Emergency Medicine Journal: 38 (8)

Primary survey

Highlights from this issue (20 July, 2021) Free
Simon David Carley

Resuscitation

Cardiac Arrest Nurse Leadership (CANLEAD) trial: a simulation-based randomised controlled trial implementation of a new cardiac arrest role to facilitate cognitive offload for medical team leaders (26 January, 2021)
Jeremy David Pallas, John Paul Smiles, Michael Zhang
Implementation of the ‘TAKE STOCK’ Hot Debrief Tool in the ED: a quality improvement project (13 January, 2021)
Max Sugarman, Blair Graham, Sarah Langston, Pam Nelmes, John Matthews
Implementing clinical debriefing programmes (26 May, 2021)
Demian Szyld, Alexander F Arriaga

Covid

Prognostic accuracy of emergency department triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19: the PRIEST observational cohort study (3 June, 2021)
Ben Thomas, Steve Goodacre, Ellen Lee, Laura Sutton, Matthew Bursnall, Amanda Loban, Simon Waterhouse, Richard Simmonds, Katie Biggs, Carl Marincowitz, José Schutter, Sarah Connelly, Elena Sheldon, Jamie Hall, Emma Young, Andrew Bentley, Kirsty Challen, Chris Fitzsimmons, Tim Harris, Fiona Lecky, Andrew Lee, Ian Maconochie, Darren Walter
Clinical benefits of prone positioning in the treatment of non-intubated patients with acute hypoxic respiratory failure: a rapid systematic review (23 June, 2021)
Hayden Richards, Karen Robins-Browne, Troy O'Brien, Greer Wilson, Jeremy Furyk

Paediatrics

Randomised controlled trial comparing immobilisation in above-knee plaster of Paris to controlled ankle motion boots in undisplaced paediatric spiral tibial fractures (22 June, 2021)
Kate Bradman, Katherine Stannage, Sharon O'Brien, Simon Green, Natasha Bear, Meredith Borland
Early prediction of serious infections in febrile infants incorporating heart rate variability in an emergency department: a pilot study (16 April, 2021)
Shu-Ling Chong, Gene Yong-Kwang Ong, John Carson Allen, Jan Hau Lee, Rupini Piragasam, Garion Zhi Xiong Koh, Prashant Mahajan, Nan Liu, Marcus Eng Hock Ong
To prescribe or not to prescribe for paediatric sore throat: a retrospective cohort study comparing clinician-led antibiotic prescriptions to FeverPAIN and Centor scoring in a tertiary paediatric emergency department and a national review of practice (15 April, 2021)
Michael Malley, Katie Driver, Megan Costelloe, Isla Monaghan, Lucy Jefferson, Louise Poole, Cliona Lewis, Rachael Salt, Robin Marlow
Parental satisfaction with waiting time in a Swiss tertiary paediatric emergency department (21 December, 2020)
Viola Löflath, Eva-Maria Hau, Daniel Garcia, Steffen Berger, Ruth Löllgen

Education

Clinical teachers’ motivations for feedback provision in busy emergency departments: a multicentre qualitative study (26 August, 2020)
Chung-Hsien Chaou, Shiuan-Ruey Yu, Roy Yi Ling Ngerng, Lynn Valerie Monrouxe, Li-Chun Chang, Yu-Che Chang
UK multisite evaluation of the impact of clinical educators in EDs from a learner’s perspective (8 June, 2021)
Muniswamy Hemavathi, Chi Huynh, Eloise Phillips, Matthew Aiello, Brian Kennedy, Mike Clancy, Wayne Hamer, Graham Rutherford, Aanika Khan, David Terry
Strengthening emergency care knowledge and skills in Uganda and Tanzania with the WHO-ICRC Basic Emergency Care Course (14 April, 2021)
Sean M Kivlehan, Julia Dixon, Joseph Kalanzi, Hendry R Sawe, Emily Chien, Jordan Robert, Lee Wallis, Teri A Reynolds

Systematic review

A systematic mixed studies review of patient experiences in the ED (4 March, 2021)
Claudia Bull, Sharon Latimer, Julia Crilly, Brigid M Gillespie

Journal update

EMJ COVID-19 monthly top five (June 2021) (20 July, 2021)
Rajesh Chatha, Matthew Reed, Harriet Jennings, Aaron McClatchey, Abdelrahman Shahin, Camilla Williamson, Brion McGowan, Govind Oliver

Best Evidence Topic reports

Towards evidence-based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary (20 July, 2021)
Daniel Horner
BET 1: The Ottawa Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Clinical Decision Rule shows high sensitivity but limited evidence of patient benefit (20 July, 2021)
Dorothy Law, Robert Hirst, Daniel Horner
BET 2: Caffeine as an analgesic adjunct in tension-type headache and migraine (20 July, 2021)
Jack Whiting, Peter Kilgour

Global emergency highlights

Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals (20 July, 2021)
EMJ Production

Image challenges

Movable discoloration in the scrotum with attendant pain (20 July, 2021)
Takateru Ihara, Satoshi Arino, Osamu Nomura
Right-sided neck pain in an intravenous drug user (20 July, 2021)
Cortlyn Brown, Paul Jhun
Elderly man with subcutaneous emphysema (20 July, 2021)
Ankit Kumar Sahu, Soumitra Thandar, Roshan Mathew
A 43-year-old man with neck pain and fever (20 July, 2021)
Chi-Wei Chen, Yen-Yi Lee, Yen-Hung Wu

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August 2021 - Volume 38 - 8

Primary survey

Resuscitation

Covid

Paediatrics

Education

Systematic review

Journal update

Best Evidence Topic reports

Global emergency highlights

Image challenges

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Table of contents

August 2021 - Volume 38 - 8

Primary survey

Resuscitation

Covid

Paediatrics

Education

Systematic review

Journal update

Best Evidence Topic reports

Global emergency highlights

Image challenges

Issue Information