risk of an emergency response using a rapid response vehicle (RRV) should only be accepted when it allows a clinically significant time saving for management of ...
Correspondence to Dr Demian Szyld, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; dszyld{at}bwh.harvard.edu The authors defined criteria for an HoD as: ...