Objective Head injury (HI) is a common presentation to emergency departments (EDs). The risk of clinically important traumatic brain injury (ciTBI) is low. We describe the relationship between Glasgow ...

1 ED Collaborative Research Group, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2 St George’s University Hospitals NHS Trust Aims and Objectives Developing a strategic approach to research ...

2 Accident and Emergency Department, St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK 3 Clinical Safety Research Unit, Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK ...

Background Co-location of primary care services with Emergency Departments (ED) is one initiative aiming to reduce the burden on EDs of patients attending with non-urgent problems. However, the extent ...

Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, General Infirmary, Leeds, UK Correspondence to: Dr T Burton, Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, General Infirmary, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK; ...

Aims/Objectives/Background The Ottawa ankle rules (OAR) have been validated as a highly sensitive tool to rule out ankle fractures and reduce need for radiography ...

Correspondence to Dr Alexander Zozula, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Dr, Alway Bldg, Room M121, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; azozula{at}stanford.edu ...

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether ultrasonography is as sensitive and specific as chest x ray or computed tomography (CT) scan in detecting haemothorax after chest trauma. Thirty ...

Objectives to determine the efficacy of the fascia iliaca block in providing analgesia to patients with a proximal femoral fracture in the emergency department. Methods EMBASE, PubMed, CINAHL and ...