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Community emergency medicine: a service review of patients that sustain head injuries in the community—can early intervention by a senior clinical decision maker provide care closer to home? (3 March, ...
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4021 Dying in the ambulance: a national review of end-of-life care provision across UK ambulance services

Aims and Objectives Ambulance services are increasingly central to end-of-life (EOL) care, yet national information on their activity, training, and clinical infrastructure remains limited. Mapping ...
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Checklists in emergency medicine

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Critical care in the emergency department: introduction

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Dentures may be radiolucent

Correspondence to: Mr D R Strachan Department of Otolaryngology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford BD9 6RJ, UK; drstrachanaol.com Diagnosing ingested dental prostheses can be ...
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Ionised calcium levels in major trauma patients who received blood en route to a military medical treatment facility

Background Hypocalcaemia is a common metabolic derangement in critically ill patients. Blood transfusion can also contribute to depleted calcium levels. The aims of this study were to identify the ...
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Online First

Management of patients with suspected but unidentified poisoning in the emergency department: a joint Royal College of Emergency Medicine and National Poisons Information Service best practice ...
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The who, where, and what of rapid sequence intubation: prospective observational study of emergency RSI outside the operating theatre

Background: Emergency rapid sequence intubation (RSI) performed outside the operating room on emergency patients is the cornerstone of emergency airway management. Complication rates are unknown for ...
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Acute hyperkalaemia in emergency care: evidence-based approaches

Acute hyperkalaemia is a potentially life-threatening electrolyte disturbance frequently encountered in emergency departments. Timely recognition and appropriate treatment are critical to prevent ...
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42 Assessing factors affecting the quality of chest compressions during training for laypersons using a novel CPRCARD

Objective The quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been shown to affect the survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases (OHCA). There are various individual factors that can affect ...
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INTRANASAL KETAMINE FOR PROCEDURAL SEDATION

Objectives & Background The safety of intravenous ketamine in procedural sedation is well described. 1 2 Guidelines produced by NICE 3 and the College of Emergency Medicine 4 are used by Emergency ...