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 ...

Correspondence to Mr Tesfay Mehari Atey, School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; tesfaymehari.atey{at}utas.edu.au Background Pharmacists have an ...

Background: Critics of air ambulance doctors question their contribution and believe on-scene time is prolonged. Two helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) models operate in the West Midlands, ...

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Correspondence to: Dr S E Kim Emergency Department, Chung-Ang University Hospital, 224-1 Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-755, Korea; emkse{at}cau.ac.kr A 32-year-old woman without a remarkable ...

Video laryngoscopy may improve the intubation outcomes in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials ...

Department of Neurosurgery, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland. Blood loss from scalp lacerations may be considerable. Two cases are described to illustrate the hazards of transferring ...

Healthcare organisations have started to examine the impact that the human worker has on patient safety. Adopting the Crew Resource Management (CRM) approach, used in aviation, the CRM or ...

Correspondence to Professor Keith Porter, Department of Anaesthesia, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen B15 2WB, UK; keith.porter{at}uhb.nhs.uk If you wish to reuse ...

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK 2 Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol Correspondence to: Dr T Hilliard, ...

3 Gold Coast Hospital Emergency Department, Queensland Health, Gold Coast Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia 4 Toowoomba Hospital Emergency Department, Queensland Health, Toowoomba, Queensland ...