Correspondence to: Dr Benger, Research Fellow in A&E Telemedicine, Accident and Emergency Department, Tewkesbury Hospital, Barton Road, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire GL20 5QN, UK (JB{at}sectae.org.uk) ...

2 School of Allied Health, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, Ageing Research Centre, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland 3 Limerick EM Education Research Training (ALERT ...

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India Correspondence to: Dr S K Jindal Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute ...

3 South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK Background Tranexamic acid (TXA) is an antifibrinolytic drug used to prevent bleeding. It was introduced as an intervention for ...

Alcoholic ketoacidosis is a poorly diagnosed medical emergency usually identified in chronic alcohol misusers following an abrupt cessation or reduction of alcohol consumption. A high index of ...

2 Conquest Emergency Department, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Hastings, UK 3 The Royal London Hospital Emergency Department, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK 4 St Mary's Emergency ...

Background In 2015, Ambulance Service Medical Directors raised concerns regarding a perceived increase in suicide deaths among ambulance service staff. The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives ...

2 Department of Emergency, Azienda Ospedaliera di Parma, Parma, Italy 3 Department of Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera di Parma Objective: In this study anxiety and depressive disorders were evaluated in ...

Objectives—To improve the time taken for children arriving to the accident and emergency (A&E) department in pain to receive analgesia. Delivery within 30 minutes of triage was taken as an achievable ...

Delayed splenic rupture, though uncommon, is a recognised clinical condition and is associated with a significant mortality rate. In the vast majority of cases the patient re-presents with abdominal ...

Correspondence to Dr Adrian A Boyle, Emergency Department, Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK; adrian.boyle{at}addenbrookes.nhs.uk ...