Objective The objective was to compare agreement between three non-invasive measures of temperature and rectal temperatures and to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of these measures to detect ...

Background: Shoulder dislocations account for almost 50% of all joint dislocations, which are most commonly anterior (90–98%) and occur due to trauma. This prospective study was conducted to report ...

BACKGROUND: The Manchester triage system (MTS) is now widely used in UK accident and emergency (A&E) departments. No clinical outcome studies have yet been published to validate the system. Safety of ...

Introduction National practice guidelines recommend early aspirin administration to reduce mortality in acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Although timely administration of aspirin has been shown to ...

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 ...

Effective resuscitation includes the rapid identification and correction of an inadequate circulation. Shock is said to be present when systemic hypoperfusion results in severe dysfunction of the ...

Background Few studies have looked at how obesity affects injury outcomes among vehicle occupants involved in traffic collisions. Objective To estimate the association of obesity with death risk among ...

Objective: To see whether three hours of combined doctor and nurse triage would lead to earlier medical assessment and treatment and whether this benefit would carry on for the rest of the day when ...

Aims and Objectives High-Acuity Low-Occurrence (HALO) procedures are critical, rare procedures for Emergency Physicians. Cadaveric and high fidelity HALO courses are resource and faculty intensive, ...

Pelvic fractures are one of the potentially life-threatening injuries that should be identified during the primary survey in patients sustaining major trauma. Early suspicion, identification and ...

The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course aims to provide a universal framework for the management of trauma that will lead to a reduction in patient mortality. While it has achieved great ...

An ambulance crew attended a patient complaining of chest pain with a clinical picture strongly suggestive of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). A 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) was obtained, which ...