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Management of pregnancy and obstetric complications in prehospital trauma care: prehospital resuscitative hysterotomy/perimortem caesarean section

Correspondence to Emir Battaloglu, Academic Department of Clinical Traumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, 6th Floor, Nuffield House, ...
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Application of Step-by-Step and Paediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) Clinical Decision Aids in the management of young febrile infants in a UK cohort ...
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Tricyclic antidepressant overdose: a review

1 Accident and Emergency Department, Ayr Hospital, Dalmellington Road, Ayr, Scotland 2 Accident and Emergency Department, Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock Overdoses of tricyclic antidepressants are ...
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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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Postconcussion syndrome (PCS) in the emergency department: predicting and pre-empting persistent symptoms following a mild traumatic brain injury

4 Department of Psychology, Marldon Unit, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK Correspondence to Dr Adam Reuben, Emergency Department, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 ...
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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 ...
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PP21 Non-technical skills in the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – identification for future practice

Background The use and assessment of non-technical skills (NTS) in healthcare has gained recognition in recent years. Mainly adopted from aviation key NTS have enabled specific teams such as surgical ...
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EP12 Emergency services provision of take home naloxone to people at risk of opiate overdose: perspectives of potential recipients – a qualitative study

Introduction UK clinical guidelines recommend that provision of Take Home Naloxone (THN) to heroin and other opiate users can reduce mortality and morbidity in this population. Emergency departments ...
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Toxicity of brake oil

The Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India Correspondence to: Dr N Sharma, The Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate ...
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Brief history of Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine

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, ...
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Randomised trial comparing the recording ability of a novel, electronic emergency documentation system with the AHA paper cardiac arrest record

3 Department of Surgery and the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Institute for Simulation and Interprofessional Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA ...
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EP12 Co-producing an ambulance trust national fatigue risk management system for improved staff and patient safety (CATNAPS): co-design and key informant interview findings

Background Fatigue is a known operational, staff and patient safety risk for emergency services. A fatigue risk management system (FRMS), as is used in other safety-critical industries like aviation ...