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Contents: March 1 2003, Volume 20, Issue 2 [Index by Author] Other Issues:

	Primary Survey
	Editorials
	Controversies in emergency care
	Review
	Original articles
	Research series
	Best evidence topic reports
	JournalScan
	Prehospital care
	Short report
	Case report
	Letter
	Book review
	Correction

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Primary Survey:

Pete Driscoll and Jim Wardrope: Primary Survey
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 111. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.111 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials:

D Lammy: Reforming emergency care; for patients
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 112. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.112 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K G M M Alberti: Skillmix: an advance or an excuse?
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 112. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.112-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M W Cooke: Reforming the UK emergency care system
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 113. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.113 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C MacFarlane: The advances and evidence base for prehospital care
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 114. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.114 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Wardrope and P Driscoll: Turbulent times
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 116. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.116 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D W Yates: The NICE head injury guidelines
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 117. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.117 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Controversies in emergency care:

A M Leaman: See and Treat: a management driven method of achieving targets or a tool for better patient care? One size does not fit all
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 118. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.118 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Windle and K Mackway-Jones: Don’t throw triage out with the bathwater
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 119. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.119 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K Castille and M Cooke: One size does not fit all. View 2
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 120. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.120 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review:

T B Hassan: Clinical decision units in the emergency department: old concepts, new paradigms, and refined gate keeping
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 123. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.123 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles:

P Walley: Designing the accident and emergency system: lessons from manufacturing
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 126. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.126 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M W Cooke, P Arora, and S Mason: Discharge from triage: modelling the potential in different types of emergency department
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 131. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.131 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P Bywaters and E McLeod: Social care’s impact on emergency medicine: a model to test
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 134. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.134 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M W Cooke, J Higgins, and P Kidd: Use of emergency observation and assessment wards: a systematic literature review
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 138. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.138 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ò Miró, M Sánchez, G Espinosa, B Coll-Vinent, E Bragulat, J Millá, and J Wardrope: Analysis of patient flow in the emergency department and the effect of an extensive reorganisation
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 143. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.143 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

N C Proudlove, K Gordon, and R Boaden: Can good bed management solve the overcrowding in accident and emergency departments?
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 149. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.149 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

E Gilby, G Lloyd, L Chan, S Tosh, and S Brierley: Meeting National Service Framework goals for patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 156. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.156 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Online Supplementary Material]

M Sakr, R Kendall, J Angus, A Saunders, J Nicholl, and J Wardrope: Emergency nurse practitioners: a three part study in clinical and cost effectiveness
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 158. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.158 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Web-only Table]

Research series:

J M Kendall: Designing a research project: randomised controlled trials and their principles
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 164. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.164 [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 2003; 20: 169. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.169 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jon Argall, Joel Desmond, and K Mackway-Jones: Seldinger technique chest drains and complication rate
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 169. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.169-a [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stewart Teece, Ian Crawford, and K Mackway-Jones: Antacids and diagnosis in patients with atypical chest pain
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 170. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.170 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Andreas Kontos, Savvas Omorphos, Joel Desmond, and K Mackway-Jones: Need for cervical spine imaging for alert children after trauma
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 171. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.171 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Savvas Omorphos, Andreas Kontos, Joel Desmond, and K Mackway-Jones: Cervical spine imaging in children under 9 after trauma
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 171. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.171-a [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Debasis Das, Baha Ali, and K Mackway-Jones: Conservative mangement of asymptomatic cocaine body packers
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 172. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.172 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simon Carley, Baha Ali, and K Mackway-Jones: Acute myocardial infarction in cocaine induced chest pain presenting as an emergency
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 174. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.174 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JournalScan:

Jonathan Wyatt and Walid Alsalim: JournalScan
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 176. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.176 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Prehospital care:

J Dale, J Higgins, S Williams, T Foster, H Snooks, R Crouch, C Hartley-Sharpe, E Glucksman, R Hooper, and S George: Computer assisted assessment and advice for "non-serious" 999 ambulance service callers: the potential impact on ambulance despatch
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 178. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C J T van Uden, R A G Winkens, G J Wesseling, H F J M Crebolder, and C P van Schayck: Use of out of hours services: a comparison between two organisations
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 184. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.184 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C MacFarlane and C A Benn: Evaluation of emergency medical services systems: a classification to assist in determination of indicators
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 188. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.188 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Navein and I McNeil: The Surrey Emergency Care System: a countywide initiative for change
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 192. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.192 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S Mason, J Wardrope, and J Perrin: Developing a community paramedic practitioner intermediate care support scheme for older people with minor conditions
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 196. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.196 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P O’Meara: Would a prehospital practitioner model improve patient care in rural Australia?
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 199. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.199 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Short report:

D M Macgregor: Effect of weather on attendance with injury at a paediatric emergency department
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 204. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.204 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case report:

D Debnath: Lesson learnt: don’t prescribe heparin for hemoperitoneum!
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 206. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.206 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letter:

G Lloyd, J Benger, P Kaye, S Haig, and E Gilby: National Service Framework fails to address the decision time
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 208. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.208 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book review:

T Shaw: Anaesthesia at the district hospital, 2nd edn: M B Dobson. ($31.50). WHO Publications, 2000. ISBN 9-241-54527-5
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 208. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.208-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correction:

: CORRECTION
Emerg Med J 2003; 20: 208. doi:10.1136/emj.20.2.208-b [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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