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Injuries associated with airbag deployment

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 ...
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Primary survey: highlights from this issue

We begin this month’s issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal with a focus on Patient Experience. We all know that currently it is hard to offer an excellent patient experience when our departments ...
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Educating the ambulance technician, paramedic, and clinical supervisor: using factor analysis to inform the curriculum

Objectives: This project aims to use information about the desirable attributes of the ambulance technician, paramedic, and clinical supervisor to inform future curriculum development. Methods: Data ...
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BET 2: Is there an association between iodine, shellfish and contrast agent allergies?

A shortcut review was carried out to establish whether having a shellfish or iodine allergy changed the risk of allergic reaction in patients receiving radiocontrast medium more than other concomitant ...
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Why is pain management so difficult in the Emergency Department? A systematic mixed studies review and thematic synthesis of staff perceptions of enablers and barriers to pain ...

Introduction Pain is the most common presenting feature within the ED, yet undertreatment of pain in the ED is a well-documented problem worldwide. Despite the development of interventions to address ...
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Occupational stress in consultants in accident and emergency medicine: a national survey of levels of stress at work

Objective: To assess levels of occupational stress in UK accident and emergency (A&E) consultants. Method: Postal survey of complete enumeration of UK consultants. Main outcome measures: GHQ-12 and ...
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Patients who call emergency ambulances for primary care problems: a qualitative study of the decision-making process

Centre for Academic Primary Care, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Correspondence to Dr Matthew J Booker, Centre for Academic Primary Care, School of Social ...
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Medical problems presenting to paediatric emergency departments: 10 years on

1 Nottingham Children's Hospital, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen's Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham, UK 2 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical ...
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The use of history to identify anterior cruciate ligament injuries in the acute trauma setting: the 'LIMP index'

Objective To identify the injury history features reported by patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries and determine whether history may be used to identify patients requiring follow-up ...
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Role of ambulance response times in the survival of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Objectives To evaluate the role of ambulance response times in improving survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Methods OHCAs were identified by sampling consecutive life-threatening ...
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Updated framework on quality and safety in emergency medicine

Objectives Quality and safety of emergency care is critical. Patients rely on emergency medicine (EM) for accessible, timely and high-quality care in addition to providing a ‘safety-net’ function.
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Reliability and validity of the Netherlands Triage Standard in emergency care settings: a case scenario study

Correspondence to Dr Marleen Smits, Scientific Center for Quality of Healthcare, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands; marleen.smits{at}radboudumc.nl Background The Netherlands Triage ...