EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL

Comparison of four decision aids for the early diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department

Impact of the caller’s emotional state and cooperation on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest recognition and dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Framing of clinical information affects physicians’ diagnostic accuracy

An image is worth a thousand words

‘The (second) year of first aid’: a 15-month follow-up after a 3-day first aid programme

Why are people increasingly attending the emergency department? A study of the French healthcare system

Paracetamol versus other analgesia in adult patients with minor musculoskeletal injuries: a systematic review

Epidemiology of adolescent trauma in England: a review of TARN data 2008–2017

BET 2: Is keeping the eyes shut while fitting predictive of a psychogenic cause for seizures?

BET 2: Diagnostic value of ultrasound in determining lateral ligament injury of the ankle

BET 1: Follow-up phone calls and compliance with discharge instructions in elderly patients discharged from the emergency department

Intramuscular versus oral diclofenac for acute pain in adults with acute musculoskeletal injuries presenting to the ED setting: a prospective, double-blind, double-dummy, randomised controlled trial

During a paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest, is ventricular fibrillation a reversible cause like any other?

BET 2: Is sexual dysfunction a recognised sign of cauda equina syndrome in the ED?

023\u2005For how long should we monitor ED palpitation patients in the outpatient setting?

039\u2005Peripheral administration of vasopressors in transport

001\u2005Can we make the emergency department handover safer?

OP6\u2005A qualitative study on conveyance decision-making during emergency call outs to people with dementia: The HOMEWARD project

OP5\u2005Closing emergency departments in england (CLOSED): the impact on ambulance services

Patients with learning disabilities should be considered at high risk of cervical spine injury

Towards evidence-based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary

045\u2005We’re going to need a bigger boat! Evening opening of mothballed outpatient areas to reduce crowding in a children’s emergency department

PP14\u2005Soiled airway tracheal intubation and the effectiveness of decontamination (SATIATED) by paramedics: a randomised controlled manikin study

029\u2005An exploration of what health care professionals consider to be good clinical shop floor leadership

034\u2005Early cardiovascular dysfunction drives in-hospital trauma mortality

PP19\u2005Use and impact of the pre-hospital 12-lead electrocardiogram in the primary PCI era (PHECG2): mixed methods study protocol

PP8\u2005Paramedic views and experiences of the ethical considerations in ambulance based clinical trials: an interview study

An abstract lesson: Adopting the CONSORT-EA to improve the quality of reporting of emergency medicine research

017\u2005Bypassing the nearest emergency department for a more distant neurosurgical centre in traumatic brain injury patients

03\u2005Opioid overdose death in wales from 2012 to 2015: a linked data autopsy study

Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals

Unusual eye problem

038\u2005Junior doctors’ perceptions and experiences of the emergency department departmental handover: a qualitative study

031\u2005Bed block – a game to help understand patient flow

PP32\u2005Electronic records in ambulances – an observational study (ERA)

BET 2: Is there an association between iodine, shellfish and contrast agent allergies?

Shoulder pain in a weightlifter

PP23\u2005Linking pre-hospital out-of-hospital cardiac arrest data to in-hospital outcomes in order to improve the ‘chain of survival’

BET 2: Safety and efficacy of low-dose ketamine versus opioids for acute pain management in the ED

030\u2005Are staff recorded pain scores a ‘gold standard’ for ED pain research?

Impact of instructor professional background and interim retesting on knowledge and self-confidence of schoolchildren after basic life support training: a cluster randomised longitudinal study

PP19\u2005Opioid poisoning deaths: a national picture

014\u2005Shared decision making: T-MACS choice for chest pain patients in the ED

Thumbs down: testing anatomy in the ED

Abstracts from international Emergency Medicine Journals

PP9\u2005Managing alcohol intoxication in the night-time economy: staff and patient perspectives

BET 1: Oseltamivir use for quicker alleviation of symptoms, fewer hospital admissions and lower mortality in adult patients with influenza B