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Violence and disorder is concentrated in relatively small city centre entertainment areas, 1 occurring most frequently in and around pubs and clubs on weekend nights. 2 It involves large numbers of ...
Background The term ‘moral injury’ may be useful in conceptualising the negative psychological effects of delivering emergency and prehospital medicine as it provides a non-pathological framework for ...
The diagnosis and investigation of suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT) has been the subject of considerable interest in recent years, stemming from the previously reported inaccuracy of clinical ...
The threat of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents is unlikely to decrease and preparations to deal with this type of incident are well established in most European emergency ...
Results During night shifts, 18 of the 26 observed clinical encounters used diagnostic imaging, compared with 12 of the 20 observed clinical encounters during day shifts. Factors affecting ...
Lower limb fractures are common injuries in prehospital care. Untreated fractures can lead to hypovolaemic shock especially if open, and should be treated with effective haemorrhage control and ...
Rigorous assessment of occupational COVID-19 risk and personal protective equipment (PPE) use is not well-described. We evaluated 9-1-1 emergency medical services (EMS) encounters for patients with ...
Objective —To determine whether minimum clinically significant difference in visual analogue scale (VAS) pain score varies according to the severity of pain reported. Method —Prospective descriptive ...
Background Blood transfusion for bleeding trauma patients is a promising pre-hospital intervention with potential to improve outcomes. However, it is not yet clear which patients may benefit from ...
Objective To develop and validate models to predict emergency department (ED) presentations and hospital admissions for time and day of the year. Methods Initial model development and validation was ...
It has been proposed that formalisation of training to encompass prehospital and retrieval medicine should be considered in the UK, using those currently involved in immediate care as the core ...
Objectives: Consultation is a common and important aspect of emergency department (ED) practice which can lead to delays in patient flow. Little is known about ED consultations and this review ...