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Special Data Supplement for this Issue:

Primary Survey

  • Primary Survey

    • Steve Goodacre
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 807

Future of the NHS

Editorial

  • Five years on: some positives, some negatives

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 808 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.054619

Electronic publishing

Commentary

  • Emergency Medical Journal in the digital age

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 809-810 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.041152

Review

  • New methods for improved evaluation of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department

    • U Ekelund,
    • J L Forberg
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 811-814 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048249

Emergency Medicine Questions (EMQ)

  • Coordinator: Gavin Lloyd

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 815

Original Articles

  • Generic qualitative research: a design for qualitative research in emergency care?

    • S Cooper,
    • R Endacott
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 816-819 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050641

  • An evaluation of the core physical exam in patients with minor peripheral chief complaints

    • R M Rodriguez,
    • M A Phelps
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 820-822 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050336

  • Intravenous and nebulised magnesium sulphate for acute asthma: systematic review and meta-analysis

    • S Mohammed,
    • S Goodacre
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 823-830 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052050
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  • Child protection procedures in emergency departments

    • P Sidebotham,
    • T Biu,
    • L Goldsworthy
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 831-835 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051011

  • Percutaneous transhepatic gall bladder drainage: a better initial therapeutic choice for patients with gall bladder perforation in the emergency department

    • C-C Huang,
    • H-C Lo,
    • Y-M Tzeng,
    • H-H Huang,
    • J-D Chen,
    • W-F Kao,
    • D H-T Yen,
    • C-I Huang,
    • C-H Lee
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 836-840 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052175

  • Photographic wound documentation of open fractures: an update for the digital generation

    • B W Morgan,
    • J R Read,
    • M C Solan
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 841-842 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049726

Images in emergency medicine

  • Faecal mediastinitis following decompression of suspected tension pneumothorax

    • A Ahmed-Nusrath,
    • M A Nusrath,
    • R Annamaneni
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 830 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045328

  • A rare penetrating neck trauma to zone III

    • E Khadivi,
    • M Bakhshaee,
    • K Khazaeni
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 840 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.044586

  • Open dislocation of the elbow with ipsilateral fracture of the radial head and distal radius: a rare combination without vascular injury

    • R Ahmad,
    • S M Y Ahmed,
    • S Annamalai,
    • R Case
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 860 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.044016

  • Vacuum phenomenon in a dislocated joint

    • R Ahmad,
    • S Annamalai,
    • M Radford,
    • C Cook
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 862 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.043992

  • Fracture of the posterior process of the talus: an unusual injury

    • R Ahmad,
    • S M Y Ahmed
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 867 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045609

Short report

  • Is there still a place for emergency department thrombolysis following the introduction of the amended Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee criteria for thrombolysis?

    • N R Castle,
    • R C Owen,
    • M Hann
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 843-845 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049031

Best evidence topic reports

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

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 846 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.054973

  • Detection of acute thoracic aortic dissection with D-dimer

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 846-847 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.054981

  • Epidural analgesia/anaesthesia versus systemic intravenous opioid analgesia in the management of blunt thoracic trauma

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 848-849 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.054999

  • Weather dependent nasal erythema in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 848-850 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.055004

Prehospital care

  • Commercial filming of prehospital patient care

    • P D Godfrey,
    • J D Henning
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 851-853 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049577

  • Contemporary simulation education for undergraduate paramedic students

    • M Boyle,
    • B Williams,
    • S Burgess
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 854-857 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.046318

From the prehospital literature

  • From the prehospital literature: From the British Paramedic Association Research and Audit Committee, edited by Malcolm Woollard

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 858 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.054791

Emergency casebooks

  • Anti-flatulence treatment and status epilepticus: a case of camphor intoxication

    • J Guilbert,
    • C Flamant,
    • F Hallalel,
    • D Doummar,
    • A Frata,
    • S Renolleau
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 859-860 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052308

  • Unsuspected 34-week pregnancy presenting as acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure

    • Andrew M Luks
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 861-862 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048967

  • Splenic artery aneurysm rupture: case report of this uncommon presentation

    • A Mattick,
    • I Gawthrope
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 863 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048637

EMQ answers

  • For questions on page 815

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 864

Letters

  • Tension pneumothorax prevalence grossly exaggerated

    • S Leigh-Smith
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 865-867

  • Response: tension pneumothorax prevalence grossly exaggerated

    • C Lee,
    • K M Porter
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 865

  • Mouthwash for anaphylaxis

    • M Jackson,
    • T Shaikh
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 865 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049080

  • Wind storm

    • R Goddard,
    • M Kumar,
    • G Park
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 865-866 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049213

  • Oral N-acetylcysteine for acute paracetamol poisoning

    • G N Cattermole
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 866 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048710

Book reviews

  • Developing the wise doctor: a resource for trainers and trainees in the MMC

    • M J Clancy
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 866 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.054833

  • Core topics in airway management

    • Neil Nichol
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 866-867 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.038349

Corrections

  • Corrections

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 867 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.041236corr1

  • Corrections

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 867 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051334corr1

  • NOTICE OF DUPLICATE PUBLICATION

    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 867 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.053819corr1

Sophia

  • Sophia

    • Coordinated by Jonathan Wyatt,
    • Coordinated by Nick Jenkins
    Emerg Med J 2007;24:12 868

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