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Critical care in the emergency department: shock and circulatory support

Correspondence to: Dr T R J Parke Accident and Emergency Department, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK; tim.parkesgh.scot.nhs.uk Effective resuscitation includes the rapid identification ...
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The NICE guidelines in the real world: a practical perspective

Correspondence to: Mr J Dunning Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 3BW, UK; joeldunningdoctors.org.uk This review examines the derivation of the ...
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Flumazenil use in benzodiazepine overdose in the UK: a retrospective survey of NPIS data

Correspondence to Dr Aravindan Veiraiah, NPIS Edinburgh (Scottish Poisons Information Bureau), The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK; drveiraiah{at}doctors.org.uk Objective ...
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PP16 A review of the annual case epidemiology and clinical exposure of 45 paramedics, in a UK ambulance service: a service evaluation

Introduction Ambulance services are facing increased demand to provide both urgent and emergency care. Details of a paramedic’s case load, patient mix and interventions delivered during patient ...
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BET 2: should ST elevation be measured at the J point or 60 ms later?

A shortcut systematic review was carried out to establish whether in patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes presenting to the emergency department, measurement of electrocardiographic ST ...
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Public perception towards bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Objective Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) improves survival and neurological outcomes. Nonetheless, many OHCA patients do not receive ...
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1074 Ottawa Ankle rules cannot be safely used to rule out ankle fractures in patients who present ≥10 days post-injury

Methods/Design Patients presenting with ankle injuries to an emergency department (ED) in England between June 2015 and November 2020 were identified retrospectively through a clinical-coding search.
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Evaluation of triage methods used to select patients with suspected pandemic influenza for hospital admission

3 Department of Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK 4 Department of Medical Statistics, School of Health and Related ...
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The relationship between body temperature, heart rate and respiratory rate in children

Aim: To describe and quantify the effect that increasing body temperature has on heart rate and respiratory rate in children attending a paediatric emergency department (ED). Methods: Data on pulse, ...
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The ABC of community emergency care

3 Accident and Emergency Department, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will ...
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15 Assessment and management of neurological problems (2)

The main categories of primary survey positive patients are covered in neurological problems (1), 1 however, occasionally patients will be found to have an ABC problem not related to unconsciousness ...
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The minimum clinically significant difference in visual analogue scale pain score does not differ with severity of pain

Correspondence to: Professor Kelly, Department of Emergency Medicine, Western Hospital, Private Bag, Footscray, Vic 3011, Australia (Anne-Maree.Kelly{at}nwhcn.org.au) Objective—To determine whether ...