Emergency Medicine Research Group, Centre for Primary Health Care Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Correspondence to: Dr M Cooke, Emergency Medicine Research Group, Centre for Primary ...

Introduction Foot and ankle injuries are common in the Emergency Department (ED). Of those requiring radiographs in accordance with the Ottawa Foot and Ankle Rules, approximately 22% have a fracture.

1 Pre-hospital Emergency Research Unit, University of Wales College of Medicine/Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust, Cardiff, UK 2 Department of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Public Health, University ...

Correspondence to Dr Lisa Mellon, Division of Population Health Sciences, Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland; lisamellon{at}rcsi.ie Background and ...

Background Patients with mental health-related complaints are a key driver of increasing emergency medical service (EMS) demand; however, they require minimal intervention by EMS personnel. We ...

Correspondence to Dr Fraser Birse, Emergency Department, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK; fraserbirse{at}gmail.com UK Trauma data collected by Trauma Audit and ...

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Musculoskeletal trauma to the foot is a common presentation to EDs. A Lisfranc fracture dislocation ...

Background: A crossover study was performed in healthy volunteers to compare the efficacy of a self-inflating bag with the Mapleson C breathing system for pre-oxygenation. Method: 20 subjects breathed ...

Objectives & Background The NHS safety culture predominantly focuses on negative events with staff being encouraged to report incidents via online tools such as IR1 or Datix. Obligations in relation ...

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

Correspondence to: Jeff Clawson MD, International Academies of Emergency Dispatch, 139 East South Temple, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, USA; jeff.clawson{at}emergencydispatch.org Objectives: ...

Aims and Objectives UK emergency departments conduct 200,000 CTs for mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) annually. Whilst >90% of CTs are normal, 30-50% of patients report long-term functional deficits.