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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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1074 Ottawa Ankle rules cannot be safely used to rule out ankle fractures in patients who present ≥10 days post-injury

Methods/Design Patients presenting with ankle injuries to an emergency department (ED) in England between June 2015 and November 2020 were identified retrospectively through a clinical-coding search.
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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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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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Moderate to severe hyperphosphataemia as an independent prognostic factor for 28-day mortality in adult patients with sepsis

Correspondence to Dr You Hwan Jo, Emergency medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam 13620, the Republic of Korea; emdrjyh{at}gmail.com Background Ischaemic tissue injury caused ...
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Educating the ambulance technician, paramedic, and clinical supervisor: using factor analysis to inform the curriculum

Objectives: This project aims to use information about the desirable attributes of the ambulance technician, paramedic, and clinical supervisor to inform future curriculum development. Methods: Data ...
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Effectiveness of emergency care practitioners working within existing emergency service models of care

1 Health Services Research, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK 2 Sheffield Health Economics Group, School of Health and Related Research, University of ...
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Observational research methods. Research design II: cohort, cross sectional, and case-control studies

Cohort, cross sectional, and case-control studies are collectively referred to as observational studies. Often these studies are the only practicable method of studying various problems, for example, ...
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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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Prevalence, causes and consequences of compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue in emergency care: a mixed-methods study of UK NHS Consultants

4 Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery King's College London, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Sunil Dasan, Emergency Department, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT, ...
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A study of patients presenting to an emergency department having had a “spiked drink”

Correspondence to: MrHywel Hughes Emergency Department, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Croesnewydd Road, Wrexham, Wales, UK; Hywel.hughes{at}new-tr.wales.nhs.uk Objectives: To assess the scale of drink ...
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Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes and Study (PICOS) design as a framework to formulate eligibility criteria in systematic reviews

Dear editor, We read with great interest the review entitled ‘Paracetamol vs other analgesia in adult patients with minor musculoskeletal injuries: a systematic review’,1 published in the Emergency ...