Introduction Emergency department (ED) crowding has significant adverse consequences, however, there is no widely accepted tool to measure it. This study validated the National Emergency Department ...
Falls occur increasingly frequently with age. 35% of people aged over 65 fall each year rising to 50% at age 85. Many patients fall repeatedly. 56% of patients attending an emergency department were ...
Background and objectives: The consequences of missing fever in children can be grave. Body temperature is commonly recorded at the axilla but accuracy is a problem. This study aimed to evaluate the ...
Objective—To assess the complication rate of tube thoracostomy in trauma. To consider whether this rate is high enough to support a selective reduction in the indications for tube thoracostomy in ...
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA Dr W P Bozeman, WFU Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston ...
A short cut review was carried out to establish how intra-articular lidocaine compared with intravenous analgesia and sedation during reduction of anterior shoulder dislocations. Altogether 146 papers ...
Methods We conducted a retrospective observational study using media reports and coroner verification to identify and characterise nightclub-related deaths in the UK between 2009 and 2024.
Correspondence to Dr Paul Atkinson, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Saint John Regional Hospital, 400 University Avenue, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada E2L 4L4; ...
Background Pain presents regularly in a range of medical and traumatic conditions. Ongoing monitoring for STEMI, limb fractures and major trauma, as well as audits on paediatric care have all ...
Triage is a process that is critical to the effective management of modern emergency departments. Triage systems aim, not only to ensure clinical justice for the patient, but also to provide an ...
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Regent Court, UK Correspondence to Professor Steve Goodacre, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of ...
In any accident scene, rapid removal of the casualty to hospital improves their chances of survival. The term the “Golden Hour” was first introduced in 1961, but because of misinterpretation as to ...
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