A short cut review was carried out to establish whether a normal serum amylase value rules out the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. Altogether 191 papers were found using the reported search, of which ...

1 Department of Neurology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital Ramón Y Cajal, Madrid, Spain Correspondence to: R Toledano Department of Neurology, ...

Background The concept of situation awareness (SA) has become a core theme throughout human factors research. SA is a cognitive process, put simply, it refers to a person’s ability to be aware of what ...

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether the intravenous glucagon can support blood pressure in β blocker overdose. A total of 51 papers were found using the reported search, of which ...

A diagnosis of tension pneumothorax is usually only considered within the context of trauma, incorrect chest drain insertion or positive pressure ventilation. Four patients are presented who developed ...

Correspondence to Dr Norkamari Shakira Bandolin, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; sbandolin{at}ucdavis.edu Background Previous studies have ...

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 ...

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Managing the airway of a critically injured trauma patient in the prehospital environment is challenging, especially when access to the patient’s airway is limited as is often the case in vehicle ...

Monash University, Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Dr Brett Williams, Department of Community Emergency Health & Paramedic ...

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether aspiration of a traumatic knee haemarthrosis improved the patient's symptoms. Altogether 267 papers were found using the reported search, of ...