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Primary Survey

  • Primary Survey

    • Kevin Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 1

Electronic pages

  • Author index

    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 e1

  • Subject index

    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 e2

Editorials

  • Planning for chemical incidents by implementing a Delphi based consensus study

    • V Murray
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 2 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.008619

  • “Ischemia modified albumin”: a new biochemical marker of myocardial ischaemia

    • A Sacchetti
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 3-4 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.011171

Commentary

  • “Reforming Emergency Care” and ambulance services

    • T P Judge
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 4 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.008003

Reviews

  • Emergency department response to the deliberate release of biological agents

    • J E Ollerton
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 5-8 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.005439

  • Domestic violence in emergency medicine patients

    • A Boyle,
    • S Robinson,
    • P Atkinson
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 9-13 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.007591

  • Advanced airway management in the emergency department: what are the training and skills maintenance needs for UK emergency physicians?

    • C A Graham
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 14-19 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.003368

Original Articles

  • Planning for chemical incidents by implementing a Delphi based consensus study

    • I W F Crawford,
    • K Mackway-Jones,
    • D R Russell,
    • S D Carley
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 20-23 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.003095

  • Delphi based consensus study into planning for chemical incidents

    • I W F Crawford,
    • K Mackway-Jones,
    • D R Russell,
    • S D Carley
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 24-28 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.003087

  • Role of “Ischemia Modified Albumin”, a new biochemical marker of myocardial ischaemia, in the early diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes

    • M K Sinha,
    • D Roy,
    • D C Gaze,
    • P O Collinson,
    • J-C Kaski
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 29-34 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.006007

  • Medical management of deliberate drug overdose: A neglected area for suicide prevention?

    • D Gunnell,
    • D Ho,
    • V Murray
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 35-38 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.000935

  • Proposed risk stratification in upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage: Is hospitalisation essential?

    • A E Courtney,
    • R M S Mitchell,
    • L Rocke,
    • B T Johnston
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 39-40 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012328

  • Preconsultation use of analgesics on adults presenting to the emergency department with acute appendicitis

    • C-F Chong,
    • T-L Wang,
    • C-C Chen,
    • H-P Ma,
    • H Chang
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 41-43 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.004853

  • Emergency ultrasound in the acute assessment of haemothorax

    • A Brooks,
    • B Davies,
    • M Smethhurst,
    • J Connolly
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 44-46 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.005438

  • A Delphi study to identify performance indicators for emergency medicine

    • E Beattie,
    • K Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 47-50 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.001123

  • Can additional experienced staff reduce emergency medical admissions?

    • S Goodacre,
    • S Mason,
    • R Kersh,
    • A Webster,
    • N Samaniego,
    • F Morris
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 51-53 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.005876

  • Mild head injury: observation or computed tomography? Economic aspects by literature review and decision analysis

    • J-L af Geijerstam,
    • M Britton,
    • L-Å Marké
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 54-58 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.003178

  • Wavelet analysis of pulse oximeter waveform permits identification of unwell children

    • P Leonard,
    • T F Beattie,
    • P S Addison,
    • J N Watson
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 59-60 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.004887

  • Facilities and equipment in district general hospitals in the Netherlands: Are we prepared for the critically ill paediatric patients?

    • N Van der Lely,
    • P J C van Marion,
    • J Otto,
    • J A Hazelzet,
    • H A Büller
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 61-64 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.011650

Short reports

  • A regional approach to improving night time supervision of accident and emergency departments

    • P Jaye,
    • M W Beckett,
    • A Parfitt
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 65-66 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.007062

  • Emergency contraception. Has over the counter availability reduced attendances at emergency departments?

    • M Kerins,
    • E Maguire,
    • D K Fahey,
    • E Glucksman
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 67-68 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.007708

  • Simple and safe treatment of pretibial haematoma in elderly patients

    • G S Karthikeyan,
    • S Vadodaria,
    • P R W Stanley
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 69-70 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.005801

Simulated interactive management series

  • Managing change in the emergency department: a personal view

    • E Seow
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 71-74 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.007559

Best evidence topic reports

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

    • K Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 75

  • Oxygen in acute uncomplicated myocardial infarction

    • Richard Body,
    • Kerstin Hogg
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 75 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.011890

  • Gastric lavage in paracetamol poisoning

    • Stewart Teece,
    • Kerstin Hogg
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 75-76

  • Oral corticosteroids in acute urticaria

    • M Poon,
    • C Reid
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 76-77

  • Ice, pins, or sugar to reduce paraphimosis

    • Kevin Mackway-Jones,
    • Stewart Teece
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 77-78

  • Is intravenous aminophylline better than intravenous salbutamol in the treatment of moderate to severe asthma?

    • Andrew Munro,
    • Michelle Jacobs
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 78-80

  • Hypertonic or isotonic saline in hypotensive patients with severe head injury

    • Rupert Jackson,
    • John Butler
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 80-81

JournalScan

  • JournalScan

    • J P Wyatt,
    • A Wakai
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 82-83

Prehospital care

  • Prehospital management and medical intervention after a chemical attack

    • L Kenar,
    • T Karayilanoglu
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 84-88 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.005488

  • The ABC of community emergency care: 1 Introduction, series summary, the system of care

    • Jim Wardrope,
    • Colville Laird,
    • Pete Driscoll
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 89-94 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.011759

  • Prehospital cardiac arrest outcome is adversely associated with antiarrythmic agent use, but not associated with presenting complaint or medical history

    • R B Vukmir
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 95-98 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.006445

  • Ambulance emergency services for patients with coronary heart disease in Lancashire: achieving standards and improving performance

    • B Stoykova,
    • R Dowie,
    • P Bastow,
    • K V Rowsell,
    • R P F Gregory
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 99-104 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.001701

  • Results of an evaluation of the effectiveness of triage and direct transportation to minor injuries units by ambulance crews

    • H Snooks,
    • T Foster,
    • J Nicholl
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 105-111 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.009050

  • Consensus on the prehospital approach to burns patient management

    • K Allison,
    • K Porter
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 112-114 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.008789

  • Does the use of the Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System affect cardiac arrest detection?

    • A Heward,
    • M Damiani,
    • C Hartley-Sharpe
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 115-118 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.006940

Case reports

  • A case of extreme hypercapnia: implications for the prehospital and accident and emergency department management of acutely dyspnoeic patients

    • L Urwin,
    • R Murphy,
    • C Robertson,
    • A Pollok
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 119-120 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.005009

  • Hypokalaemic thyrotoxic periodic paralysis in an Asian man in the United Kingdom

    • R Sinharay
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 120-121 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.006684

  • Fatal descending necrotising mediastinitis

    • M Bulut,
    • V Balcı,
    • Ş Akköse,
    • E Armağan
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 122-123 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.002865

  • Troponin testing: beware pulmonary embolus

    • S Conroy,
    • I Kamal,
    • J Cooper
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 123-124 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.002576

Letters

  • Emergency management of diabetic ketoacidosis

    • V Rosival
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 125

  • NICE head injury guidelines: cost implication for a district general hospital (“six scans to six figures”)

    • J B Lee
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 125-126

  • Cost effective approach for emergency department investigation of deep vein thrombosis

    • R Sinharay,
    • F Pressley
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 126

Book review

  • Major incident management system

    • C J Blakeley
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:1 126

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