BMJ22 小时
How well informed are patients when leaving the emergency department? comparing information ...
2 Institut de Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Correspondence to Dr Yvonne Bogenstätter, Institut de Psychologie du Travail et des ...
BMJ23 小时
Comparison of four decision aids for the early diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes in the ...
Objectives To directly compare the diagnostic accuracy of four decision aids (Troponin-only Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (T-MACS), History, ECG, Age, Risk factors and Troponin (HEART), ...
BMJ4 天
Polymethylmethacrylate cement pulmonary embolism and infarct
Correspondence to Dr Andrew Christian Stevens, Department of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1050 Wishard Blvd Rm RG2200, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; ...
BMJ5 天
Is time to closure a factor in the occurrence of infection in traumatic wounds? A ...
Background The dogma that traumatic wounds should not be sutured after 6 h is based on an animal experiment by P L Friedrich in 1898. There is no adequately powered prospective study on this cut-off ...
BMJ5 天
Gaza: providing emergency care under fire
Correspondence to Dr Mohammed Qandil, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Gaza, Palestine; mohpalga88{at}gmail.com Dr Mohammed Qandil, an Emergency Medicine and Critical Care consultant and member of the ...
BMJ6 天
Feasibility of prehospital treatment with activated charcoal: Who could we treat, who ...
Correspondence to: Dr G K Isbister, Level 5, Clinical Sciences Building, Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Edith Street, Waratah, NSW 2098, Australia; gsbite{at}bigpond.com Objectives: To ...
BMJ8 天
The clinical evaluation of the Respi-check mask: a new oxygen mask incorporating a ...
Study objective—To investigate the correlation between the Respi-check sensor and simultaneous chest auscultation in determining the respiratory rates in adults. Methods—Random visits to a local ...
BMJ8 天
1583 Impact of digital technology in care homes on Emergency Department attendances
Aims, Objectives and Background HealthCall is a digital health initiative that aims to reduce emergency department attendances by upskilling care home staff to use app-based technology whereby ...
BMJ8 天
Emergency department noise: mental activation or mental stress?
Correspondence to Dr Lindy-Lee Folscher, Division of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Gauteng, South Africa, P.O. Box 1889, Heidelberg 1438, ...
BMJ9 天
Public perception towards bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Objective Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) improves survival and neurological outcomes. Nonetheless, many OHCA patients do not receive ...
BMJ10 天
Risk events during intrahospital transport of patients from the emergency department: a ...
Background We aimed to determine the incidence, nature of and predisposing factors for risk events (REs) that occur during the intrahospital transport of patients from the ED. Methods We undertook a ...