© 2004 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine, & Faculty of Accident & Emergency Medicine
Primary Survey
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
Be prepared—there is much in this issue. Many aspects of emergency medicine are addressed that will take time to consider. However, I would ask you to begin by taking five minutes to read Hodgetts’ "A day in the life" experience from the latest Gulf war. It puts our own "bad days" into context.
See page 129
If you had a systemic allergic reaction to jack jumper ant would you volunteer to have the insect attached to your forearm for a minute so it could sting you? Brown et al found 68 otherwise healthy volunteers as part of their experiment looking at ant venom immunotherapy. In this article they review the 19 patients who developed anaphylaxis. Invaluable clinical information is provided on the physiological effect of anaphylaxis and implicates a neurocardiogenic mechanism in some lethal reactions. In addition, the authors rekindle the issue of intravenous administration of adrenaline for treatment of
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
Relevant Articles
- Anaphylaxis gets the adrenaline going
- A F T Brown
Emerg. Med. J. 2004 21: 128-129.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Personal view: a day in the life of an emergency physician at war
- T J Hodgetts
Emerg. Med. J. 2004 21: 129-130.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Introduction of the Taser into British policing. Implications for UK emergency departments: an overview of electronic weaponry
- A Bleetman, R Steyn, C Lee
Emerg. Med. J. 2004 21: 136-140.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Emergency physicians in critical care: a consultant’s experience
- T Brown
Emerg. Med. J. 2004 21: 145-148.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Insect sting anaphylaxis; prospective evaluation of treatment with intravenous adrenaline and volume resuscitation
- S G A Brown, K E Blackman, V Stenlake, R J Heddle
Emerg. Med. J. 2004 21: 149-154.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Randomised controlled comparison of continuous positive airways pressure, bilevel non-invasive ventilation, and standard treatment in emergency department patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema
- S D Crane, M W Elliott, P Gilligan, K Richards, A J Gray
Emerg. Med. J. 2004 21: 155-161.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Does a single bolus thrombolytic reduce door to needle time in a district general hospital?
- V Leah, C Clark, K Doyle, T J Coats
Emerg. Med. J. 2004 21: 162-164.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Developing a rapid diagnosis and treatment centre: estimating impact on hospital resources
- R Hardern, A Taylor, R Shelton, A Russell
Emerg. Med. J. 2004 21: 165-169.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- "Reforming Emergency Care": the ambulance impact. A personal view
- I Robertson-Steel
Emerg. Med. J. 2004 21: 207-211.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- On-scene alternatives for emergency ambulance crews attending patients who do not need to travel to the accident and emergency department: a review of the literature
- H A Snooks, J Dale, C Hartley-Sharpe, M Halter
Emerg. Med. J. 2004 21: 212-215.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- The ABC of community emergency care: 2 The system of assessment and care of the primary survey positive patient
- J Wardrope, R Mackenzie
Emerg. Med. J. 2004 21: 216-225.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Periorbital swelling: the important distinction between allergy and infection
- P W A Goodyear, A L Firth, D R Strachan, M Dudley
Emerg. Med. J. 2004 21: 240-242.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Full Text
- Full Text (PDF)
- Submit a response
- Alert me when this article is cited
- Alert me when eLetters are posted
- Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
- Email this link to a friend
- Similar articles in this journal
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Google Scholar
PubMed
Topic Collections
Bookmark with
Register for free content
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.
Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.
