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What's New in Emergency Pre-hospital Care Research? 2008 Conference organised by 999 EMS Research Forum in collaboration with University of Sheffield and the National Ambulance Research Steering Group

  • Presentation & Posters: What are the highest priorities for research in prehospital care? Results of a review and consultation exercise

    • A Evans,
    • H Snook,
    • B Wells,
    • M Thomas,
    • J Peconi,
    • J Turner,
    • M Woollard
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 1 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.075416a

  • The Zoll prize for Highest Quality Research was awarded to Mohammad Iqbal: Prehospital intravenous cannulation: reducing the risks and rate from inappropriate venous access by paramedics

    • M Iqbal,
    • S Banerjee,
    • A Spaight,
    • J Stephenson,
    • A N Siriwardena
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 1 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.075432a

  • Presentation & Posters: Improving post-hypoglycaemic patient safety in the pre-hospital environment: a systematic review

    • D Fitzpatrick,
    • E A S Duncan
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 2 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.075416b

  • JRCALC prize for research most likely to affect practice was awarded jointly to David Fitzpatrick and Patricia Coleman: Improving post-hypoglycaemic patient safety in the pre-hospital environment: a systematic review

    • D Fitzpatrick,
    • E A S Duncan
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 2 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.075432b

  • Presentation & Posters: When would you call 999? Perceptions of emergency ambulances’ role in unscheduled health care

    • A Porter,
    • L Button,
    • K Duff,
    • A Evans,
    • H Snooks,
    • R Lowe,
    • A Watkins
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 3 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.075416c

  • JRCALC prize for research most likely to affect practice was awarded jointly to David Fitzpatrick and Patricia Coleman: Emergency Care Practitioners: shaping a new type of practitioner from existing NHS clinical roles

    • P Coleman,
    • C O’Keeffe,
    • S Mason
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 3 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.075432c

  • Presentation & Posters: The effectiveness of supraglottic airway devices in pre hospital basic life support airway management

    • M Dixon,
    • N Carmody,
    • C O’Donnell
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 4 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.075416d

  • EMJ prize for Best Poster was awarded to Dr Linda Dykes: Angels with wings (and morphine): do RAF winchmen need to be paramedics?

    • L Dykes,
    • D McDowell,
    • Edward Griffiths,
    • Richard Taylor, (RAF Winchmen)
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 4 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.075432d

  • Posters: What factors predict 999 use amongst unscheduled care service users?

    • H Snooks,
    • A Porter,
    • L Button,
    • K Duff,
    • A Evans,
    • R Lowe,
    • A Watkins
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 5 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.075416e

  • Posters: Prehospital intravenous cannulation: reducing the risks and rate from inappropriate venous access by paramedics

    • M Iqbal,
    • S Banerjee,
    • A Spaight,
    • J Stephenson,
    • A N Siriwardena
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 6 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.075416f

  • Posters: The quality and safety of emergency care practitioner care

    • P Coleman,
    • R O’Hara,
    • S Mason,
    • C O’Keeffe
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 7 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.075416g

  • Posters: Non-conveyance of 999 callers: early findings related subsequent health services callers

    • M Al-Sulaiti,
    • H Snooks,
    • A Porter
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 8 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.075416h

  • Posters: Emergency care practitioners: shaping a new type of practitioner from existing NHS clinical roles

    • P Coleman,
    • C O’Keeffe,
    • S Mason
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 9 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.075416i

  • Posters: SAFER (Support and Assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals) trial: study design

    • Helen Snooks,
    • The SAFER Study Team
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 10 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.075416j

  • Posters: Angels with wings (and morphine): do RAF winchmen need to be paramedics?

    • L Dykes,
    • D McDowell,
    • Edward Griffiths,
    • Richard Taylor, (RAF Winchmen)
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 11 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.075416k

  • Posters: Malleable stylet vs re-useable and disposable bougies in a model of difficult intubation: a randomised cross-over trial

    • M Woollard,
    • D Lighton,
    • P Gregory,
    • G Munro,
    • E Jenkinson,
    • L Hamilton,
    • R Newcombe,
    • P O’Meara
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 12 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.075416l

Primary survey

  • Primary survey

    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 687 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.082875

Editorial

  • At last: some insight

    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 688 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.080986

Commentary

  • A blast from the present meets the MAST from the past: should the pneumatic anti-shock garment ever be used?

    • Jerry Ray Baskerville
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 689 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.071324

Review

  • The use of atropine in a nerve agent response with specific reference to children: are current guidelines too cautious?

    • E A Sandilands,
    • A M Good,
    • D N Bateman
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 690-694 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.060384

Original Articles

  • Routine pain scoring does not improve analgesia provision for children in the emergency department

    • M A R Jadav,
    • G Lloyd,
    • C McLauchlan,
    • C Hayes
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 695-697 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.065193

  • A simple intervention improves the recording of vital signs in children presenting to the emergency department

    • C Bird,
    • A Shea,
    • C A Michie,
    • G George
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 698-700 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.064634

  • The role of body mass index in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • C-L Tsai,
    • C A Camargo, Jr
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 701-705 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.068478

  • Perception of emergency medicine by consultants and specialist registrars from other hospital specialties

    • S Reid,
    • D Stephenson,
    • L Bowden
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 706-710 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.066977

  • Vulnerability to assault injury: an emergency department perspective

    • V Sivarajasingam,
    • P Morgan,
    • J Shepherd,
    • K Matthews
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 711-714 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.061580

  • Matrix metalloproteinase levels in acute aortic dissection, acute pancreatitis and other abdominal pain

    • T Wen,
    • L Liu,
    • G-Z Xiong
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 715-718 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.067645

  • 24-Hour observational ward management of diabetic patients presenting with hypoglycaemia: a prospective observational study

    • H K Goh,
    • D E K Chew,
    • I G Miranda,
    • L Tan,
    • G H Lim
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 719-723 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.062232

  • Understanding target-driven action in emergency department performance using simulation

    • M M Günal,
    • M Pidd
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 724-727 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.066969

  • Trampolining injuries presenting to a children’s emergency department

    • M Wootton,
    • D Harris
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 728-731 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.069344

Miscellanea

  • Emergency Medicine Questions (EMQs): See page 700 for answers

    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 697 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.079285

  • EMQ answers: For questions on page 697

    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 700 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.081448

  • Sophia: Sophia

    • Edited by Richard Parry,
    • Jonathan Wyatt
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 764 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.082966

Images in emergency medicine

  • Atypical extravasation of contrast medium in massive extrapleural haematoma due to cardiac massage without rib fracture

    • S Morita,
    • J Koizumi,
    • K Sakurai,
    • M Amino,
    • K Yoshioka,
    • Y Nakagawa,
    • I Yamamoto,
    • S Inokuchi
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 710 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.061739

  • Retropharyngeal abscess secondary to a foreign body

    • H Rumbold
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 723 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.064956

  • Haemorrhage after Ru-Zhu

    • S-D Chung,
    • H-D Sun,
    • C-H Liao,
    • J-T Sun
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 731 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.063875

  • A penetrating trauma to the temple

    • M R Haghi,
    • E Khadivi,
    • K Khazaeni
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 746 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.066217

  • Spontaneous rupture of kidney

    • S-D Chung,
    • H-S Chiang,
    • C-H Liao
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 753 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.064337

  • Inadvertent cannulation of the C6 transverse foramen during central venous catheterisation

    • N Barua,
    • W Adams,
    • L Pobereskin,
    • S Waddy
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 755 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.066472

  • “A head turning complication”

    • J D Sefton,
    • J Tipping
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 759 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.066183

Short report

  • Pilot study of random finger prick glucose testing as a screening tool for type 2 diabetes mellitus in the emergency department

    • N Hewat,
    • D McD Taylor,
    • E MacDonald
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 732-733 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.067041

Best Evidence Topic reports

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

    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 734

  • BET 1. SUBLINGUAL ADRENALINE TABLETS: HOW FEASIBLE IS THIS NOVEL APPROACH TO THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE ALLERGIC REACTIONS?

    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 734-735 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.082461

  • BET 2. NEBULISED SALBUTAMOL OR NEBULISED ADRENALINE FOR WHEEZE IN ANAPHYLAXIS

    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 735-736 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.082479

  • BET 3. AVULSED TOOTH BROUGHT IN MILK FOR REPLANTATION

    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 736-737 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.082487

Prehospital care

  • Chest decompression during the resuscitation of patients in prehospital traumatic cardiac arrest

    • N Mistry,
    • A Bleetman,
    • K J Roberts
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 738-740 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.065599

  • “At the sharp end”: does ambulance dispatch data from south Yorkshire support the picture of increased weapon-related violence in the UK?

    • J T Gray,
    • A Walker
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 741-742 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.067298

  • Level of training and experience in physicians performing interhospital transfers of adult patients in the internal medicine department

    • P Hallas,
    • L Folkestad,
    • M Brabrand
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 743-744 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.066514

  • Luxatio erecta: a prehospital challenge in patient packaging

    • A J Lee,
    • P J Hardy,
    • E Kitchen,
    • S Shahane
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 745-746 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.071522

Emergency casebooks

  • A vanishing disease can still happen

    • H K Ramadan
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 749 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.066282

  • Wellens’ syndrome: significance of ECG pattern recognition in the emergency department

    • M Lilaonitkul,
    • K Robinson,
    • M Roberts
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 750-751 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.067470

  • Small bowel intussusception following blunt abdominal trauma in an adult patient

    • J Karam,
    • M Khreiss,
    • K M Musallam,
    • M H Alaeddine,
    • A Al-Kutoubi,
    • G S Abi Saad
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 752-753 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.069807

  • Acute coronary syndrome triggered by honeybee sting: a case report

    • S N Murat,
    • B B Karasu,
    • R Akdemir,
    • H Kilic,
    • E Ornek,
    • O Ozcan
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 754-755 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.069823

  • Thrombolysis beyond 3 hours for acute ischaemic stroke

    • R Selvaratnam,
    • U Srirangalingam,
    • S Ahmad,
    • P Goulden
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 756-757 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.070540

  • Persistent idiopathic ventricular tachycardia in a 28-year-old woman

    • S H Dorman,
    • N Razzak,
    • R Chamberlain-Webber
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 758-759 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.071076

PostScript

  • Letter: The need for an educational DVD for procedural sedation using ketamine and propofol

    • L O Jones,
    • J G Lloyd
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 760 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.068114

  • Letter: Management of cocaine-associated chest pain

    • O Fayomi
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 760 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.071399

  • Letter: Prehospital use of ketamine in mountain rescue

    • J Ellerton,
    • P Paal,
    • H Brugger
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 760-761 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.072561

  • Letter: Emergency physicians and police brutality

    • J S Ford
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 761 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.073379

  • Letter: Authors' response

    • H R Hutson,
    • D Anglin,
    • J Strote
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 761-762 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.074179

  • Letter: Waiting times are they that important? A patient survey

    • E Jolly,
    • M Clancy
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 762 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.060137

  • Letter: Emergency medicine in Uganda

    • P Hulme
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 762 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.072991

  • Book reviews: Diagnostic imaging: emergency

    • G Hughes
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 762-763 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.072645

  • Book reviews: Cambridge illustrated history of surgery

    • H Guly
    Emerg Med J 2009;26:10 763 doi:10.1136/emj.2009.073361

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