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Primary Survey:

Pete Driscoll and Jim Wardrope

Primary survey
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 1. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials:

P Driscoll and J Wardrope

ATLS: past, present, and future
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 2-3. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.021212 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J P Nolan

Advanced trauma life support in the United Kingdom: time to move on
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 3-4. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.018507 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Davis

Should there be a UK based advanced trauma course?
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 5-6. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.020578 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D McKeown

Should the UK develop and run its own advanced trauma course?
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 6-7. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.020487 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews:

S Leigh-Smith and T Harris

Tension pneumothorax—time for a re-think?
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 8-16. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.010421 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C A Graham and T R J Parke

Critical care in the emergency department: shock and circulatory support
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 17-21. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012450 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Wise, G Davies, T Coats, D Lockey, J Hyde, and A Good

Emergency thoracotomy: "how to do it"
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 22-24. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012963 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles:

E Evans, N Turley, N Robinson, and M Clancy

Randomised controlled trial of patient controlled analgesia compared with nurse delivered analgesia in an emergency department
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 25-29. doi:10.1136/emj.2002.004614 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R J Boyd and P Stuart

The efficacy of structured assessment and analgesia provision in the paediatric emergency department
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 30-32. doi:10.1136/emj.2002.003574 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J G Browning, M J Reed, A G Wilkinson, and T Beattie

Imaging infants with head injury: effect of a change in policy
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 33-36. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.016196 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V Tarsia, A J Singer, G A Cassara, and M T Hein

Percutaneous regional compared with local anaesthesia for facial lacerations: a randomised controlled trial
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 37-40. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.008722 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JournalScan:

Jonathan Wyatt and Fiona Beech

JournalScan
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 41-42. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.021113 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Best evidence topic reports:

S D Carley

Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 43. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.021147 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helen Michael and Magnus Harrison

Endotracheal intubation in -hydroxybutyric acid intoxication and overdose
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 43. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.021154 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stewart Teece and Ian Crawford

No clinical evidence for gastric lavage in lithium overdose
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 43-44. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.021162 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katherine Potier de la Morandiere and Henry Morriss

Paddle position in emergency cardioversion of atrial fibrillation
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 44-46. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.021170 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew Deibel, Jeffrey Jones, and Michael Brown

Reinsertion of the stylet before needle removal in diagnostic lumbar puncture
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 46. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.021188 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Best evidence equipment review:

A Steel

The intubating laryngeal mask airway
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 47-49. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.020644 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Socrates:

P Gilligan, H Law, G Lumsden, J Brenchley, G Kitching, A Taylor, A Khan, M Shepherd, J Jones, and D Hegarty

SOCRATES 3 (synopsis of Cochrane reviews applicable to emergency services)
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 50-52. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.019604 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prehospital care:

S J Caldow, T R J Parke, C A Graham, and P T Munro

Aeromedical retrieval to a university hospital emergency department in Scotland
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 53-55. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.016618 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P J Peacock, J L Peacock, C R Victor, and C Chazot

Changes in the emergency workload of the London Ambulance Service between 1989 and 1999
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 56-59. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.016741 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Sukumaran, J M Henry, D Beard, R Lawrenson, M W G Gordon, J J O’Donnell, and A J Gray

Prehospital trauma management: a national study of paramedic activities
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 60-63. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.016873 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C D Deakin, R Peters, P Tomlinson, and M Cassidy

Securing the prehospital airway: a comparison of laryngeal mask insertion and endotracheal intubation by UK paramedics
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 64-67. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.017178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C R FitzSimmons and J Wardrope

9 Assessment and care of musculoskeletal problems
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 68-76. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.021527 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case report:

A Reuben and E Clouting

Compartment syndrome after thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 77. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.004960 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Y-M Lin and T-S Lee

Fasciotomy in crush syndrome patients: debates continue
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 78. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Lee

Ondansetron and chest pain
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 78. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F C Rae

Haemorrhage after pneumothorax aspiration
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 78. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R E McLaughlin

Needle handling should be avoided while suturing
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 78. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Electronic pages:

The 26th annual conference of the British Association for Immediate Care, Birmingham NEC, 14–16 November 2003
Emerg Med J 2005; 22: e1. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.020784 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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