May 2012

Volume 29

Issue 5

Impact factor: 1.269

Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ) is an international peer review journal covering pre-hospital and hospital emergency medicine, and critical care. The journal publishes original research, reviews and evidence based articles on resuscitation, major trauma, minor injuries, acute cardiology, acute paediatrics, toxicology, toxinology, disasters, medical imaging, audit, teaching and reflections on clinical practice. The journal is aimed at doctors, nurses, paramedics and ambulance staff.

Free: Editor's choice

The impact of consultant delivered service in emergency medicine: the Wrexham Model

The service delivery for emergency medicine (EM) in the UK has traditionally been based on junior doctors. Although the medical staffing has been...

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Podcasts

Janos P Baombe (EMJ associate editor) talks to Nick Crombie (consultant trauma, plastic and burns anaesthetist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham) about errors in medicine and the emerging field of crew resource management.

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NEW: Image quiz

EMJ has launched an exciting new image quiz based on real life cases. Take a look at the various images and identify the most likely diagnoses.

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Emergency Medicine blog

We have launched an exciting new blog, which will bring you news, views and information in the field of emergency medicine.

Our third post looks at the brave new world of major trauma centres and the importance of crew resource management.

Crew Resource Management in the ED >>

Mobile interface

All mobile users are now automatically forwarded to an optimised web interface when visiting EMJ.

Read more about this on the BMJ Web Development blog >>

BestBETS

Find the best evidence to answer common clinical questions

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