Background: The NICE head injury guidelines recommend a different approach in the management of head injury patients. It suggests that CT head scan should replace skull x ray (SXR) and ...
Background Communication in a family’s primary language can support safe care. Vital steps within the care delivery process are contingent on successful communication, including reporting symptoms, ...
Introduction Healthcare-associated infection caused by insufficient hygiene is associated with mortality, economic burden, and suffering for the patient. Emergency medical service (EMS) providers ...
Objective To determine if intravenous paracetamol was superior to oral paracetamol as an adjunct to opioids in the management of moderate to severe pain in the ED setting. Methods A prospective, ...
Objective In the era of damage control resuscitation of trauma patients with acute major haemorrhage, transfusion practice has evolved to blood component (component therapy) administered in a ratio ...
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 ...
Background Early and accurate detection of large vessel occlusion (LVO) is essential for timely endovascular thrombectomy in acute ischaemic stroke. The Gaze-Face-Arm-Speech-Time (G-FAST) scale has ...
Background Children experience significant anxiety in the paediatric ED. Although research from preoperative and primary care samples indicates that parents experience anxiety surrounding their ...
2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK 3 Department of Emergency Medicine, St James’s University Hospital Background: Continuous positive airways pressure ...
The infusion after the bolus: a quality improvement programme to support emergency department airway governance in Ireland (19 March, 2026) ...
Correspondence to Dr Biswadev Mitra, Emergency & Trauma Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road., Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia; b.mitra{at}alfred.org.au Introduction Injured patients presenting ...
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