Primary Survey
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
We live in a globalised, instantly communicating world, with booming economies in the sub-continent and China. Traditional world orders are being challenged. This journal is receiving an increasing number of submissions from countries that we do not normally hear from, countries that are starting to recognise and invest in prehospital and hospital emergency services. We welcome this development, both the investment and the submitted articles. The editorial team are also witnessing an improvement in the quality of the papers submitted from these countries; we have published many in the past and we publish some more this month, as well as papers from more traditional sources. Malaysia, Thailand, and Pakistan are amongst other countries represented this month.
A team from New York looked at issues related to emergency care in post-war Kosovo. Their conclusions may not be too surprising but it is surely good that such surveys are conducted. Are any
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
Relevant Articles
- The psychological effect of severe acute respiratory syndrome on emergency department staff
- C-Y Lin, Y-C Peng, Y-H Wu, J Chang, C-H Chan, D-Y Yang
Emerg. Med. J. 2007 24: 12-17.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Post-war development of emergency medicine in Kosovo
- K P O’Hanlon, E B Lerner
Emerg. Med. J. 2007 24: 18-21.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Emergency blood transfusion services after the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan
- S A Mujeeb, S H Jaffery
Emerg. Med. J. 2007 24: 22-24.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- The impacts and outcomes of implementing head injury guidelines: clinical experience in Thailand
- Sanguansin Ratanalert, Thirawat Kornsilp, Nakarin Chintragoolpradub, Suwit Kongchoochouy
Emerg. Med. J. 2007 24: 25-30.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Fluid replacement via the rectum for treatment of hypovolaemic shock in an animal model
- B A Foëx, P Dark, R Rees Davies
Emerg. Med. J. 2007 24: 3-4.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Sick notes, general practitioners, emergency departments and fracture clinics
- C A Walker, A Gregori, P O’Connor, K Jaques, R Joseph
Emerg. Med. J. 2007 24: 31-32.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- SOCRATES episode II: (synopsis of Cochrane Reviews applicable to emergency services episode II) the return of the series
- P Gilligan, P Jennings, J Cooper, D Hegarty, J Lee, A Khan, G Lumsden, D Godden, A Pountney, B Wilson, M Shepherd, L Allonby-Neve, C Mehigan, E Kidney, A Broderick, S Carr, S Wilson, J O’ Sullivan
Emerg. Med. J. 2007 24: 37-39.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Cuffed endotracheal tube use in paediatric prehospital intubation: challenging the doctrine?
- R S Clements, A G Steel, A T Bates, R Mackenzie
Emerg. Med. J. 2007 24: 57-58.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- The use of classroom training and simulation in the training of medical responders for airport disaster
- A M Idrose, W A W Adnan, G F Villa, A H A Abdullah
Emerg. Med. J. 2007 24: 7-11.[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.
