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Mental health in hospital emergency departments: cross-sectional analysis of attendances in England 2013/2014

Objective To describe the population of patients who attend emergency departments (ED) in England for mental health reasons. Methods Cross-sectional observational study of 6 262 602 ED attendances at ...
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Cerebral oedema in childhood diabetic ketoacidosis: Is treatment a factor?

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Triage rapid initial assessment by doctor (TRIAD) improves waiting time and processing time of the emergency department

Accident and Emergency Department, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong Correspondence to: Dr Y-F Choi Medical Officer, Accident and Emergency Department, Pamela Youde Nethersole ...
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Prevalence, causes and consequences of compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue in emergency care: a mixed-methods study of UK NHS Consultants

4 Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery King's College London, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Sunil Dasan, Emergency Department, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT, ...
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Pre-hospital aspirin for suspected myocardial infarction and acute coronary syndromes: A headache for paramedics?

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 ...
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An introduction to power and sample size estimation

Correspondence to: Dr S R Jones, Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; steve.r.jones{at}bigfoot.com ...
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Methylene blue: a treatment for severe methaemoglobinaemia secondary to misuse of amyl nitrite

Correspondence to: Dr J Terris, Department of Accident and Emergency, St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK; j.terris{at}gstt.sthames.nhs.uk ...
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Application of the Canadian CT head rules in managing minor head injuries in a UK emergency department: implications for the implementation of the NICE guidelines

Objective:: In 2002 a new protocol was introduced based on the Canadian CT rules. Before this the Royal College of Surgeons “Galasko” report guidelines had been followed. This study evaluates the ...
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Extrication of the seriously injured road crash victim

In any accident scene, rapid removal of the casualty to hospital improves their chances of survival. The term the “Golden Hour” was first introduced in 1961, but because of misinterpretation as to ...
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Pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria (PERC) in pulmonary embolism—revisited: A systematic review and meta-analysis

1 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA 2 Department of General Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA 3 Knowledge and Encounter Research, ...
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Let the kids play: gamification as a CPR training methodology in secondary school students. A quasi-experimental manikin simulation study

Objective Gamification is a non-evaluation and competition-based training methodology with high emotional involvement. The goal of this study was to evaluate gamification methodology as compared with ...
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2064 Going green and on screen: digitalising patient information resources in a paediatric emergency department

Aims and Objectives Safety net advice and provision of written resources are core to delivering safe care in paediatric emergency medicine. In 2020 a new QI project commenced at Sheffield Children’s ...