3 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Gayle Elizabeth McLelland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, PO BOx 527, ...

Background Traumatic pneumothoraces are present in one-fifth of multiple trauma victims. Traditional teaching mandates the insertion of a chest drain in the majority of cases. However, recent ...

Objectives & Background Since ‘legal highs' emerged as drugs of abuse in the UK, Emergency Physicians have battled to keep up with the latest drug craze. Whilst many of these drugs present with ...

Background The priorities for UK emergency medicine research were defined in 2017 by a priority setting partnership coordinated by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in collaboration with the ...

1 DREEAM: Department of Research and Education in Emergency Medicine, Acute Medicine and Major Trauma, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK 2 Emergency Department, Royal Victoria ...

Background Establishing intravenous access is often vital in an acute hospital setting but can be difficult. Ultrasound-guided cannulation increases success rates in prospective studies. However, ...

Department of Prehospital Care, London Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK Correspondence to Lockey D J, London Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, Department ...

Correspondence to Dr Rachel Showstack, Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260, USA; Rachel.Showstack{at}wichita.edu ...

1 Pre-hospital Emergency Research Unit, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust, Lansdowne Hospital, Cardiff, UK 2 Faculty of Pre-hospital Care Research Unit, the James Cook University Hospital/University ...

Introduction With an increase in the population living with terminal illness, many patients are accessing EDs during the last days of their life. Yet EDs are often not well prepared to provide ...

Objectives Early identification of patients with blood stream infection (BSI), especially bacteraemia, is important as prompt treatment improves outcome. The initial stages of severe infection may be ...

Correspondence to: Dr J Terris Emergency Department, St Thomas’s Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK; jane.terrisgstt.sthames.nhs.uk Objectives: To assess whether initial patient consult ...