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Original Articles

• Observer agreement of the Manchester Triage System and the Emergency Severity Index: a simulation study (22 July, 2009)

  M N Storm-Versloot, D T Ubbink, V Chin a Choi, J S K Luitse
• Role of surgeon-performed ultrasound on further management of patients with acute abdominal pain: a randomised controlled clinical trial (22 July, 2009)

  A Lindelius, S Törngren, H Pettersson, J Adami
• Immediate cardiovascular effects of the Taser X26 conducted electrical weapon (22 July, 2009)

  W P Bozeman, D G Barnes, J E Winslow, J C Johnson, C H Phillips, R Alson
• Efficacy of a holding unit to reduce access block and attendance pressure in the emergency department (22 July, 2009)

  C Gómez-Vaquero, A Salazar Soler, A Juan Pastor, J R Perez Mas, J Jacob Rodriguez, X Corbella Virós
• Current state of emergency medicine education in China (22 July, 2009) Free

  J F Shao, H Y Shen, X Y Shi
• Rapid sequence induction in the emergency department: induction drug and outcome of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (22 July, 2009)

  C R W Baird, A W Hay, D W McKeown, D C Ray
• Can undergraduate paramedic students accurately identify lung sounds? (22 July, 2009)

  B Williams, M Boyle, P O’Meara
• Can middle grade and consultant emergency physicians accurately interpret computed tomography scans performed for head trauma? Cross-sectional study (22 July, 2009)

  A Boyle, D Staniciu, S Lewis, A Hugman, B Bauza-Rodriguez, D Kirby, D Scoffings
• Patient satisfaction in an observation unit: the Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems Hospital Survey (22 July, 2009)

  C W L Ng, G H Lim, F McMaster, J Molina, E Seow, B H Heng
• Sport and recreation-related injuries and fracture occurrence among emergency department attendees: implications for exercise prescription and injury prevention (22 July, 2009)

  E C Falvey, J Eustace, B Whelan, M S Molloy, S P Cusack, F Shanahan, M G Molloy
• Comparing methods of detecting alcohol-related emergency department presentations (22 July, 2009)

  D Indig, J Copeland, K M Conigrave
• Medical and prehospital care training in UK fire and rescue services (22 July, 2009)

  L Quinn, K Challen, D Walter
• A prospective observational study of tracheal intubation in an emergency department in a 2300-bed hospital of a developing country in a one-year period (22 July, 2009)

  M Wongyingsinn, P Songarj, T Assawinvinijkul