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Electronic pages

• Why do people volunteer for community first responder groups? (15 April, 2012)

  Stephen Timmons, Alix Vernon-Evans
• Sensitivity and specificity of CT scan and angiogram for ongoing internal bleeding following torso trauma (13 April, 2012)

  Nasim Ahmed, Daniel Kassavin, Yen-Hong Kuo, Rajiv Biswal
• Original article: The impact of implementing the single provider model of emergency medicine in a paediatric hospital: a retrospective cohort analysis (4 April, 2012)

  Bradley J Crosby, Francesco Mannelli, Mladen Nisavic, Alberto Passannante, David M Cline, Charles P Gillespie, Antonio Messineo, Kevin M Ban
• Gender differences in trauma mechanisms, and outcomes in a rural hospital which is not designed as trauma centre (5 May, 2012)

  Nurettin Kahramansoy, Necla Gürbüz, Feyzi Kurt, Hayri Erkol, Güledal Boztaş
• Small-bore pigtail catheters for the treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax in young adolescents (21 April, 2012)

  Hsuan-Chang Kuo, Ying-Jui Lin, Chien-Fu Huang, Shao-Ju Chien, I-Chun Lin, Mao-Hung Lo, Chi-Di Liang
• Patients' and emergency clinicians' perceptions of improving pre-hospital pain management: a qualitative study (27 April, 2012)

  Mohammad Iqbal, Peggy Anne Spaight, A Niroshan Siriwardena
• Should an alternative to the Glasgow Coma Scale be taught to paramedic students? (13 April, 2012)

  Christian Winship, Brett Williams, Malcolm J Boyle
• Diagnostic value of a hand-carried ultrasound device for free intra-abdominal fluid and organ lacerations in major trauma patients (19 April, 2012)

  Stephan Schleder, Lena-Marie Dendl, Antonio Ernstberger, Michael Nerlich, Patrick Hoffstetter, Ernst-Michael Jung, Peter Heiss, Christian Stroszczynski, Andreas G Schreyer
• What is the burden of alcohol-related injuries in an inner city emergency department? (20 June, 2012)

  Rebecca Hoskins, Jonathan Benger
• The impact of changing the 4 h emergency access standard on patient waiting times in emergency departments in England (19 April, 2012)

  Thomas Woodcock, Alan J Poots, Derek Bell
• An evidence based blunt trauma protocol (16 May, 2012)

  Raoul van Vugt, Digna R Kool, Satish F K Lubeek, Helena M Dekker, Monique Brink, Jaap Deunk, Michael J R Edwards
• Current practices for paediatric procedural sedation and analgesia in emergency departments: results of a nationwide survey in Korea (19 April, 2012)

  Jun Seok Seo, Do Kyun Kim, Youngjoon Kang, Yeon Young Kyong, Jin Joo Kim, Ji Yun Ahn, Ji Sook Lee, Hye Young Jang, Jin Hee Jung, Yoon Hee Choi, Seung Baik Han, Jin Hee Lee