Background Delays to timely admission from emergency departments (EDs) are known to harm patients. Objective To assess and quantify the increased risk of death resulting from delays to inpatient ...

1 Accident and Emergency Department, Ayr Hospital, Dalmellington Road, Ayr, Scotland 2 Accident and Emergency Department, Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock Overdoses of tricyclic antidepressants are ...

Correspondence to Dr Roderick Mackenzie, Intercollegiate Board for Training in Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Pre-hospital Care Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9DW, ...

Background Intraosseous (IO) drug infusion has been reported to have similar pharmacokinetics to intravenous (IV) infusion. In military and civilian trauma, the IO route is often used to obtain rapid ...

Objectives & Background Dabigatran, an oral thrombin inhibitor, is widely used for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. Idarucizumab, a monoclonal antibody fragment directed against dabigatran, ...

Introduction Emergency conditions constitute a large proportion of the total global burden of disease and annual global deaths. All 10 leading causes of death in LMICs are conditions which are ...

Psychogenic stridor is a rare cause of apparent acute upper airway obstruction, usually occurring in young female adults. The alarming presence of inspiratory stridor leads to suspicion of organic ...

Objectives: To produce an easily understood and accessible tool for use by researchers in diagnostic studies. Diagnostic studies should have sample size calculations performed, but in practice, they ...

Objective To compare the effectiveness of paracetamol, hyoscine butylbromide and the combination of paracetamol plus hyoscine butylbromide (paracetamol + hyoscine butylbromide) in the management of ...

Introduction For a patient nearing the end of his or her life, transfer from a nursing home to the ED can be inappropriate, with potentially negative consequences, but transfer in these circumstances ...

Correspondence to Dr Brian H Rowe, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, 1G1.42 Walter C. Mackenzie Centre, 8440-112 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7; ...

Correspondence to: Mr A Heward London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, 220 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8SD, UK; andy.hewardlond-amb.nhs.uk Background: Cardiac arrest is the most widely recognised ...