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The nasopharyngeal airway: dispelling myths and establishing the facts

2 Senior house officer in Intensive Care Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, UK 3 Consultant in Accident and Emergency Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, UK The nasopharyngeal airway (NPA ...
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Involvement of emergency medical services at unplanned births before arrival to hospital: a structured review

3 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Gayle Elizabeth McLelland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, PO BOx 527, ...
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LYRICA NIGHTS–RECREATIONAL PREGABALIN ABUSE IN AN URBAN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Objectives & Background Since ‘legal highs' emerged as drugs of abuse in the UK, Emergency Physicians have battled to keep up with the latest drug craze. Whilst many of these drugs present with ...
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Patients don’t have language barriers; the healthcare system does

Correspondence to Dr Rachel Showstack, Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260, USA; Rachel.Showstack{at}wichita.edu ...
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Neutrophil to lymphocyte count ratio as an early indicator of blood stream infection in the emergency department

Objectives Early identification of patients with blood stream infection (BSI), especially bacteraemia, is important as prompt treatment improves outcome. The initial stages of severe infection may be ...
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Association between delays to patient admission from the emergency department and all-cause 30-day mortality

Background Delays to timely admission from emergency departments (EDs) are known to harm patients. Objective To assess and quantify the increased risk of death resulting from delays to inpatient ...
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The NICE guidelines in the real world: a practical perspective

Correspondence to: Mr J Dunning Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 3BW, UK; joeldunningdoctors.org.uk This review examines the derivation of the ...
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Current Issue

Correspondence: Correspondence on ‘Subarachnoid haemorrhage in the emergency department (SHED): a prospective, observational, multicentre cohort study’ by The Trainee Emergency Research Network (TERN) ...
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Prehospital tracheal intubation in severe facial trauma: a short window of opportunity

Department of Prehospital Care, London Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK Correspondence to Lockey D J, London Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, Department ...
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The relationship between distance to hospital and patient mortality in emergencies: an observational study

Correspondence to: Professor Jon Nicholl Medical Care Research Unit, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK; j.nicholl{at}sheffield.ac.uk Objectives: ...
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Making an IMPACT on emergency department flow: improving patient processing assisted by consultant at triage

Correspondence to: Dr J Terris Emergency Department, St Thomas’s Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK; jane.terrisgstt.sthames.nhs.uk Objectives: To assess whether initial patient consult ...
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Use of the Valsalva manoeuvre in the prehospital setting: a review of the literature

Background: The Valsalva manoeuvre (VM) is used in the prehospital setting as a first-line treatment for managing haemodynamically stable supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) in the form of ...