BMJ13d
Suicide and self-injury-related emergency department visits and homelessness among adults 25–64 years old from 2016 to 2021 in the USA
Background Despite pronounced increases in homelessness and mental health problems in the USA over the past decade, further ...
BMJ19h
Use of scratchcards for allocation concealment in a prehospital randomised controlled trial
Background Rapid Analgesia for Prehospital Hip Disruption was a small study designed to determine the feasibility of undertaking a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to test the clinical and ...
BMJ1d
Isopropyl alcohol inhalation for the treatment of nausea in adult emergency department patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Nausea and vomiting is a common ED chief complaint. However, randomised trials comparing antiemetic agents to placebo have not demonstrated superiority. This systematic review investigates ...
BMJ2d
Statistical consideration for research
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Wythenswawe Hospital, Manchester, UK Correspondence to: Mr S D Carley, Department of ...
BMJ1d
Management of adrenaline (epinephrine) induced digital ischaemia in children after accidental injection from an EpiPen
Accident and Emergency Department, Birmingham, Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to: Dr I Velissariou Accident and Emergency, Department ...
BMJ2d
Patients’ and ambulance service clinicians’ experiences of prehospital care for acute myocardial infarction and stroke: a qualitative study
Background Patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and stroke commonly present first to the ambulance service. Little is known about experiences of prehospital care which are ...
BMJ6d
Injuries initially misdiagnosed as sprained wrist (Beware the sprained wrist)
Objectives: To describe the injuries misdiagnosed as a sprain of the wrist and to determine the approximate incidence of misdiagnosis in patients diagnosed as having a sprain of the wrist. Methods: ...
BMJ2d
Evaluating the utility of Rapid Response EEG in emergency care
Correspondence to Dr Prasanthi Govindarajan, Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA; pgovinda{at}stanford.edu Background Timely management of ...
BMJ10d
Prehospital delay in acute stroke and TIA
Correspondence to Dr Kashif Waqar Faiz, Akershus University Hospital, Department of Neurology, N-1478 Lørenskog, Norway; kashif.faiz{at}medisin.uio.no Background Early management improves outcome in ...
BMJ5d
The use of the spinal board after the pre-hospital phase of trauma management
Objectives—For pre-hospital spinal immobilisation the spinal board is the established gold standard. There are concerns that its subsequent use in hospital may adversely affect patient outcome. This ...
BMJ9d
Barking up the wrong tree? A survey of dog bite wound management
Objectives: Several trials have been published examining the role of antibiotics in dog bite wound management. A meta-analysis of these suggests that there is very little benefit to routine antibiotic ...
BMJ9d
Traumatic atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation
2 Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton, UK Correspondence to: Dr C A Eynon Director of Neurosciences Intensive Care, Wessex Neurological Centre, Tremona Road, ...