Emergency Medicine Journal

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Community emergency medicine: a service review of patients that sustain head injuries in the community—can early intervention ...
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Empathy can be taught and learned with evidence-based education

Correspondence to Dr Helen Riess, Empathy and Relational Science Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA; HRiess{at}Partners.Org While many believe some people are ...
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Are rapid diagnostic tests reliable for the detection of malaria in the emergency department?

A short systematic review assessed the diagnostic accuracy of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in febrile adults from malaria-endemic regions. A database search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane and Google ...
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Weight estimation in paediatrics: a comparison of the APLS formula and the formula ‘Weight=3(age)+7’

Objectives To gather data on the ages and weights of children aged between 1 and 16 years in order to assess the validity of the current weight estimation formula ‘Weight(kg)=2(age+4)’ and the newly ...
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In patients with head injuries who undergo rapid sequence intubation using succinylcholine, does pretreatment with a competitive neuromuscular blocking agent improve outcome? A ...

A literature search was undertaken for evidence of the effect of succinylcholine (SCH) on the intracranial pressure (ICP) of patients with acute brain injury and whether pretreatment with a ...
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Variables associated with administration of analgesia, nurse-initiated analgesia and early analgesia in the emergency department

Objective To determine the patient and clinical variables associated with administration of any analgesia, nurse-initiated analgesia (NIA, prescribed and administered by a nurse) and early analgesia ...
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The Highland Health Advocates: a preliminary evaluation of a novel programme addressing the social needs of emergency department patients

Correspondence to Dr Lia Ilona Losonczy, Department of Emergency Medicine, Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System, 1411 E. 31st Street Oakland, CA 94602, United States; lia.losonczy{at}gmail.com ...
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Emergency department management of older people living with frailty: a guide for emergency practitioners

Emergency Departments (EDs) are increasingly seeing more seriously unwell older people living with frailty. In the context of limited resources and increasing demand it’s the ED practitioner’s ...
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Retention of information by emergency department staff at ambulance handover: do standardised approaches work?

2 Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to: Anthony Bleetman Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, ...
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What causes adverse events in prehospital care? A human-factors approach

Ambulance Research Institute, Ambulance Service of New South Wales (ASNSW), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Correspondence to Roger Price, Ambulance Research Institute, Ambulance Service of New ...
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Establishing a successful pre-hospital emergency service in a developing country: experience from Rescue 1122 service in Pakistan

As in many other developing countries, emergency medical services, especially pre-hospital emergency care, has long been neglected in Pakistan. Consequently, patients are brought to the emergency ...
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Evaluation of a diabetes referral pathway for the management of hypoglycaemia following emergency contact with the ambulance service to a diabetes specialist nurse team

1 Mid Yorkshire Trust and West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service, Wakefield, UK 2 West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service, Wakefield, UK Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of ...