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BMJ15d
Global health experience of staff working in UK emergency care: a reflexive thematic analysis
Background and aims There is growing recognition among practitioners worldwide of the benefits of practising emergency medicine in different countries and healthcare settings. A recent survey by the ...
BMJ1d
THE PAEDIATRIC OBSERVATION PRIORITY SCORE (POPS): A USEFUL TOOL TO PREDICT LIKELIHOOD OF ADMISSION FROM THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Objectives & Background No specific early warning score universally validated for use in all children presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) exists. POPS is a novel aggregate scoring system, ...
BMJ4d
Prehospital management of lower limb fractures
Correspondence to: MrK M Porter Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, Selly Oak Hospital,Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6JD, UK; keith.porteruhb.nhs.uk Lower limb fractures are common ...
BMJ2d
Temperature measurement in the adult emergency department: oral, tympanic membrane and temporal artery temperatures versus rectal temperature
Correspondence to Dr Polly E Bijur, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Rose F. Kennedy Center room 915F, 1410 Pelham Parkway South, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; polly.bijur{at}einstein.yu.edu Objective The ...
BMJ2d
Pre-hospital spinal immobilisation: an initial consensus statement
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, James Cook Hospital, Middlesborough, Middlesborough, UK This paper reviews the ...
BMJ4d
Whole blood transfusion versus component therapy in adult trauma patients with acute major haemorrhage
Objective In the era of damage control resuscitation of trauma patients with acute major haemorrhage, transfusion practice has evolved to blood component (component therapy) administered in a ratio ...
BMJ4d
Swivel-HEPA-ETT (SHE) bougie and HEPA-ETT (HE) methods for safe intubation while managing patients with COVID-19
Correspondence to Dr Tzu-Yao Hung, Emergency, Taipei City Hospital, Zhong-Xing Branch, Taipei 10341, Taiwan; bryansolitude{at}gmail.com At the end of December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, SARS ...
BMJ5d
Designing a research project: randomised controlled trials and their principles
The sixth paper in this series discusses the design and principles of randomised controlled trials. This paper discusses various key features of RCT design, with particular emphasis on the validity of ...
BMJ1d
Contemporary UK paramedical training and education. How do we train? How should we educate?
Objective: To develop an understanding of the current system and future development of training and education within a large UK ambulance trust, based upon the experiences, beliefs, and opinions of ...
BMJ3d
Clearing the cervical spine of paediatric trauma patients
Objectives: To review the evidence available for clearance of the cervical spine in children under 16 years of age after trauma, and to provide guidance to enable this to be practised safely. Methods: ...
BMJ2d
Is ambulance telephone triage using advanced medical priority dispatch protocols able to identify patients with acute stroke correctly?
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust (Hampshire Division), Otterbourne, UK Dr C D Deakin, South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust, North Wing, Southern House, Sparrowgrove, Otterbourne, Hants ...
BMJ4d
Modelling attending physician productivity in the emergency department: a multicentre study
Correspondence to Dr Joshua W Joseph, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1 Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA; jwjoseph{at}bidmc.harvard.edu Objectives ...