Correspondence to: Dr P Leman Emergency Department, Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington Street, Perth, WA 6001, Australia; peter.lemanhealth.wa.gov.au Objective: To determine whether using intravenous ...

Background Despite pronounced increases in homelessness and mental health problems in the USA over the past decade, further ...

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 ...

1 Department of Clinical Emergencies, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil 2 Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Digestive Surgery Division, Hospital das Clínicas ...

Objective To describe trends regarding snakebite enquiries to the UK National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) from 2004 to 2010. Methods The NPIS telephone enquiry database, the UK Poisons ...

Suicide and self-injury-related emergency department visits and homelessness among adults 25–64 years old from 2016 to 2021 in the USA ...

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 ...

Introduction Emergency Departments (ED) in the UK have seen increasing attendance rates in recent years. Departments are now seeking strategies to reduce their attendances. A review of all ambulance ...

1 Institute of Health and Society, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK 2 Institute for Ageing and Health, Institute of Health and Society, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK Correspondence to ...

Background People presenting to the ED with acute severe headache often undergo investigation to exclude subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). International guidelines propose that brain imaging within 6 ...

Department of Anaesthetics, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. A case of severe methaemoglobinaemia caused by the abuse of volatile nitrites is reported. The agents are commonly abused, but ...

Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a frequent emergency department (ED) presentation. The definition and common causes of ARF are discussed in this article and ED management of the condition is ...