Correspondence to Dr Jan O Jansen, Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA; jjansen{at}uabmc.edu Background Helicopter emergency medical services ...

Are there differences in low-acuity emergency department visits between culturally and linguistically diverse migrants and people with English-speaking background: a population-based linkage study of ...

The sport and leisure industry is one of the fastest growing sectors of the business market. It has been estimated that each year 1–1.5 million people attend accident and emergency (A&E) departments ...

5 Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK 6 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK Background Hospital prealerting in acute ...

Background Blood transfusion for bleeding trauma patients is a promising pre-hospital intervention with potential to improve outcomes. However, it is not yet clear which patients may benefit from ...

Purpose/Background—Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is usually a blinding event, and is not an infrequent presentation to the accident and emergency (A&E) department. The evidence-base in ...

Objectives Many drug and fluid regimens in emergency medicine are weight dependent in adults, but no standard adult weight estimation tools exist. Paediatric weight is often estimated in emergency ...

Correspondence to Dr Randall S Burd, Division of Trauma and Burn Surgery, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA; RBurd{at}childrensnational.org Background Current methods of ...

1 Department of General Surgery, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey 2 Department of General Surgery, Vakif Gureba Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey Correspondence to ...

Emergency Department, Hospital de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Correspondence to: A Juan Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Feixa Llarga s/n 08907 ...

Correspondence to Dr Jamil D Bayram, Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA; jbayram1{at}jhmi.edu Study objectives The shock index (SI), defined as the ...