Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United Kingdom. Airbags drastically reduce both morbidity and mortality from crashes, but with the increased use of airbags ...

Video laryngoscopy may improve the intubation outcomes in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials ...

Background: Critics of air ambulance doctors question their contribution and believe on-scene time is prolonged. Two helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) models operate in the West Midlands, ...

The case is presented of a woman with a gradual onset of knee pain due to calcific tendonitis of the medial collateral ligament (MCL). The diagnosis was made based on clinical findings, plain ...

Correspondence: Response to: correspondence on ‘subarachnoid haemorrhage in the emergency department (SHED): a prospective, observational, multicentre cohort study’ by Deng and Chen (16 January, 2025) ...

3 Amsterdam Shoulder and Elbow Center of Expertise (ASECE), Amsterdam, The Netherlands Background Standardised consensus-based documentation following anterior shoulder dislocation in the ED might ...

Background Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a common cause of morbidity and mortality in war zones. Currently, the vast majority of reports on war-related TBIs concern soldiers, and little is known ...

Background Excessive workload in emergency departments (ED) negatively affects patient safety, often leading to missed critical tasks due to time constraints. The Workload Assessment of Nurses on ...

Background EDs can address modifiable risks of patients attending due to violence. Hospital-based violence intervention programmes (HVIPs) can reduce patients’ exposure to violence but can place ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 2 Department of Intensive Care, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands ...