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 ...

Ultrasound is widely used in the US and continental Europe in the immediate assessment of patients after blunt abdominal trauma. There are also now other recognised “primary” indications for ...

Background Worldwide, the number of people aged over 60 is growing faster than any other age group. Increased age is associated with a higher risk of falling and roughly a third of individuals aged 65 ...

2 School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Science, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia Correspondence to: Dr M Ziman School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Science, Edith Cowan University, ...

Pre-hospital Care Research Unit, Department of Academic Emergency Medicine, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK Correspondence to: Mr M Woollard The James Cook University Hospital, ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Nayer Jamshed, Emergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India; jamshednayer{at}gmail.com Objectives Sympathetic crashing acute pulmonary ...

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 ...

2 South Yorkshire Ambulance Service and Accident and Emergency Department, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK 3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jessop Wing, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, ...

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 ...