Table of contents

Original Articles

• Development of the specialty of emergency medicine in Israel: comparison with the UK and US models (25 August, 2004)

  P Halpern, Y Waisman, I P Steiner
• Making an IMPACT on emergency department flow: improving patient processing assisted by consultant at triage (25 August, 2004)

  J Terris, P Leman, N O’Connor, R Wood
• Team triage improves emergency department efficiency (25 August, 2004)

  F Subash, F Dunn, B McNicholl, J Marlow
• Can a senior house officer’s time be used more effectively? (25 August, 2004)

  J Mitchell, C Hayhurst, S M Robinson
• An investigation into the short term and medium term health impacts of personal incapacitant sprays. A follow up of patients reported to the National Poisons Information Service (London) (25 August, 2004)

  E Euripidou, R MacLehose, A Fletcher
• Effects of gastric acid on euro coins: chemical reaction and radiographic appearance after ingestion by infants and children (25 August, 2004)

  S Puig, M Scharitzer, K Cengiz, E Jetzinger, L Rupprecht
• End tidal carbon dioxide as a predictor of the arterial Pco₂ in the emergency department setting

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  C Yosefy, E Hay, Y Nasri, E Magen, L Reisin
• Non-touch suturing technique fails to reduce glove puncture rates in an accident and emergency department (25 August, 2004)

  T K McAdam, R E McLaughlin, B McNicholl
• Detection of non-accidental injuries presenting at emergency departments (25 August, 2004)

  A McKinney, G Lane, F Hickey
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Flemish television: challenges to the television effects hypothesis (25 August, 2004)

  J Van den Bulck, K Damiaans
• Are health professionals getting caught in the crossfire? The personal implications of caring for trauma victims (25 August, 2004)

  J M Crabbe, D M G Bowley, K D Boffard, D A Alexander, S Klein