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Original articles

• Comparative quality analysis of hands-off time in simulated basic and advanced life support following European Resuscitation Council 2000 and 2005 guidelines (15 September, 2010)

  Hendrik Ilper, Tina Kunz, Holger Pfleger, Richard Schalk, Christian Byhahn, Hanns Ackermann, Raoul Breitkreutz
• Mild hypothermia treatment in patients resuscitated from non-shockable cardiac arrest (1 March, 2011)

  Christian Storm, Jens Nee, Mattias Roser, Achim Jörres, Dietrich Hasper
• Value of a rigid collar in addition to head blocks: a proof of principle study (18 February, 2011)

  M Holla
• Slow infusion metoclopramide does not affect the improvement rate of nausea while reducing akathisia and sedation incidence (3 February, 2011)

  Pinar Tura, Bulent Erdur, Berrin Aydin, Ibrahim Turkcuer, Ismet Parlak
• Serum procalcitonin predicting mortality in exertional heatstroke (18 February, 2011)

  Hua-Sheng Tong, Yun-Song Liu, Qiang Wen, You-Qing Tang, Fang-Fang Yuan, Lei Su
• Recent massive blood transfusion practice in England and Wales: view from a trauma registry (10 March, 2011)

  Gordon Fuller, Omar Bouamra, Maralyn Woodford, Tom Jenks, Simon Stanworth, Shubha Allard, Timothy J Coats, Karim Brohi, Fiona Lecky
• Is computer-assisted telephone triage safe? A prospective surveillance study in walk-in patients with non-life-threatening medical conditions (20 October, 2010)

  Andreas Meer, Thomas Gwerder, Lutz Duembgen, Niki Zumbrunnen, Heinz Zimmermann