February 2012

Volume 29

Issue 2

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

Prehospital anaesthesia: a survey of current practice in the UK

Physician delivered prehospital care is a growing area of medicine within the UK. Historically, prehospital care in the UK originated as a voluntary service mainly delivered by...

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Podcasts

In this fifth episode of our podcast series Janos P Baombe (EMJ associate editor) meets with John Heyworth, immediate past president of the College of Emergency Medicine (CEM).

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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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Pandemic flu

Read here for the top 10 things your emergency department should consider to prepare for pandemic influenza

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Mobile interface

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

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BestBETS

Find the best evidence to answer common clinical questions

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