Acute hyperkalaemia is a potentially life-threatening electrolyte disturbance frequently encountered in emergency departments. Timely recognition and appropriate treatment are critical to prevent ...
Background Ankle injuries are one of the most common presentations in the ED. Although fractures can be ruled out using the Ottawa Ankle Rules, the specificity is low, which means many patients may ...
Correspondence to: MrK M Porter Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, Selly Oak Hospital,Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6JD, UK; keith.porteruhb.nhs.uk Lower limb fractures are common ...
Monash University, Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, Frankston, Victoria, Australia Background: International studies have shown that some 60% of paramedics have ...
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 ...
1 Emergency Department, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK 2 Emergency Department, Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Berkshire, UK 3 Institute of Biomedical ...
Correspondence to Nicola Jane Credland, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, UK; n.credland{at}hull.ac.uk Background Incivility or rudeness is a form of interpersonal aggression.
Correspondence to Dr Tadahiro Goto, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Fukui Hospital, 23-3, Shimoaiduki, Matsuoka, Eiheiji, Yoshida, Fukui 910-1193, Japan; qq_gto{at}yahoo.co.jp ...
Objectives & Background Facial injuries are a common presentation to the ED with data suggesting that this may be as high as 4%. There is little data on the epidemiology of paediatric facial injuries ...
A short cut review was carried out to establish whether gastric lavage was better than activated charcoal alone at reducing toxicity after aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) ...
This article has been written with reference to the mental health legislation in England. Variations in this legislation occur in other countries of the UK. Practitioners working in other countries of ...
Spontaneous life threatening haemopneumothorax is an unusual but treatable cause of unexpected circulatory collapse in young patients. Two case histories are presented to illustrate the management of ...
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