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Beyond triage: the diagnostic accuracy of emergency department nursing staff risk assessment in patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes
Objectives To establish the accuracy of emergency department (ED) nursing staff risk assessment using an established chest pain risk score alone and when incorporated with presentation ...
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Sprain or fracture? An analysis of 2000 ankle injuries.
A retrospective survey of over 2000 patients with inversion injuries of the ankle joint was undertaken to examine the validity of criteria commonly used in an accident and emergency department to ...
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The changing face of major trauma in the UK
2 Centre for Clinical Trials and Population Studies, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, UK 3 Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine, Royal Centre ...
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An outcomes evaluation of an emergency department early pregnancy assessment service and early pregnancy assessment protocol
Background Complications in early pregnancy, such as threatened or actual miscarriage is a common occurrence resulting in many women presenting to the emergency department (ED). Early pregnancy ...
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Older patients with traumatic brain injury present with a higher GCS score than younger patients for a given severity of injury
Introduction Recent evidence suggests that presenting GCS may be higher in older rather than younger patients for an equivalent anatomical severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The aim of this ...
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Pharmacists in Trauma: a randomised controlled trial of emergency medicine pharmacists in trauma response teams
Background Analgesia is an important component for patient well-being, but commonly delayed during trauma resuscitation. The Pharmacists in Trauma trial assessed the effects of integrating pharmacists ...
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Outcomes of paediatric patients who are not transported to hospital by Emergency Medical Services: a data linkage study
Background Data on the safety of non-transport decisions for paediatric patients attended by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are lacking. We describe the characteristics and outcomes of paediatric ...
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to hanging: a retrospective analysis
Background There has been little research into the prehospital management of cardiac arrest following hanging despite it being among the most prevalent methods of suicide worldwide. The aim of this ...
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Risk factors and outcomes associated with post-traumatic headache after mild traumatic brain injury
Correspondence to Tansel Yilmaz, Department of Neurology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022 GC Tilburg, The Netherlands; t.yilmaz{at}elisabeth.nl Objectives To determine the ...
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Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound of the posterior fatpad in elbow fractures
Background Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can potentially be used in the triage of patients with elbow injuries. However, the diagnostic accuracy of POCUS performed by non-radiologists for the ...
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Prehospital vital sign abnormalities and in-hospital outcomes in children
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Tranexamic acid for neck of femur fractures in the emergency department
1 University of Glasgow College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, Glasgow, UK 2 University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, UK A short systematic review of the ...