Table of contents

Original articles

• Driver obesity and the risk of fatal injury during traffic collisions (21 January, 2013)

  Thomas M Rice, Motao Zhu
• Influence of the Manchester triage system on waiting time, treatment time, length of stay and patient satisfaction; a before and after study (8 January, 2013) Free

  Marja N Storm-Versloot, Hester Vermeulen, Nienke van Lammeren, Jan SK Luitse, J Carel Goslings
• Direct relationship between aging and overcrowding in the ED, and a calculation formula for demand projection: a cross-sectional study (8 January, 2013)

  Takahisa Kawano, Kei Nishiyama, Hideaki Anan, Yuka Tujimura
• Determining the frequency and preventability of adverse drug reaction-related admissions to an Irish University Hospital: a cross-sectional study (6 February, 2013)

  Fiona Ahern, Laura J Sahm, Deirdre Lynch, Suzanne McCarthy
• Emergency medical admissions, deaths at weekends and the public holiday effect. Cohort study (23 January, 2013)

  Stacy Smith, Ananda Allan, Nicola Greenlaw, Sian Finlay, Chris Isles
• Assessment of hypovolaemic shock at scene: is the PHTLS classification of hypovolaemic shock really valid? (8 January, 2013)

  Manuel Mutschler, Ulrike Nienaber, Matthias Münzberg, Tobias Fabian, Thomas Paffrath, Christoph Wölfl, Bertil Bouillon, Marc Maegele
• Cognitive appraisals, objectivity and coping in ambulance workers: a pilot study (10 January, 2013)

  Laura Shepherd, Jennifer Wild
• Methoxetamine toxicity reported to the National Poisons Information Service: clinical characteristics and patterns of enquiries (including the period of the introduction of the UK's first Temporary Class Drug Order) (24 January, 2013)

  Simon L Hill, Siân C D Harbon, James Coulson, Gillian A Cooper, Gill Jackson, David J Lupton, J Allister Vale, Simon H L Thomas
• An assessment of oxidant/antioxidant status in patients with snake envenomation (22 December, 2012)

  Suat Zengin, Behcet Al, Pinar Yarbil, Remzi Guzel, Mustafa Orkmez, Cuma Yildirim, Seyithan Taysi
• The impact of appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy in adults with occult bacteraemia (14 December, 2012)

  Ching-Chi Lee, Ming-Yuan Hong, Tsung-Yu Chan, Hsiang-Chin Hsu, Wen-Chien Ko
• Evolved design makes ThoraQuik safe and user friendly in the management of pneumothorax and pleural effusion (23 January, 2013)

  Sridhar Rathinam, Sophia Grobler, Antony Bleetman, Thomas Kink, Richard Steyn
• Prehospital anaesthesia performed in a rural and suburban air ambulance service staffed by a physician and paramedic: a 16-month review of practice (23 January, 2013)

  Adam Chesters, Nadine Keefe, Jeremy Mauger, David Lockey
• Defibrillation and external pacing in flight: incidence and implications (22 December, 2012)

  Stuart Daly, Helen J Milne, Dan P Holmes, Alasdair R Corfield