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Original articles

• Major trauma from suspected child abuse: a profile of the patient pathway (24 April, 2017) Free

  Ffion C Davies, Fiona E Lecky, Ross Fisher, Marisol Fragoso-Iiguez, Tim J Coats
• Detection of pneumothoraces in patients with multiple blunt trauma: use and limitations of eFAST (12 May, 2017)

  Thomas C Sauter, Simon Hoess, Beat Lehmann, Aristomenis K Exadaktylos, Dominik G Haider
• Mountain rescue cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a comparison between manual and mechanical chest compressions during manikin cardio resuscitation (5 May, 2017)

  Oyvind Thomassen, Sven Christjar Skaiaa, Jorg Assmuss, Øyvind Østerås, Jon Kenneth Heltne, Lars Wik, Guttorm Brattebo
• Inclusion of emergency department patients in early stages of sepsis in a quality improvement programme has the potential to improve survival: a prospective dual-centre study (17 May, 2017) Free

  Bas De Groot, Bastiaan Struyk, Rashed Najafi, Nieke Halma, Loekie Pelser, Denise Vorst, Bart Mertens, Annemieke Ansems, Douwe Rijpsma
• Feasibility of the Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (MACS) decision rule to safely reduce unnecessary hospital admissions: a pilot randomised controlled trial (12 May, 2017)

  Richard Body, Charles Boachie, Alex McConnachie, Simon Carley, Patricia Van Den Berg, Fiona E Lecky
• An exploration of patients’ experiences of participation in a randomised controlled trial of the Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (MACS) decision rule (12 May, 2017)

  Patricia van den Berg, Sarah Kendal, Helen V Alderson, Richard Body
• The Highland Health Advocates: a preliminary evaluation of a novel programme addressing the social needs of emergency department patients (22 June, 2017)

  Lia Ilona Losonczy, Dennis Hsieh, Michael Wang, Christopher Hahn, Tarak Trivedi, Marcela Rodriguez, Jahan Fahimi, Harrison Alter