Primary Survey:

Colville Laird

Primary Survey
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Emergency casebook:

N Lane and A Graudins

"Punk" rock can be bad for you: a case of surgical emphysema from a "punk" rocker’s leather jacket
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: e35. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.033100 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Rimal, S M Hashmi, and P R Prinsley

An unusual presentation of sphenoid sinusitis with septicaemia in a healthy young adult
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: e36. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.033340 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N Venkatram, V Wurm, and S Houshian

Anterior dislocation of the ulnar-humeral joint in a so-called ‘pulled elbow’
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: e37. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.033878 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Domingo, D Levy, and S Iosovich

Atypical presentation of aortic dissection secondary to a gunshot wound
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: e38. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.034173 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L-W Lin, S-W Hung, C-S Lin, C-L Liu, and C-F Chong

Atypical manifestation of Vibrio vulnificus septicaemia
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: e39. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.032573 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S J Croft, J Brenchley, S P Badhe, and T R Cresswell

An unusual rugby injury
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: e40. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.031013 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D J Hartin, R Kendall, A A Boyle, and P R T Atkinson

Case of the month: Buffalo chest: a case of bilateral pneumothoraces due to pleuropleural communication
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 483-486. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.030981 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emergency casebook
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R Slim, A Geagea, C Yaghi, K Honein, R Sayegh, and A Zoghbi

Unusual way of purging
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 486. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.033308 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial:

G Hughes

Rapid assessment teams and early discharge of the elderly from ED; vunerable in the current financial climate?
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 416. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037622 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews:

L C McGuire, A M Cruickshank, and P T Munro

Alcoholic ketoacidosis
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 417-420. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.017590 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Russell, P G Blain, and P Rice

Clinical management of casualties exposed to lung damaging agents: a critical review
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 421-424. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.011775 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles:

J P Shepherd, M Ho, H R Shepherd, and V Sivarajasingam

Confidential registration in health services: randomised controlled trial
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 425-427. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.021030 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B T te Wildt, C Andreis, I Auffahrt, C Tettenborn, S Kropp, and M Ohlmeier

Alcohol related conditions represent a major psychiatric problem in emergency departments
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 428-430. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.028415 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A James, R Madeley, and A Dove

Violence and aggression in the emergency department
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 431-434. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.028621 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Mason, P Coleman, C O’Keeffe, J Ratcliffe, and J Nicholl

The evolution of the emergency care practitioner role in England: experiences and impact
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 435-439. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027300 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Clark, T N S Clarke, B Gregson, P N A Hooker, and I R Chambers

Variability in pupil size estimation
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 440-441. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.030247 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Taylor, D Williamson, and A Sanghvi

When is a door not a door? The difference between documented and actual arrival times in the emergency department
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 442-443. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.029868 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N Castle, R Owen, R Vincent, and N Ineson

What percentages of patients are suitable for prehospital thrombolysis?
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 444-445. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.026450 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Brenchley, A Walker, J P Sloan, T B Hassan, and H Venables

Evaluation of focussed assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) by UK emergency physicians
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 446-448. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.026864 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Walker, C James, M Bannister, and E Jobes

Evaluation of a diabetes referral pathway for the management of hypoglycaemia following emergency contact with the ambulance service to a diabetes specialist nurse team
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 449-451. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.028548 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T-C Lu, C-L Tsai, C-C Lee, P C-I Ko, Z-S Yen, A Yuan, S-C Chen, and W-J Chen

Preventable deaths in patients admitted from emergency department
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 452-455. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.022319 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S L Ramlakhan, D P Burke, and J Gilchrist

Things that go beep: experience with an ED guideline for use of a handheld metal detector in the management of ingested non-hazardous metallic foreign bodies
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 456-460. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.029553 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Beckett, D Hulbert, and R Brown

The new consultant survey 2005
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 461-463. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.030726 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short reports:

C Ünlü, B Lamme, P Nass, and H W Bolhuis

Retroperitoneal haemorrhage caused by a renal angiomyolipoma
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 464-465. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.033191 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V Ameh, R Jenner, N Jilani, and A Bradbury

Spontaneous pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema: unusual complications of asthma in a 2-year-old boy
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 466-467. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.028829 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Nishi, Y Matsuoka, E Kawase, S Nakajima, and Y Kim

Mental health service requirements in a Japanese medical centre emergency department
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 468-469. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.029769 [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 2006; 23: 470. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037572 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew Munro and Ian Maconochie

Beta-agonists with or without anti-cholinergics in the treatment of acute childhood asthma?
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 470. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037580 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Craig Ferguson and Shweta Gidwani

Delivery of bronchodilators in acute asthma in children
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 471-472. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037598 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vince Choudhery and Will Townend

Lorazepam or diazepam in paediatric status epilepticus
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 472-473. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037606 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rob Williams and N Hardcastle

Tibial fractures in very young children and child abuse
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 473-474. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037614 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prehospital care:

L A Wallis and S Carley

Comparison of paediatric major incident primary triage tools
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 475-478. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.032672 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J L Newton, P Kyle, P Liversidge, G Robinson, K Wilton, and P Reeve

The costs of falls in the community to the North East Ambulance Service
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 479-481. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.028803 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

From the prehospital literature • Edited by Malcolm Woollard, from the British Paramedic Association Research and Audit Committee and the Faculty of Prehospital Care Research Unit
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 482. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.036277 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

A C-M Lin, Y-H Hsu, T-L Wang, and C-F Chong

Placement confirmation of Sengstaken–Blakemore tube by ultrasound
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 487. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.031922 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F Dunn, D Hughes, L G R Rocke, and B P McNicholl

Are chest pain observation units essential for rapid and effective emergency care in the UK?
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 487-488. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.023671 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B P Shravat, T S Huseyin, and K A Hynes

Injury to supraorbital area—should this be referred to as a head injury or facial injury?
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 488. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.029306 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Brenchley and S Ramlakhan

Intranasal alfentanil for acute pain in children
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 488. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.029165 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D J Dawson and L Peters

"Street" supplies of the anticoagulant drug warfarin: a worrying new trend
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 488-489. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.030346 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Forero, L Young, K M Hillman, A E Bauman, and S Ieraci

Prevalence of psychological distress assessed in emergency departments
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 489. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.029090 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T J Coats, G Ng, and H Shakur

Consent in emergency research
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 489-490. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.031005 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J French, A Steel, R Clements, S Lewis, M Wilson, B Teasdale, R Mackenzie, and J Black

Best Bets: A call for scrutiny
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B C Doyle

Association does not prove causality
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R J Dawes

Prehospital Intubation – Delving deeper into the evidence
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 490-491. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A M Mason

Please don’t shoot the messengers!
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R Mackenzie

Two wrongs don’t make a right
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Book reviews:

Lee Gray

Introduction to emergency medicine
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 491-492. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027821 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Driscoll

Gray’s Anatomy, 39th Edition
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 492. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027847 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Carley

Rosen and Barkin’s 5-minute emergency medicine consult. Second edition
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 493. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027839 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G Hughes

Spotting the sick child
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 493. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027797 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sophia:

Ryan Hobbs and Jonathan Wyatt

Sophia
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 494. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abstracts:

The Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine Annual Scientific Conference 2005
Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 495-500. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037002 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]