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Prevalence and associated factors of burnout and workplace stressors among emergency department healthcare workers in Uganda

Background Burnout is a widely recognised occupational phenomenon, with emergency department (ED) healthcare workers globally facing a heightened risk. Despite this, data on the burden of burnout ...
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INADVERTENT INTRA-ARTERIAL CANNULATION IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: WHAT IS THE INCIDENCE AND HOW DO WE DETECT IT?

Objectives & Background Inadvertent intra-arterial cannulation (IIAC) is a recognised complication of peripheral cannulation with the potential for severe consequences including limb ischaemia and ...
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Is ice right? Does cryotherapy improve outcome for acute soft tissue injury?

Dr N C Collins, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Galway, Newcastle Road, Galway, Ireland; nievoc{at}yahoo.co.uk Aims: The use of ice or cryotherapy in the management of acute soft ...
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Management of patients presenting to the emergency department with sudden onset severe headache: systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies

Objective Advances in imaging technologies have precipitated uncertainty and inconsistency in the management of neurologically intact patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with ...
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Effect of emergency department fast track on emergency department length of stay: a case–control study

Objective: To examine the effect of fast track on emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS). Design and setting: Pair-matched case–control design in a public teaching hospital in metropolitan ...
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Management of eclampsia in the accident and emergency department

Eclampsia is defined as the occurrence of seizures in pregnancy or within 10 days of delivery, accompanied by at least two of the following features documented within 24 hours of the seizure: ...
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Does the use of the Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System affect cardiac arrest detection?

Correspondence to: Mr A Heward London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, 220 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8SD, UK; andy.hewardlond-amb.nhs.uk Background: Cardiac arrest is the most widely recognised ...
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Avulsion fracture of the coracoid process

Correspondence to Satyajit Sinha, Department of Orthopaedics, Monklands Hospital, Monkscourt Avenue, Airdrie ML6 OJS, Scotland, UK; write2satya{at}hotmail.com If you wish to reuse any or all of this ...
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‘They do not care how much you know until they know how much you care’: a qualitative meta-synthesis of patient experience in the emergency department

Background Patient experience is positively associated with both clinical effectiveness and patient safety and should be a priority for emergency care providers. While both quantitative and ...
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Critical care in the emergency department: introduction

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DELAYED PRESENTATION HEAD INJURIES: WHICH PATIENTS PRESENTING AFTER 24 HOURS NEED A SCAN?

Objectives & Background NICE guidelines are used to triage the 1.4 million patients attending the ED with head injury in England and Wales annually for CT imaging. These guidelines are based on ...
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A case of dextrocardiac ventricular fibrillation arrest

Successful defibrillation of a patient with dextrocardia using conventional anterolateral paddle positions raises doubts about the necessity to place paddles in the exact recommended positions.