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The sepsis six and the severe sepsis resuscitation bundle: a prospective observational cohort study

Background Severe sepsis is likely to account for around 37 000 deaths annually in the UK. Five years after the international Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) care bundles were published, care ...
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Public perception towards bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Objective Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) improves survival and neurological outcomes. Nonetheless, many OHCA patients do not receive ...
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Chronic and occult carbon monoxide poisoning: we don’t know what we’re missing

Correspondence to: Dr J Wright, Accident and Emergency Department, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UK; john.wright{at}nuth.northy.nhs.uk Carbon monoxide is ...
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Securing the prehospital airway: a comparison of laryngeal mask insertion and endotracheal intubation by UK paramedics

Objectives: The recent introduction of a disposable laryngeal mask airway has provided paramedics with an alternative to endotracheal intubation. Time taken to secure the airway with each device was ...
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Prehospital tranexamic acid shortens the interval to administration by half in Major Trauma Networks: a service evaluation

5 King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Kings College Hospital, London, UK 6 St. George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, St. George’s Hospital, London, UK Correspondence to Max E R ...
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Establishing the research priorities of paediatric emergency medicine clinicians in the UK and Ireland

Objective Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI) is a collaborative clinical studies group established in August 2012. It consists of a network of 43 centres from England, ...
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Environmentally sustainable emergency medicine

Emergency clinicians worldwide are demonstrating increasing concern about the effect of climate change on the health of the populations they serve. The movement for sustainable healthcare is being ...
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Evolution of triage systems

Correspondence to: Dr Iain R S Robertson-Steel West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Millennium Point, Waterfront Business Park, Waterfront Way, Brierley Hill, West Midlands DY5 1LX; ...
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The NICE guidelines in the real world: a practical perspective

Correspondence to: Mr J Dunning Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 3BW, UK; joeldunningdoctors.org.uk This review examines the derivation of the ...
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Posterior reperfusion T-waves: Wellens' syndrome of the posterior wall

Correspondence to Dr Brian E Driver, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, 701 Park Ave S, Mail Stop R2, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA; briandriver{at}gmail.com Background ...
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Nature and extent of selection bias resulting from convenience sampling in the emergency department

Background To compare the clinical and demographic variables of patients who present to the ED at different times of the day in order to determine the nature and extent of potential selection bias ...
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Flucloxacillin alone or combined with benzylpenicillin to treat lower limb cellulitis: a randomised controlled trial

Correspondence to: Dr P Leman Emergency Department, Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington Street, Perth, WA 6001, Australia; peter.lemanhealth.wa.gov.au Objective: To determine whether using intravenous ...