Correspondence to: Dr Benger, Research Fellow in A&E Telemedicine, Accident and Emergency Department, Tewkesbury Hospital, Barton Road, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire GL20 5QN, UK (JB{at}sectae.org.uk) ...

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India Correspondence to: Dr S K Jindal Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute ...

2 School of Allied Health, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, Ageing Research Centre, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland 3 Limerick EM Education Research Training (ALERT ...

Correspondence to: Dr Y Nigam, School of Health Science, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK; y.nigam{at}swansea.ac.uk Objectives: The objective of this regional study ...

3 South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK Background Tranexamic acid (TXA) is an antifibrinolytic drug used to prevent bleeding. It was introduced as an intervention for ...

Background In 2015, Ambulance Service Medical Directors raised concerns regarding a perceived increase in suicide deaths among ambulance service staff. The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives ...

2 Conquest Emergency Department, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Hastings, UK 3 The Royal London Hospital Emergency Department, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK 4 St Mary's Emergency ...

Alcoholic ketoacidosis is a poorly diagnosed medical emergency usually identified in chronic alcohol misusers following an abrupt cessation or reduction of alcohol consumption. A high index of ...

Introduction The aim of this study was to compare a combination of three commonly used tests to identify scaphoid fractures with MRI in patients with normal x-ray after a wrist trauma. Patients and ...

2 Department of Emergency, Azienda Ospedaliera di Parma, Parma, Italy 3 Department of Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera di Parma Objective: In this study anxiety and depressive disorders were evaluated in ...

Emergency Medicine Research Group, Centre for Primary Health Care Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Correspondence to: Dr M Cooke, Emergency Medicine Research Group, Centre for Primary ...

Delayed splenic rupture, though uncommon, is a recognised clinical condition and is associated with a significant mortality rate. In the vast majority of cases the patient re-presents with abdominal ...