Emergency Medicine Journal: 37 (5)
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Time-critical telephone conversations in the emergency department: lessons learnt from a pilot educational project to improve communication skills over the telephone in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic
In many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in restricted hospital visiting by relatives. Staff have been forced to deliver unwelcome and bad news over the…
National initiatives to improve outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in England
NHS England report that the ambulance services attempt to resuscitate approximately 28 000 people from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year (approximately 1 per 2000 inhabitants per…
EMJ Podcast: Primary Survey – the highlights of June 2023 on Apple Podcasts
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Can you assess the Clinical Frailty Scale in the HEMS setting? A Feasibility Study
Patients living with frailty are at risk of worse outcomes.1 The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is a tool that has been developed to assess a…
Factors associated with persistent multiyear frequent emergency department use
Background Although frequent emergency department (ED) users have been widely studied in cross-sectional settings, there is some evidence suggesting that most frequent ED users do…
Accuracy of ultrasound in diagnosing ankle injuries in emergency care
Background Ankle injuries are one of the most common presentations in the ED. Although fractures can be ruled out using the Ottawa Ankle Rules, the…
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Improving communications in PPE: a solution for ‘landline’ telephone communication
Background Emergency care staff wearing elastomeric respiratory personal protective equipment (PPE) report difficulties in communicating by telephone. We developed and tested an affordable technological solution…
Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care lung ultrasound for COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Point-of-care (POC) lung ultrasound (LUS) is widely used in the emergency setting and there is an established evidence base across a range of respiratory…
Comparison of intravenous paracetamol (acetaminophen) to intravenously or intramuscularly administered non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or opioids for patients presenting with moderate to severe acute pain conditions to the ED: systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective Paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and opiates/opioids, administered parenterally via intravenous or intramuscular route, are widely used to provide analgesia for patients with moderate…