Objective To determine the patient and clinical variables associated with administration of any analgesia, nurse-initiated analgesia (NIA, prescribed and administered by a nurse) and early analgesia ...

Objectives & Background UK urgent and emergency care (UEC) services are facing significant increased patient demand alongside a shortage of medical and nursing staff. From the early 2000's pharmacy ...

Introduction Foot and ankle injuries are common in the Emergency Department (ED). Of those requiring radiographs in accordance with the Ottawa Foot and Ankle Rules, approximately 22% have a fracture.

Correspondence to Dr Lisa Mellon, Division of Population Health Sciences, Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland; lisamellon{at}rcsi.ie Background and ...

Objectives: This study was designed to compare the stability and comfort afforded by the long spinal board (backboard) and the vacuum mattress. Methods: Nine volunteers wearing standardised clothing ...

Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA Correspondence to Dr Adam J Singer, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 ...

Aims and Objectives UK emergency departments conduct 200,000 CTs for mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) annually. Whilst >90% of CTs are normal, 30-50% of patients report long-term functional deficits.

Objectives & Background The NHS safety culture predominantly focuses on negative events with staff being encouraged to report incidents via online tools such as IR1 or Datix. Obligations in relation ...

Background In clinical practice, we encounter patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) without coma after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). However, the epidemiology, ...

Department of Accident & Emergency, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Wing, Imperial College School of Medicine at St. Mary’s Hospital, London, UK “doing the most, for the most”—assigning treatment and ...

A 50 year old woman with a previous diagnosis of epilepsy presented to the emergency department with a generalised seizure. Her admission ECG showed QT prolongation secondary to bradycardia and a ...

Background Tonsillopharyngitis is a common presentation to paediatric emergency departments (PEDs). FeverPAIN (FP) and Centor scoring systems are recommended in the UK to help delineate bacterial ...