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Lung ultrasonography: an effective way to diagnose community-acquired pneumonia

Correspondecenn to Dr Guo-qiang Zhang, Emergency Department of China-Japan Friendship Hospital, 2 Yinghua Dongjie, Hepingli, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029 China; zhangchong2003{at}vip.sina.com ...
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Interventions to improve patient flow in emergency departments: an umbrella review

Objectives Patient flow and crowding are two major issues in ED service improvement. A substantial amount of literature exists on the interventions to improve patient flow and crowding, making it ...
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A study of patients presenting to an emergency department having had a “spiked drink”

Correspondence to: MrHywel Hughes Emergency Department, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Croesnewydd Road, Wrexham, Wales, UK; Hywel.hughes{at}new-tr.wales.nhs.uk Objectives: To assess the scale of drink ...
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Improving outcomes for older people in the emergency department: a review of reviews

Correspondence to Dr Louise Preston, School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK; l.r.preston{at}sheffield.ac.uk Background There has been a recognised ...
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Refreshing the emergency medicine research priorities

Background The priorities for UK emergency medicine research were defined in 2017 by a priority setting partnership coordinated by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in collaboration with the ...
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The cape triage score: a new triage system South Africa. Proposal from the cape triage group

The Cape Triage Group (CTG) convened with the intention of producing a triage system for the Western Cape, and eventually South Africa. The group includes in-hospital and prehospital staff from varied ...
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Ring down artefacts on abdominal sonography to predict pulmonary abnormalities in the emergency department

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan 2 Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University ...
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Sudden Onset Unilateral Ptosis

Correspondence to Dr Chien Chieh Hsieh, Emergency, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 220, Taiwan; Hsiehchienchieh{at}gmail.com A 59-year-old woman with poorly controlled hypertension ...
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The assessment of non-technical skills in the emergency department

Introduction Analysis of adverse events in the Emergency Department (ED) reveals that contributory factors commonly relate to non-technical skills such as decision-making. Crisis Resource Management ...
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Educating the ambulance technician, paramedic, and clinical supervisor: using factor analysis to inform the curriculum

Objectives: This project aims to use information about the desirable attributes of the ambulance technician, paramedic, and clinical supervisor to inform future curriculum development. Methods: Data ...
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Application of the Canadian CT head rules in managing minor head injuries in a UK emergency department: implications for the implementation of the NICE guidelines

Objective:: In 2002 a new protocol was introduced based on the Canadian CT rules. Before this the Royal College of Surgeons “Galasko” report guidelines had been followed. This study evaluates the ...
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Case based learning—a review of the literature: is there scope for this educational paradigm in prehospital education?

This paper discusses the findings of a literature review of case based learning (CBL) from a multidisciplinary health science education perspective and attempts to draw comparisons with the available ...