PRIMARY SURVEY
Primary survey
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CRITICALLY GOOD AT CRITICAL APPRAISAL
This month we introduce a new series on critical appraisal. As the accompanying commentary highlights, critical appraisal is now an important component of training and assessment for ED trainees. We trust that readers of all ages and backgrounds will learn something from these articles (see pages 189 and 219).
PUBLIC HEALTH SCREENING
Do emergency departments have any role in public health screening? A team from Southampton decided to have a look at screening for hypertension in their ambulatory patients. Their conclusions may provide some solace for those who argue that screening programmes have no place in modern emergency departments. Others may, perhaps cynically, argue that the differences between some ED work and primary care are getting smaller with a blurring of the boundaries between them, and such screening will be more commonplace in the future (see page 196).
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