Table of contents

Original articles

• An observational study of extracorporeal CPR for in-hospital cardiac arrest secondary to myocardial infarction (9 October, 2013)

  Tzung-Hsin Chou, Cheng-Chung Fang, Zui-Shen Yen, Chien-Chang Lee, Yih-Sharng Chen, Wen-Je Ko, Chih-Hsien Wang, Sheoi-Shen Wang, Shyr-Chyr Chen
• Patients who call emergency ambulances for primary care problems: a qualitative study of the decision-making process (27 March, 2013)

  Matthew J Booker, Rosemary L Simmonds, Sarah Purdy
• Emergency care staff experiences of lay presence during adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a phenomenological study (14 March, 2013)

  Wendy Marina Walker
• Pilot study of a protocol to administer inhaled nitric oxide to treat severe acute submassive pulmonary embolism (13 April, 2013)

  Jeffrey A Kline, Jackeline Hernandez, John S Garrett, Alan E Jones
• A prospective observational study of techniques to remove corneal foreign body in the emergency department (29 March, 2013)

  Michael Quirke, Caitriona Mullarkey, Shakti Askoorum, Norma Coffey, James Binchy
• ‘Out of hours’ adult CT head interpretation by senior emergency department staff following an intensive teaching session: a prospective blinded pilot study of 405 patients (10 April, 2013)

  Karim Jamal, Laura Mandel, Leila Jamal, Shamim Gilani
• Evaluation of the DAVROS (Development And Validation of Risk-adjusted Outcomes for Systems of emergency care) risk-adjustment model as a quality indicator for healthcare (19 April, 2013)

  Richard Wilson, Steve W Goodacre, Marcin Klingbajl, Anne-Maree Kelly, Tim Rainer, Tim Coats, Vikki Holloway, Will Townend, Steve Crane
• The comparison of modified early warning score with rapid emergency medicine score: a prospective multicentre observational cohort study on medical and surgical patients presenting to emergency department (6 April, 2013)

  Mehtap Bulut, Huseyin Cebicci, Deniz Sigirli, Ahmet Sak, Oya Durmus, Ahmet Ali Top, Sinan Kaya, Kamil Uz
• Utility of a single early warning score in patients with sepsis in the emergency department (9 March, 2013)

  Alasdair R Corfield, Fiona Lees, Ian Zealley, Gordon Houston, Sarah Dickie, Kirsty Ward, Crawford McGuffie, on behalf of the Scottish Trauma Audit Group Sepsis Steering Group
• Web-based general public opinion study of automated versus manual external chest compression (4 April, 2013)

  Frédéric Lapostolle, Philippe Bertrand, Jean-Marc Agostinucci, Catherine Pradeau, Karim Tazarourte, Mélanie Grave, Michel Galinski, Frédéric Adnet