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Letter to the Editor
Fast tracking patients with a proximal femoral fracture—more than a broken bone
  1. John M Ryan,
  2. Sam Singh,
  3. Geoff Bryant,
  4. Sue Edwards,
  5. Paul Staniforth
  1. Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton BN2 5BE

    https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.17.1.76

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      Editor,—In 1996 we described a system of fast tracking admission of patients with a proximal femoral fracture to the ward where definitive management could begin.1 This system had benefits for all those involved, not least the patients who are mostly elderly women at risk of developing pressure sores.

      Since we published the paper a number of changes have occurred at our hospital which reflect changes occurring in many hospitals in the …

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