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Echocardiography in the emergency department

Point-of-care echocardiography using portable machines is an exciting development in emergency medicine. Recent improvements in ultrasound quality mean that emergency physicians are finding ...
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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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Intravenous fluid resuscitation: was Poiseuille right?

Aim To compare the flow rates of readily available intravenous infusion devices and to compare the effect of the addition of pressure or a needle-free intravenous connector device. Methods Several ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Risk events during intrahospital transport of patients from the emergency department: a prospective observational study

Background We aimed to determine the incidence, nature of and predisposing factors for risk events (REs) that occur during the intrahospital transport of patients from the ED. Methods We undertook a ...
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Critical care in the emergency department: introduction

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AMPDS categories: are they an appropriate method to select cases for extended role ambulance practitioners?

Yorkshire Ambulance Service and Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Pre-Hospital Care, Mid Yorkshire Trust, Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Wakefield, UK Dr J T Gray, Yorkshire Ambulance ...
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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.