Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Cnr Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia The incidence of anaphylaxis is under-reported. Children ...

Objectives—The aim of this study was to compare morphine and pethidine in patients with clinically suspected renal colic with regard to analgesic efficacy, patient satisfaction and side effects.

This paper outlines the emerging best practice when packaging a prehospital trauma patient while providing spinal immobilisation. The best practice described is based on the recommendations of a ...

Correspondence to: Professor T J Coats Department of Emergency Medicine, Leicester University, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK; t.coatsvirgin.net The Medicines for ...

1 Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chiayi City, Taiwan 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Ditmanson Medical Foundation ...

Psychometric validation of a patient-reported experience measure for older adults attending the emergency department: the PREM-ED 65 study ...

Objective—To compare functional outcome in patients with acute grade 1 or 2 (mild to moderate) lateral ankle sprains randomised to treatment with or without a double tubigrip bandage (DTG).

Correspondence to Prof Timothy J Coats, Emergency Medicine Academic Group, College of Medicine Biological Sciences and Psychology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK; tc61{at}le.ac.uk The ...

Correspondence to Dr James Price, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK; james.price{at}doctors.org.uk Introduction The ingestion ...

Objectives An NHS England report highlighted key issues in how patients were initially navigating access to healthcare. This has manifested in increased pressure on ambulance services and emergency ...

Correspondence to: Professor T J Coats Professor of Emergency Medicine, Leicester University, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE 1 5WW, UK; t.coats{at}virgin.net Objectives: ...

Objective Non-urgent paediatric ED (PED) visits appear to contribute a large portion to the growing use of EDs globally. Several interventions have tried to curb repeated non-urgent attendances, but ...