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Primary survey: highlights from this issue

We begin this month’s issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal with a focus on Patient Experience. We all know that currently it is hard to offer an excellent patient experience when our departments ...
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Patients who call emergency ambulances for primary care problems: a qualitative study of the decision-making process

Centre for Academic Primary Care, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Correspondence to Dr Matthew J Booker, Centre for Academic Primary Care, School of Social ...
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Why is pain management so difficult in the Emergency Department? A systematic mixed studies review and thematic synthesis of staff perceptions of enablers and barriers to pain ...

Introduction Pain is the most common presenting feature within the ED, yet undertreatment of pain in the ED is a well-documented problem worldwide. Despite the development of interventions to address ...
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Evolution of methodology and reporting of emergency medicine quantitative research over a 20-year period

Objective We aimed to determine trends over time in article origin, and article and methodology characteristics. Method We examined original research articles published every fifth year over a 20-year ...
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10 Nausea, vomiting and fever

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Role of ambulance response times in the survival of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Objectives To evaluate the role of ambulance response times in improving survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Methods OHCAs were identified by sampling consecutive life-threatening ...
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Investigation into the predictive capability for mortality and the trigger points of the National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) in emergency department patients

Introduction National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) is widely used to monitor and trigger assessment throughout a patient’s hospital journey. Since the development and role out of NEWS2, its ability ...
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BET 2: Is there an association between iodine, shellfish and contrast agent allergies?

A shortcut review was carried out to establish whether having a shellfish or iodine allergy changed the risk of allergic reaction in patients receiving radiocontrast medium more than other concomitant ...
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Non-urgent emergency department attendances in children: a retrospective observational analysis

Introduction A significant proportion of ED attendances in children may be non-urgent attendances (NUAs), which could be better managed elsewhere. This study aimed to quantify NUAs and urgent ...
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Retention of information by emergency department staff at ambulance handover: do standardised approaches work?

2 Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to: Anthony Bleetman Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, ...
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Why is it so difficult to recruit patients to research in emergency care? Lessons from the AHEAD study

2 School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Correspondence to Rowena Johnson, The Medical School, The University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, ...
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Four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate versus andexanet alfa for the reversal of traumatic brain injuries

Background Andexanet alfa was approved in 2018 for reversal of direct oral anticoagulants but due to issues of cost and access, four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (4F-PCC) continues to be ...