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Primary survey:

Ian Maconochie

Primary Survey
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 523. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial:

Geoffrey Hughes

Accountability
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 524. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050492 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles:

Simon Carley and Kevin Mackway-Jones

Developing a virtual learning course in emergency medicine for F2 doctors
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 525-528. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.042937 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Patton, J Strang, C Birtles, and M J Crawford

Alcohol: a missed opportunity. A survey of all accident and emergency departments in England
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 529-531. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045179 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alastair Newton, Shah Jalal Sarker, Gurjinderpal S Pahal, Eric van den Bergh, and Charles Young

Impact of the new UK licensing law on emergency hospital attendances: a cohort study
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 532-534. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.046094 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emese Csipke, Robin Touquet, Tim Patel, James Franklin, Adrian Brown, Paul Holloway, Nicola Batrick, and Michael J Crawford

Use of blood alcohol concentration in resuscitation room patients
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 535-538. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045583 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rhiannon Talbot and Anthony Bleetman

Retention of information by emergency department staff at ambulance handover: do standardised approaches work?
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 539-542. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045906 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Laverick, S Kazmi, S Ahktar, J Raja, S Perera, A Bokhari, S Meraj, K Ayub, A da Silva, M Pye, M Anser, and J Pye

Asian earthquake: report from the first volunteer British hospital team in Pakistan
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 543-546. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037333 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B Dent, R J Kendall, A A Boyle, and P R T Atkinson

Emergency ultrasound of the abdominal aorta by UK emergency physicians: a prospective cohort study
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 547-549. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048405 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Itamar Ashkenazi, Jacob Haspel, Ricardo Alfici, Boris Kessel, Tawfik Khashan, and Meir Oren

Effect of teleradiology upon pattern of transfer of head injured patients from a rural general hospital to a neurosurgical referral centre
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 550-552. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.044461 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Sibly, C M Wiskin, R L Holder, and M W Cooke

Short stay emergency admissions to a West Midlands NHS Trust: a longitudinal descriptive study, 2002–2005
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 553-557. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.043901 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dave Geggie and Deborah Moore

Peripheral line dead space: an unrecognised phenomenon?
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 558-559. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.046250 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeff Clawson, Christopher H O Olola, Andy Heward, Greg Scott, and Brett Patterson

Accuracy of emergency medical dispatchers’ subjective ability to identify when higher dispatch levels are warranted over a Medical Priority Dispatch System automated protocol’s recommended coding based on paramedic outcome data
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 560-563. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.047928 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A A Khan, J Rawlins, A F Shenton, and D T Sharpe

The Bradford Burn Study: the epidemiology of burns presenting to an inner city emergency department
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 564-566. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027730 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short reports:

Matthew J Reed and Jane Fothergill

The Livingston Paediatric Dose Calculator
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 567-568. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.046698 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [web only appendix][revised calculator][calculator - 2nd revision and erratum][ calculator - 3rd revision]  

G Malatesha, Nishith K Singh, Ankur Bharija, Bhavya Rehani, and Ashish Goel

Comparison of arterial and venous pH, bicarbonate, PCO₂ and PO₂ in initial emergency department assessment
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 569-571. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.046979 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yoshihiro Hirabayashi and Norimasa Seo

Tracheal intubation by non-anaesthetist physicians using the Airway Scope
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 572-573. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048546 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kum-Ying Tham

360° feedback for emergency physicians in Singapore
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 574-575. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.047530 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

An educational series:

L Symington, E McGugam, C Graham, M Gordon, and S Thakore

Training in conscious sedation techniques: meeting the recommendations of the UK Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 576-578. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.033803 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Best evidence topic reports:

Kevin Mackway-Jones

Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 579. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051300 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew Munro and Ian Machonochie

Midazolam or ketamine for procedural sedation of children in the emergency department
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 579-580. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051318 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ziauddin Hassan and John Wright

Use of octreotide acetate to prevent rebound hypoglycaemia in sulfonylurea overdose
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 580-581. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051326 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kirsty McEwan and Peter Thompson

Ultrasound to detect haemothorax after chest injury
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 581-582. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051334 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth Hayward, Laurie Showler, and Jasmeet Soar

Aminophylline in bradyasystolic cardiac arrest
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 582-583. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051342 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prehospital care:

C Lee, K M Porter, and T J Hodgetts

Tourniquet use in the civilian prehospital setting
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 584-587. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.046359 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bosede A Afolabi, Gian M Novaro, Sergio L Pinski, Kenneth R Fromkin, and Howard S Bush

Use of the prehospital ECG improves door-to-balloon times in ST segment elevation myocardial infarction irrespective of time of day or day of week
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 588-591. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.047373 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Lockey and Keith Porter

Prehospital anaesthesia in the UK: position statement on behalf of the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 606-607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emergency casebooks:

Abdulkadir Gunduz, Ismet Durmus, Suleyman Turedi, Irfan Nuhoglu, and Serkan Ozturk

Mad honey poisoning-related asystole
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 592-593. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045625 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ju Fen Yeh, Helen Po, and Chen Yen Chien

Ischaemic infarction masking aortic dissection: a pitfall to be avoided before thrombolysis
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 594-595. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.046904 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas McCarthy, Bozena Lassota-Korba, Tony O’Leary, Richard Knight, Paul Murphy, and Rajesh Pandey

Chest compressions for a patient in cardiac arrest after penetrating trauma with a knife still in situ
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 596-597. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045567 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ying C Huang, Peter Liu, Jenn-Shyan Su, and Yi-Lii Lin

Contrecoup haemorrhage in a patient with left pubic fracture but right obturator artery bleeding
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 598-599. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.046193 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karl Mondon, Isabelle Bonnaud, Séverine Debiais, Paul Brunault, Denis Saudeau, Bertrand de Toffol, and Alain Autret

Abrupt onset of disturbed vigilance, bilateral third nerve palsy and masturbating behaviour: a rare presentation of stroke
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 600-601. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.047662 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hawar Akrawi and Diana Hulbert

Unusual cause of a pulsatile abdominal mass
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 602. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.047696 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dominic Trainor, Martin Duffy, Andrew Kennedy, Paul Glover, and Brian Mullan

Gastric perforation secondary to incarcerated hiatus hernia: an important differential in the diagnosis of central crushing chest pain
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 603-604. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048777 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in emergency medicine:

Shih-Hung Tsai, Wei-Chou Chang, Shi-Jye Chu, and Hsien-He Hsu

Haemoptysis from the pulmonary artery
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 593. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.039172 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vijay Naraynsingh and Michael J Ramdass

Venous gangrene secondary to an aorto-caval fistula
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 597. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.039487 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marc Maegele, Uwe Gruetzner, and Dirk Wenzel

Transurethral catheter in the distal ureter as a cause for acute abdominal pain
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 599. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.040402 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wei-Jing Lee and Ying-Sheng Lee

Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture: a diagnostic challenge in the emergency department
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 601. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.040451 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Philip Kaye

Effects of altitude on endotracheal tube cuff pressures
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 605. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048884 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [erratum]  

Simon Smith

Clinical signs of dehydration in children
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 605. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049429 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anthony D Redmond

Debriefing
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 605. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049478 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Corrections:

CORRECTIONS
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 605. doi:10.1136/emj.200.045013corr1 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CORRECTIONS
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 605. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.044677corr1 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Lockey and Keith Porter

CORRECTIONS
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 605. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.047258corr1 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sophia:

G Cattermole and J Wyatt

Sophia
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 608. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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