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Contents: November 1 2002, Volume 19, Issue 6 [Index by Author] Other Issues:

November Supplement

	Primary Survey
	Editorials
	Reviews
	Original articles
	Research series
	Best evidence topic reports
	Journal scan
	Simulated interactive management series
	Prehospital care
	Case reports
	Letters to the editor
	Book/video reviews
	Electronic pages

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Primary Survey:

Pete Driscoll and Jim Wardrope: Primary Survey
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 488. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.488-a [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials:

F E Lecky: Trauma care in England and Wales: Is this as good as it gets?
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 488. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.488 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews:

L A Wallis and I Greaves: Injuries associated with airbag deployment
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 490. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.490 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M Revell, K Porter, and I Greaves: Fluid resuscitation in prehospital trauma care: a consensus view
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 494. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.494 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T McClune, A K Burton, and G Waddell: Whiplash associated disorders: a review of the literature to guide patient information and advice
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 499. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.499 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D Chakravarty, J Sloan, and J Brenchley: Risk reduction through skeletal scintigraphy as a screening tool in suspected scaphoid fracture: a literature review
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 507. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.507 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles:

: The MRC CRASH Trial: study design, baseline data, and outcome in 1000 randomised patients in the pilot phase
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 510. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.510 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Batchelor and A McGuiness: A meta-analysis of GCS 15 head injured patients with loss of consciousness or post-traumatic amnesia
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 515. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.515 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F E Lecky, M Woodford, O Bouamra, and D W Yates: Lack of change in trauma care in England and Wales since 1994
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 520. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.520 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Authors' Correction][Web-only Figures and Tables]

C Maxwell-Armstrong, A Brooks, M Field, J Hammond, and J Abercrombie: Diagnostic peritoneal lavage analysis: should trauma guidelines be revised?
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 524. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.524 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Web-only Appendix]

R Ferrari: Prevention of chronic pain after whiplash
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 526. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.526 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A Downing and R Wilson: Temporal and demographic variations in attendance at accident and emergency departments
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 531. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.531 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H Miles, E Litton, A Curran, L Goldsworthy, P Sharples, and A J Henderson: The PATRIARCH Study. Using outcome measures for league tables: Can a North American prediction of admission score be used in a United Kingdom children's emergency department?
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 536. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.536 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Web-only Appendix]

K K Patel and P Driscoll: Dental knowledge of accident and emergency senior house officers
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 539. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.539 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Web-only Appendix]

L C Luke, C Dewar, M Bailey, D McGreevy, H Morris, and P Burdett-Smith: A little nightclub medicine: the healthcare implications of clubbing
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 542. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.542 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research series:

M J Clancy: Overview of research designs
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 546. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.546 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Best evidence topic reports:

K Mackway-Jones: Towards evidence based emergency medicine: Best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 550. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.550 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Nasreen Contractor, Martin Thomas, and K Mackway-Jones: Swimmers view or supine oblique views to visualise the cervicothoracic junction
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 550. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.550-a [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Martin Thomas, Stewart Teece,, and K Mackway-Jones: Computed tomography and the exclusion of upper cervical spine injury in trauma patients with altered mental state
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 551. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.551 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Baha Ali, Angaj Ghosh, and K Mackway-Jones: Antibiotics in compound depressed skull fractures
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 552. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.552 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John Butler, Ian Sammy, Joel Desmond, and K Mackway-Jones: Antibiotics in patients with isolated chest trauma requiring chest drains
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 553. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.553 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John Butler, Rupert Jackson, and K Mackway-Jones: Lignocaine premedication before rapid sequence induction in head injuries
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 554. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.554 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ross Murphy, Angaj Ghosh, and K Mackway-Jones: Ultrasound or computed tomography in paediatric blunt abdominal trauma
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 554. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.554-a [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A Van Zyl, D Abbott, D Andrews, P Reaves, Hamish Simpson, and K Mackway-Jones: Routine use of antibiotic ointment and wound healing
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 556. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.556 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jon Argall, Stewart Teece, and K Mackway-Jones: Factor VIIa for intractable blood loss in trauma
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 556. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.556-a [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Journal scan:

Jonathan Wyatt and Crispin Porter: Journal scan
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 558. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.558 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simulated interactive management series:

J Wardrope, S McCormick, and C Dorries: Article 11. Capital planning, the coroner, and there is a transit van in your resuscitation room
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 560. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.560 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [SIMS 11 - Internet Pages]

Prehospital care:

M Woollard, T Jones, K Pitt, and N Vetter: Hitting them where it hurts? Low dose nalbuphine therapy
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 565. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.565 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K Adeboye and L Armstrong: Pattern and severity of injuries in micro-scooter related accidents
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 571. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.571 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A K Exadaktylos, S Eggli, P Inden, and H Zimmermann: Hoof kick injuries in unmounted equestrians. Improving accident analysis and prevention by introducing an accident and emergency based relational database
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 573. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.573 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D M Macgregor: Golf related head injuries in children
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 576. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.576 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J R Benger, R Karlsten, and B Eriksson: Prehospital thrombolysis: lessons from Sweden and their application to the United Kingdom
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 578. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.578 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

L Morton, S Murad, R Z Omar, and K Taylor: Importance of emergency identification schemes
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 584. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.584 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports:

K D Wright and K Murphy: Cardiac tamponade: a case of kitchen floor thoracotomy
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 587. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.587 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C Dewar and D F Gorman: Disruption of the iliocolic artery after blunt trauma
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 589. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.589 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K Allison, K M Porter, and A M Mason: Use of the Asherman chest seal as a stabilisation device for needle thoracostomy
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 590. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.590 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

N S S Maskery and N Burrows: Cervical spine control; bending the rules
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 592. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.592 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A V Appelboam, P I Dargan, and J Knighton: Fatal anaphylactoid reaction to N-acetylcysteine: caution in patients with asthma
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 594. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.594 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor:

R Lynch: Tricyclic antidepressant overdose
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 596. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.596 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book/video reviews:

H R Guly: Prehospital trauma care: E Søreide, C M Grande, editors. (Pp 806; $195). Marcel Dekker, 2001. ISBN 0-8247-0537-8.
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 596. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.596-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C A J McLauchlan: Finding the right words: breaking bad news in sudden death: P A Evans. Produced in collaboration with the Bereavement Group of the A&E Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicestershire Constabulary. (video 28 minutes; 75+VAT). Available from Health Education Video Unit, Freepost LE6493, Leicester LE5 2ZJ, UK
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 596. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.596-b [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Electronic pages:

: Author index
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 1. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.e1 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

: Subject index
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 2. doi:10.1136/emj.19.6.e2 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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