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Primary care services co-located with Emergency Departments across a UK region: early views on their development
Background Co-location of primary care services with Emergency Departments (ED) is one initiative aiming to reduce the burden on EDs of patients attending with non-urgent problems. However, the extent ...
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Ultrasound to detect haemothorax after chest injury
A short cut review was carried out to establish whether ultrasonography is as sensitive and specific as chest x ray or computed tomography (CT) scan in detecting haemothorax after chest trauma. Thirty ...
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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
Aims/Objectives/Background The Ottawa ankle rules (OAR) have been validated as a highly sensitive tool to rule out ankle fractures and reduce need for radiography ...
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Testing of a novel Valsalva Assist Device with supine and modified positions in healthy volunteers
Correspondence to Associate Prof Andy Appelboam, Academic Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK; andy.appelboam{at}nhs.net Background The ...
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Histamine fish poisoning: a common but frequently misdiagnosed condition
Accident and Emergency Department, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr F Probst, Accident and Emergency Department, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK Scombrotoxic or ...
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A comparison of actual versus predicted emergency ambulance journey times using generic Geographic Information System software
1 Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 2 Institute for Ageing and Health (Stroke Research Group), Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 3 North East ...
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Prehospital clinical signs are a poor predictor of raised intracranial pressure following traumatic brain injury
Background For the prehospital diagnosis of raised intracranial pressure (ICP), clinicians are reliant on clinical signs such as the Glasgow Coma Score (GCS), pupillary response and/or Cushing’s triad ...
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Fascia iliaca block for pain relief from proximal femoral fracture in the emergency department: a review of the literature
Objectives to determine the efficacy of the fascia iliaca block in providing analgesia to patients with a proximal femoral fracture in the emergency department. Methods EMBASE, PubMed, CINAHL and ...
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Airtraq optical laryngoscope: tracheal intubation by novice laryngoscopists
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan Dr Y Hirabayashi, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University, ...
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Triage decisions of prehospital emergency health care providers, using a multiple casualty scenario paper exercise
The University of Birmingham, School of Health Sciences, The Medical School, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to: Mr T Kilner, The University of Birmingham, School of Health Sciences, The Medical School, ...
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The baseball bat: a modern day cudgel
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