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

Objectives: Several trials have been published examining the role of antibiotics in dog bite wound management. A meta-analysis of these suggests that there is very little benefit to routine antibiotic ...

Objectives—For pre-hospital spinal immobilisation the spinal board is the established gold standard. There are concerns that its subsequent use in hospital may adversely affect patient outcome. This ...

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 ...

Correspondence to: Dr C Blakeley Emergency Department, Mayday University Hospital, London Road, Croydon, London CR7 7YE, UK; christopher.blakeley{at}mayday.nhs.uk Carotid artery dissection is a rare ...

2 Department of Neuroscience, The Walton Centre Neurology NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK 3 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK ...

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 ...

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, ...

Correspondence to Dr Jamie Hugo Macdonald, Extremes Research Group, School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Bangor University, George Building, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2PZ, UK; ...

Background Prehospital identification and selection of treatment strategy in patients with suspected non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) is challenging. The aim of this study was to ...