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March 2002, Volume 19, Issue 2

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  1. Reviews
  2. Primary Survey
  3. Original Articles
  4. Best evidence topic reports
  5. Simulated interactive management series
  6. Journal scan
  7. Prehospital care
  8. Abstracts
  9. Case reports
  10. Emergency casebook
  11. Letters
  12. Book reviews
  13. Correction
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Reviews

  • Emergency department drug therapy for status epilepticus in adults

    • A S Lockey
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 96-100 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.96

  • Emergency analgesia in the paediatric population. Part II Pharmacological methods of pain relief

    • S C Maurice,
    • J J O'Donnell,
    • T F Beattie
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 101-105 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.101

Primary Survey

  • Primary Survey

    • Peter Driscoll,
    • Jim Wardrope
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 96 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.96-a

Original Articles

  • Training in intensive care medicine: an accident and emergency trainee's perspective

    • A Cooper
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 106-108 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.106

  • Rapid sequence induction in the emergency department: a strategy for failure

    • S D Carley,
    • C Gwinnutt,
    • J Butler,
    • I Sammy,
    • P Driscoll
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 109-113 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.109

  • Choice of fluid for resuscitation of septic shock

    • A Sparrow,
    • T Hedderley,
    • S Nadel
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 114-116 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.114

  • A prospective, observational study of a chest pain observation unit in a British hospital

    • S W Goodacre,
    • F M Morris,
    • S Campbell,
    • J Arnold,
    • K Angelini
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 117-121 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.117

  • Emergency management of chest pain: patient satisfaction with an emergency department based six hour rule out myocardial infarction protocol

    • C R Richards,
    • K Richell-Herren,
    • K Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 122-125 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.122

  • What's the point of ST elevation?

    • S D Carley,
    • R Gamon,
    • P A Driscoll,
    • G Brown,
    • P Wallman
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 126-128 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.126

  • The electrocardiographic differential diagnosis of ST segment depression

    • T Pollehn,
    • W J Brady,
    • A D Perron,
    • F Morris
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 129-135 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.129

  • Accident and emergency department access to the child protection register: a questionnaire survey

    • G Quin,
    • R Evans
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 136-137 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.136

  • Acceptability of asking patients about violence in accident and emergency

    • A Howe,
    • M Crilly,
    • R Fairhurst
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 138-140 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.138

Best evidence topic reports

  • Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary

    • K Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 141 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.141

  • Reimplantation of the nail root in fingertip crush injuries in children

    • Russell Boyd,
    • Carole Libetta
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 141 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.141-a

  • Antibiotics in non-venomous snakebite

    • Polly Terry,
    • Kevin Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 142 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.142

  • Intra-articular lidocaine for acute anterior shoulder dislocation reduction

    • S R Dhinakharan,
    • Angaj Ghosh
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 142-143 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.142-a

  • Propofol for resistant status epilepticus

    • Simon Carley,
    • Ian Crawford
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 143-144 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.143

  • Regional nerve block in fractured neck of femur

    • Bruce Martin,
    • Baha Ali
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 144-145 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.144

  • Bronchodilator delivery in acute severe asthma in adults

    • Stuart Teece,
    • Kevin Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 145 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.145

Simulated interactive management series

  • Article 7. Money, money, money. (Where does it come from, how do we control it, and how far should we go to get more?)

    • J Wardrope,
    • S McCormick
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 146-148 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.146

Journal scan

  • Journal scan

    • Jonathan Wyatt,
    • Peadar Gilligan
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 149-151 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.149

Prehospital care

  • Do ambulance crews with one advanced paramedic skills officer have longer scene times than crews with two?

    • A-M Kelly,
    • A Currell
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 152-154 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.152

  • Delphi type methodology to develop consensus on the future design of EMS systems in the United Kingdom

    • T B Hassan,
    • D B Barnett
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 155-159 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.155

  • The acceptability of an emergency medical dispatch system to people who call 999 to request an ambulance

    • A O'Cathain,
    • J Turner,
    • J P Nicholl
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 160-163 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.160

Abstracts

  • 999 EMS Research Forum, Harrogate, 29 June–1 July 2001

    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 164-168 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.164

Case reports

  • Recovery from ph 6.38: lactic acidosis complicated by hypothermia

    • S Ahmad,
    • M Beckett
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 169-171 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.169

  • Transient cervical neurapraxia associated with cervical spine stenosis

    • F J Andrews
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 172-173 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.172

  • Transient paraplegia as a presenting feature of aortic dissection in a young man

    • M A Syed,
    • T M Fiad
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 174-175 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.174

  • Tension pneumothoraces not responding to needle thoracocentesis

    • R Jones,
    • J Hollingsworth
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 176-177 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.176

  • The use of transthoracic echocardiography to guide thrombolytic therapy during cardiac arrest due to massive pulmonary embolism

    • P MacCarthy,
    • A Worrall,
    • G McCarthy,
    • J Davies
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 178-179 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.178

  • Surgical emphysema over the pelvis: an unusual physical sign found on primary survey

    • J Lim,
    • K M Porter
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 180-181 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.180

Emergency casebook

  • Mediastinal emphysema after a minor oral laceration

    • S R Abdulla,
    • A Sen
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 182 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.182

Letters

  • Calcium for hyperkalaemia in digoxin toxicity

    • M Davey
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 183 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.183

  • What about patient satisfaction following acute ankle sprains?

    • S Mason
    1. Commentator:
      • B Watts
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 183 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.183-a

  • Two cases of near asphyxiation in children, using non-releasing plastic garden ties

    • R E McLaughlin,
    • A Stewart
    1. Commentator:
      • N Makwana
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 184 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.184

  • Tuberculous osteomyelitis

    • T B L Ho
    1. Commentator:
      • M C Yuen and
      • W K Tung
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 184 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.184-a

  • Journal clubs in clinical medicine

    • S R Jones,
    • M M Harrison,
    • I W F Crawford,
    • B Ali,
    • E Beattie,
    • S Carley,
    • M Davies,
    • A Ghosh,
    • B Martin,
    • H Paul,
    • R Boyd,
    • K Mackway-Jones,
    • R J Morton
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 184-185 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.184-b

  • A misdiagnosed fracture of the calcaneum

    • D P S Baghla,
    • N Somashekar
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 185 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.185

  • Screening for alcohol misuse

    • J Huntley,
    • C Blain,
    • R Touquet
    1. Commentator:
      • N Kapur and
      • K Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 185 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.185-a

Book reviews

  • Advanced paediatric life support, 3rd edn: Advanced Life Support Group. (£25). BMJ Books, 2001. ISBN 0-7279-1554-1

    • J Ferguson
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 186 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.186

  • Save lives, save limbs: H Husum, M Gilbert, T Wisborg. (Pp 226). Third World Network, 2000. ISBN 983-9747-42-8

    • J P Beavis
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 186-187 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.186-a

  • Key topics in accident and emergency medicine, 2nd edn: R Evans, D Burke. (Pp 344; £24.99). Bios Scientific, 2001. ISBN 1-85996-124-X

    • J M Butler
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 187 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.187

  • Resuscitation in primary care: M Colquhoun, P Jevon. (£15.99). Butterworth Heinemann, 2001. ISBN 0-7506-4249-1

    • J Colville Laird
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 187 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.187-a

  • Eye know how: S R Fraser, R Asaria, C Kon. (£17.95). BMJ Books, 2001. ISBN 0-7279-1413-8

    • S D Carley
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 187 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.187-b

  • Handbook of pediatric emergencies, 3rd edn: Edited by G A Baldwin. ($39.95). Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2001. ISBN 0-7817-2236-5

    • T F Beattie
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 187-188 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.187-c

  • Injury control: a guide to research and program evaluation: Edited by F P Rivara, P Cummings, T D Koepsell, D C Grossman, R V Maier. (Pp 280; £60). Cambridge University Pess, 2001. ISBN 0-521-66152-8

    • F Lecky
    Emerg Med J 2002;19:2 188 doi:10.1136/emj.19.2.188

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