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Original articles

• Efficacy of the Disposcope endoscope, a new video laryngoscope, for endotracheal intubation in patients with cervical spine immobilisation by semirigid neck collar: comparison with the Macintosh laryngoscope using a simulation study on a manikin (13 April, 2012)

  Sang O Park, Dong Hyuk Shin, Kyeong Ryong Lee, Dae Young Hong, Eun Jung Kim, Kwang Je Baek
• Predictors of lower work ability among emergency medicine employees: the Croatian experience (9 May, 2012)

  Antonio Klasan, Goran Madzarac, Milan Milosevic, Jadranka Mustajbegovic, Slobodanka Keleuva
• Heart-type fatty acid binding protein as an early marker for myocardial infarction: systematic review and meta-analysis (16 May, 2012)

  Christopher Carroll, Mohamad Al Khalaf, John W Stevens, Joanna Leaviss, Steve Goodacre, Paul O Collinson, Jenny Wang
• Preventive behaviours against radiation and related factors among general workers after Fukushima's nuclear disasters (16 May, 2012)

  Hideyuki Kanda, Takehito Hayakawa, Kikuo Koyama
• Can training improve laypersons helping behaviour in first aid? A randomised controlled deception trial (5 May, 2012) Free

  Stijn Van de Velde, Ann Roex, Karoline Vangronsveld, Lidewij Niezink, Koen Van Praet, Annemie Heselmans, Peter Donceel, Philippe Vandekerckhove, Dirk Ramaekers, Bert Aertgeerts
• Assessment of a reporting radiographer-led discharge system for minor injuries: a prospective audit over 2 years (25 April, 2012)

  Deborah Henderson, William K Gray, Lisa Booth
• What factors influence emergency department staff attitudes towards using information technology? (27 April, 2012)

  Haleh Ayatollahi, Peter A Bath, Steve Goodacre, Su Yung Lo, Morten Draegebo, Faheem A Khan
• Observational cadaveric study of emergency bystander cricothyroidotomy with a ballpoint pen by untrained junior doctors and medical students (5 May, 2012)

  Andrew Neill, Philip Anderson
• Adequacy of the emergency point-of-care ultrasound core curriculum for the local burden of disease in South Africa (16 May, 2012)

  Daniël J van Hoving, Heinrich H Lamprecht, Melanie Stander, Kamil Vallabh, David Fredericks, Pauline Louw, Monique Müller, Jacques J Malan
• The use of recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) in the management of patients with major haemorrhage in military hospitals over the last 5 years (19 May, 2012)

  J E Smith
• Association between admission delay and adverse outcome of emergency medical patients (5 May, 2012)

  Detajin Junhasavasdikul, Pongdhep Theerawit, Sumalee Kiatboonsri