Accident and Emergency Department, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. OBJECTIVE--To examine the management of traumatic pneumothorax in a department where some of these injuries do not receive chest drains ...

Pre-hospital Care Research Unit, Department of Academic Emergency Medicine, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK Correspondence to: Mr M Woollard The James Cook University Hospital, ...

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 ...

Faculty of Pre-hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to: Mr K Allison Faculty of Pre-hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Nicolson ...

Correspondence to: Mr P E Pritty, Accident and Emergency Department, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, London Road, Derby DE1 2QY, UK; ppritty{at}aol.com Colchicine overdose is uncommon but potentially life ...

Objective Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) improves survival and neurological outcomes. Nonetheless, many OHCA patients do not receive ...

Dr L Moore, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, 5 Lambeth Walk, London SE11 6SP, UK; lynda.moore{at}southwarkpct.nhs.uk Background: There is a significant literature examining the reasons ...

The importance of the electrocardiographic differential diagnosis of ST segment depression in patients presenting with acute chest pain is discussed.

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 ...

Background Nausea and vomiting is a common ED chief complaint. However, randomised trials comparing antiemetic agents to placebo have not demonstrated superiority. This systematic review investigates ...

1 Accident and Emergency Department, Ayr Hospital, Dalmellington Road, Ayr, Scotland 2 Accident and Emergency Department, Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock Overdoses of tricyclic antidepressants are ...