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Objective Pain is one of the six general discriminators of the Manchester triage system (MTS). The frequency of pain assessments conducted at triage with the MTS, and patient, nurse and triage ...

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK 2 Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol Correspondence to: Dr T Hilliard, ...

Correspondence to: Professor Kelly, Department of Emergency Medicine, Western Hospital, Private Bag, Footscray, Vic 3011, Australia (Anne-Maree.Kelly{at}nwhcn.org.au) Objective—To determine whether ...

Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United Kingdom. Airbags drastically reduce both morbidity and mortality from crashes, but with the increased use of airbags ...

Background Emergency services are facing increasing workload pressures, and new models of care are needed. We evaluate the impact of a service development involving a partnership between emergency ...

Video laryngoscopy may improve the intubation outcomes in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials ...

The case is presented of a woman with a gradual onset of knee pain due to calcific tendonitis of the medial collateral ligament (MCL). The diagnosis was made based on clinical findings, plain ...

This is the third paper on research in accident and emergency medicine. It discusses the ethical issues in emergency medicine with particular regard to informed consent and the privacy of subjects and ...

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Trauma care has long been characterised by empiric, protocol-driven interventions. While these approaches provide a broad framework, there is a growing recognition that treatment should be tailored to ...

3 Amsterdam Shoulder and Elbow Center of Expertise (ASECE), Amsterdam, The Netherlands Background Standardised consensus-based documentation following anterior shoulder dislocation in the ED might ...