6 University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK Background Neonatal hypothermia (<36.5°C) is an important risk factor for babies born before arrival at hospital (BBA). In ...
Correspondence to Dr Chris Wright, Emergency Department, St Mary's Hospital, Praed St, Paddington, London W2 1NY, UK; chris.wright{at}imperial.nhs.uk Objective Intraosseous access (IO) is becoming ...
Correspondence to Dr Chih-Jung Chang, Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, 220, Taiwan; chihjung0729{at}gmail.com A 15-year-old male athlete presented to ...
Department of Clinical Care and Patient Safety, North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK Correspondence to Jay Duckett, Department of Clinical Care and Patient Safety ...
6 University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK Background Following prehospital birth, babies can become hypothermic within minutes, sometimes before paramedics arrive.
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to: A Downing, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, ...
Objectives—To study the current practice of rapid sequence intubations (RSIs) in four different emergency medicine training programmes in the UK. Methods—Observational study design involving four ...
California Poison Control System-San Diego Division and Division of Medical Toxicology University of California, San Diego Medical Center, 92103-8925, USA. snordt@ucsd.edu A case of digoxin poisoning ...
Background The dogma that traumatic wounds should not be sutured after 6 h is based on an animal experiment by P L Friedrich in 1898. There is no adequately powered prospective study on this cut-off ...
Correspondence to Dr Erica E M Lee, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; ericlee{at}toh.ca Background In many EDs, emergency physicians (EPs) do not have admitting ...
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is an episodic syndrome of cyclic vomiting in the context of the prolonged use of cannabis. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine Toxicology Special Interest ...
Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) Best Practice Guidelines are produced by a variety of special interest groups or convened expert advisory groups which sit under the umbrella of the ...