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Association between delays to patient admission from the emergency department and all-cause 30-day mortality

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 ...
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Review of sports injuries presenting to an accident and emergency department

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The impact of senior doctor assessment at triage on emergency department performance measures: systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies

School of Health and Related Research, ScHARR, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Correspondence to Dr Maysam Ali Abdulwahid, School of Health and Related Research, ScHARR, University of Sheffield ...
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Levels of mental health problems among UK emergency ambulance workers

4 Department of General Practice, University of Wales College of Medicine, UK 5 Pre-Hospital Emergency Research Unit, University of Wales College of Medicine Correspondence to: Dr P Bennett Bristol ...
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The PAWS score: validation of an early warning scoring system for the initial assessment of children in the emergency department

Objective: To devise a physiology-based scoring system for assessment of children presenting to the emergency department (ED) and to validate the system retrospectively. Study design: Age-dependent ...
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EXCELLENCE REPORTING (GREATIX): CREATING A DIFFERENT PARADIGM IN IMPROVING SAFETY AND QUALITY

Objectives & Background The NHS safety culture predominantly focuses on negative events with staff being encouraged to report incidents via online tools such as IR1 or Datix. Obligations in relation ...
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Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia in UK emergency departments: a national census

1 Professor of Emergency Care, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK 2 Academic Clinical Fellow, Academic Department of Emergency Care, University ...
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Does the use of the Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System affect cardiac arrest detection?

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 ...
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Incidence and causes of critical incidents in emergency departments: a comparison and root cause analysis

Objectives: To investigate the incidence of critical incidents in UK emergency departments (EDs) and to compare the root causes of such incidents between different EDs. Methods: An observational study ...
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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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What is an ROC curve?

The paper by Body et al is concerned with the evaluation of decision aids, which can be used to identify potential acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in the ED. The authors previously developed the ...
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Empathy can be taught and learned with evidence-based education

Correspondence to Dr Helen Riess, Empathy and Relational Science Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA; HRiess{at}Partners.Org While many believe some people are ...