Emergency Medicine Journal: 24 (7)

Primary Survey

Primary Survey (20 June, 2007) Free
Darren Walter

Editorial

Peer review (20 June, 2007)
Geoffrey Hughes

Original Articles

The human bite injury: a clinical audit and discussion regarding the management of this alcohol fuelled phenomenon (20 June, 2007)
Francis P Henry, Elizabeth M Purcell, Patricia A Eadie
Propofol for procedural sedation in the emergency department (20 June, 2007)
Tamsin Dunn, David Mossop, Alastair Newton, Alison Gammon
Structure, process and outcomes of chest pain units established in the ESCAPE Trial (20 June, 2007)
Jane Arnold, Steve Goodacre, Francis Morris
Teaching the trauma teachers: an international review of the Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor Course (20 June, 2007)
Darren A Kilroy
TIMI risk score: does it work equally well in both males and females? (20 June, 2007)
Marianna Karounos, Anna Marie Chang, Jennifer L Robey, Keara L Sease, Frances S Shofer, Christopher Follansbee, Judd E Hollander
Factors influencing pain management by nurses in emergency departments in Central Africa (20 June, 2007)
Rasoloherimampiononiaina M Rampanjato, Mukarugwiza Florence, Ndimubanzi C Patrick, Brendan T Finucane
Limitations in validating emergency department triage scales (20 June, 2007)
Michele Twomey, Lee A Wallis, Jonathan E Myers

Short reports

Rapid sequence intubations by emergency doctors: we can but are we? (20 June, 2007)
Colin Philip Dibble, Chris McHague
Weight-based N-acetylcysteine dosing chart to minimise the risk of calculation errors in prescribing and preparing N-acetylcysteine infusions for adults presenting with paracetamol overdose in the emergency department (20 June, 2007)
V A Selvan, S H S Calvert, G Cavell, E Glucksman, M Kerins, J Gonzalez
An unusual presentation of a minor head injury sustained during a game of rugby (20 June, 2007)
Debesh Rimal, Sonu R Thapa, Namal Munasinghe, Mark Errington
A quality control programme for acute myocardial infarction management in out-of-hospital critical care medicine (20 June, 2007)
Francois-Xavier Duchateau, M L Devaud, A Burnod, J Mantz, A Ricard-Hibon

Socrates

SOCRATES Episode II (synopsis of Cochrane reviews applicable to emergency services Episode II): the return of Series III (20 June, 2007)
P Gilligan, A Pountney, B Wilson, C Mehigan, E Kidney, P Jennings, J Cooper, D Hegarty, J Lee, A Khan, G Lumsden, D Godden, M Shepherd, L Allonby-Neve, A Broderick, S Carr, S Wilson, J O’ Sullivan

Best evidence topic reports

Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary (20 June, 2007)
Simon D Carley
Use of ultrasonography for lumbar puncture (20 June, 2007)
Trevor Cummings, Jeffrey S Jones
Routine chest x rays following bronchoscopy guided percutaneous dilational tracheostomy
(20 June, 2007)
Souvik Das, Mick Jennings
Using the ultrasound compression test for deep vein thrombosis will not precipitate a thromboembolic event (20 June, 2007)
Kieran P Nunn, Peter K Thompson
Prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in patients with lower limb plaster cast immobilisation (20 June, 2007)
E Brown, A Bleetman

Prehospital care

The preparedness of emergency medical services against occupationally acquired communicable diseases in the prehospital environment in South Africa (20 June, 2007) Free
Ozayr Mahomed, Champaklal Chaganlal Jinabhai, Myra Taylor, Arthur Yancey
Prehospital clearance of the cervical spine: does it need to be a pain in the neck? (20 June, 2007)
B P Armstrong, H K Simpson, R Crouch, C D Deakin
Management of eclampsia in the prehospital setting (20 June, 2007)
Alonso A Mateos Rodriguez, Miguel Ángel Benito Vellisca

Emergency casebooks

Isolated cricoid fracture associated with blunt neck trauma (20 June, 2007)
Je Hyeok Oh, Hyun Seok Min, Tae Ung Park, Sang Jin Lee, Sung Eun Kim
Acute spontaneous compartment syndrome in recent onset type 1 diabetes (20 June, 2007)
H Mahdi, Stephen Gough, Kanwardeep K Gill, Brinder Mahon
Emergency use of the Airtraq laryngoscope in traumatic asphyxia: case report (20 June, 2007)
John J M Black
Full neurological recovery from profound (18.0°C) acute accidental hypothermia: successful resuscitation using active invasive rewarming techniques (20 June, 2007)
Amy Hughes, Peter Riou, Christopher Day
Diabetic muscle infarction (20 June, 2007)
Antony Mathew, I Sreenath Reddy, Colin Archibald
Dolasetron overdose resulting in prolonged QTc interval and severe hypotension: a case report and literature review (20 June, 2007)
Martin Rochford, Thomas J Kiernan, Amjed Aziz

Images in emergency medicine

Colonic phytobezoar (20 June, 2007)
S-J Lee, S-J Chu, S-H Tsai
Double wall sign (20 June, 2007)
S-H Tsai, S-J Chu, S-J Chen
Descent of a bullet in the spinal canal (20 June, 2007)
S Rawlinson, S Capper
Jaw fracture as a result of dog bite in a 9-month-old infant (20 June, 2007)
D F Tighe, L Cascarini, J Collyer
Bleeding from a gastric Dieulafoy lesion (20 June, 2007)
R Garg

Letter

Doctors and prehospital on-scene times: effect is still debatable (20 June, 2007)
Lisa M Quinn, James French, Rod Mackenzie

Corrections

CORRECTION (20 June, 2007) Free
CORRECTION (20 June, 2007) Free
CORRECTION (20 June, 2007) Free

Sophia

Sophia (20 June, 2007)
Tanya Baron, Jonathan Wyatt

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July 2007 - Volume 24 - 7

Primary Survey

Editorial

Original Articles

Short reports

Socrates

Best evidence topic reports

Prehospital care

Emergency casebooks

Images in emergency medicine

Letter

Corrections

Sophia

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Table of contents

July 2007 - Volume 24 - 7

Primary Survey

Editorial

Original Articles

Short reports

Socrates

Best evidence topic reports

Prehospital care

Emergency casebooks

Images in emergency medicine

Letter

Corrections

Sophia

Issue Information