Objectives & Background Following a spate of high profile murders there is concern that injuries and deaths caused by knives is increasing in England and Wales, especially within the teenage ...

Background Delay to reperfusion in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is detrimental, but can be minimised with prehospital notification by ambulance to the treating hospital. We aimed to ...

Accident and Emergency Department, The Ulster Hospital Dundonald, Northern Ireland Correspondence to: Mr J E Johnston Accident and Emergency Department, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, ...

Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, Aberdeen, UK Correspondence to: Dr D M Macgregor, Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, Cornhill ...

Following resuscitation from cardiorespiratory arrest 80% of patients are comatose. Of these patients, 20% will survive and regain consciousness. Is it possible to predict an individual’s long term ...

2 South Yorkshire Ambulance Service and Accident and Emergency Department, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK 3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jessop Wing, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, ...

1 Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK 2 NIHR Biomedical Research Unit for Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, UK 3 Department of Vascular ...

Correspondence to Dr Wan-Ching Lien, Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; wanchinglien{at}ntu.edu.tw A healthy, obese 38-year-old man had acute flank ...

Emergency Medicine Research Group, Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK Correspondence to: Dr K Hogg Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, ...

Objective—To assess whether the attending of the communication skills workshops by the emergency department doctors improves patient satisfaction and reduces the number of complaints on doctors' ...

Accident and Emergency Department, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong Correspondence to: Dr Y-F Choi Medical Officer, Accident and Emergency Department, Pamela Youde Nethersole ...

Wessex Cardiothoracic Unit, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK Dr N P Curzen, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK; ...