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Primary survey

  • Primary Survey

    • Jonathan Wyatt
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 745

Topical matters

Editorial

  • A potpourri of news

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 746-747 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.053835

Images in emergency medicine

  • Calcaneal fracture with ipsilateral bi-malleolar and fourth and fifth metatarsal fractures

    • R Ahmad,
    • S Shobaki,
    • S M Y Ahmed
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 747 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.044537

  • An unusual cause of dyspnoea

    • C-C Lai,
    • S-C Lin
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 749 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.043364

  • When neurological deficit is not a stroke

    • A K Agarwal,
    • R Garg,
    • S A Kauser
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 751 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.043448

  • Atrial thromboembolism

    • Jiun Tuan,
    • Farhad Kaivani,
    • Gershan Davis
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 755 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.044511

  • A case of paraquat burns following an industrial accident

    • M Rahman,
    • D M Lewis,
    • K Allison
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 777 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.041962

  • Omental infarction: a rare cause of acute abdominal pain

    • S Lapsia,
    • S Ghai
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 779 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.042226

  • Intercostal aneurysm causing massive haemothorax

    • Oshaani Abeykoon,
    • Adrian A Boyle
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 781 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.044263

  • Fracture of an unnamed bone

    • Baldeep Bains,
    • Keith Porter
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 795 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.043356

  • Rupture of pectoralis major: an occupational injury

    • P R Catterson,
    • R D Jarman
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 799 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.040378

Future of emergency medicine

Commentary

  • Emergency medicine in the UK: the future is bright!

    • Jonathan R Benger,
    • Tajek B Hassan
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 748-749 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.046953

Animal experimentation

Commentary

  • The ethics of animal experimentation

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 750-751 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050146

Emergency medicine ouestions (EMQ)

  • Coordinator: Gavin Lloyd

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 752

Original Articles

  • Mobile phones for the assessment of burns: we have the technology

    • Kayvan Shokrollahi,
    • Mobin Sayed,
    • William Dickson,
    • Tom Potokar
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 753-755 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.046730

  • Parental weight estimation of their child’s weight is more accurate than other weight estimation methods for determining children’s weight in an emergency department?

    • David Krieser,
    • Kevin Nguyen,
    • Debra Kerr,
    • Damien Jolley,
    • Megan Clooney,
    • Anne-Maree Kelly
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 756-759 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.047993

  • A pilot study of workplace violence towards paramedics

    • Malcolm Boyle,
    • Stella Koritsas,
    • Jan Coles,
    • Janet Stanley
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 760-763 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.046789

  • Emergent cardiopulmonary bypass in canines with penetrating cardiac wounds caused by gunshot

    • Jinzhou Zhang,
    • Wen Wang,
    • Wensheng Chen,
    • Hailong Zhu,
    • Jincheng Liu,
    • Guocheng Sun,
    • Qin Cui,
    • Weiyong Liu,
    • Dinghua Yi
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 764-768 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.044156

  • Role of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in risk stratification of adult syncope

    • Matthew J Reed,
    • David E Newby,
    • Andrew J Coull,
    • Keith G Jacques,
    • Robin J Prescott,
    • Alasdair J Gray
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 769-773 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048413

Short reports

  • Gut decontamination of acutely poisoned patients: what do doctors really know about it?

    • David Michael Wood,
    • Shaun L Greene,
    • Alison Linda Jones,
    • Paul Ivor Dargan
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 774-775 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049544

  • Alcoholic ketoacidosis with multiple complications: a case report

    • Theodore Ngatchu,
    • Arvind Sangwaiya,
    • Angela Dabiri,
    • Ameet Dhar,
    • Ian McNeil,
    • J D Arnold
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 776-777 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.041822

  • Hypocalcaemic fit in an adolescent boy with undiagnosed rickets

    • I Seerat,
    • M Greenberg
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 778-779 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050237

  • Compartment syndrome as a complication of a stab wound to the thigh: a case report and review of the literature

    • John J Gillooly,
    • Andrew Hacker,
    • Vipul Patel
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 780-781 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052647

An educational series

  • Tele-education in emergency care

    • S Binks,
    • J Benger
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 782-784 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.033795

Best evidence topic reports

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

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 785 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.053777

  • Is emergency department based brief intervention worthwhile in adults presenting with alcohol related events?

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 785-788 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.053785

  • Epinephrine in digital nerve block

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 789-790 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.053793

  • Computed tomography for small bowel obstruction

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 790-791 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.053801

  • The effect of warming local anaesthetics on pain of infiltration

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 791-793 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.053819

Reflections on prehospital care

  • Trench entrapment: is ketamine safe to use for sedation in head injury?

    • Matthew Gunning,
    • Zane Perkins,
    • Tom Quinn
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 794-795 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.053066

Emergency casebooks

  • Exotic snakes are not always found in exotic places: how poison centres can assist emergency departments

    • Carol Lubich,
    • Edward P Krenzelok
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 796-797 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.046292

  • Benign surgical emphysema of the hand and upper limb: gas is not always gangrene—a report of two cases

    • A Fox,
    • H Sheick,
    • C Ekwobi,
    • M Ho-Asjoe
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 798-799 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.046755

  • Acute myocardial infarction in pregnancy: a case report and subject review

    • O Fayomi,
    • R Nazar
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 800-801 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048132

  • Acute dysphagia: an unusual treatable cause

    • Jonathan Mathers,
    • Ashis Banerjee,
    • David Mbamalu
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 802 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052043

  • Are computed tomography scans adequate in assessing cervical spine pain following blunt trauma?

    • Daniel M Sciubba,
    • Gregory S McLoughlin,
    • Ziya L Gokaslan,
    • Ali Bydon,
    • Edward Bessman,
    • Hardin Pantle
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 803-804 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050997

EMQ answers

  • For questions on page 752

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 805

Sophia

  • Sophia

    • Co-ordinated by Leigh Urwin,
    • Co-ordinated by Jonathan Wyatt
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:11 806

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