Background: Consultants in emergency medicine have to deal with a wide range of problems, many of which they will not have encountered during their training. One way to assess the adequacy of ...

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 ...

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 ...

7 Department of Intensive Care Medicine, North Manchester General Hospital 8 Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester 9 Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Hope ...

National Poisons Information Service, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr P Dargan, National Poisons Information Service, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, Avonley Road, ...

Is arrival by ambulance a risk factor for myocardial infarction in emergency department patients with cardiac sounding chest pain?

Isolated first rib fractures are uncommon. They are usually associated with severe blunt trauma, although other mechanisms have been suggested, these being (a) indirect trauma, (b) sudden contraction ...

Department of Accident and Emergency, University College London Hospital, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr A K Demetriades Department of Accident and Emergency, University College London Hospital, ...

Introduction Paramedics are involved in examining, treating and diagnosing patients. The accuracy of these diagnoses is evaluated using diagnostic accuracy studies. We undertook a systematic review of ...

Correspondence to Professor T H Rainer, Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Rooms 107/113, Trauma and Emergency Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, ...

1 Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley PA2 9PN 2 Department of Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, Royal Alexandra Hospital If you wish to reuse any or all of ...

Background In 2017, general practitioners in or alongside the emergency department (GPED), an approach that employs GPs in or alongside the ED to address increasing ED demand, was advocated by the ...