Background We aimed to determine the incidence, nature of and predisposing factors for risk events (REs) that occur during the intrahospital transport of patients from the ED. Methods We undertook a ...

In any accident scene, rapid removal of the casualty to hospital improves their chances of survival. The term the “Golden Hour” was first introduced in 1961, but because of misinterpretation as to ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Peterborough District Hospital, Peterborough, UK 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK Correspondence to: Dr A Boyle Department ...

Department of Plastic Surgery, Queen Victoria Hospital, Holtye Road, West Sussex, England Correspondence to: MrM S Lloyd The Hospital Royal Free, 3rd Floor, Dawson Ward, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG; ...

Objectives: To identify the key features of effective clinical supervision in the emergency department (ED) from the perspectives of enthusiastic consultants and specialist registrars. To highlight ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Cathay General Hospital, and Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China 2 Department of ...

I was interested to read the letter by Dodd and Doyle 1 criticising routine paramedic use of cyclizine as an antiemetic for patients with chest pain. They sensibly highlight the BNF statement citing ...

Objectives—The aim of this study was to examine the quality of handover of patients in the resuscitation room by describing the current perceptions of medical and ambulance staff. Methods—This was a ...

Background Major haemorrhage is a leading cause of mortality for the traumatically-injured patient. While it is best practice to replace lost blood with blood products in the hospital setting, it is ...