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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

A young person presenting with shortness of breath is common to the accident and emergency department. Usually this hyperventilation is anxiety related or a panic attack, but sometimes it can be ...

4 Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland Correspondence to Dr Vilhjalmur Rafnsson, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Iceland, Stapi, Reykjavik ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

1 St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, Anaesthetic Department, London, UK 2 Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London UK Correspondence to Dr Claas Siegmueller, St George's ...

Background Chest pain accounts for approximately 6% of all Emergency Department (ED) attendances. We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay (Siemens TNIH) on ...