In any accident scene, rapid removal of the casualty to hospital improves their chances of survival. The term the “Golden Hour” was first introduced in 1961, but because of misinterpretation as to ...

Objective Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) improves survival and neurological outcomes. Nonetheless, many OHCA patients do not receive ...

I was interested to read the letter by Dodd and Doyle 1 criticising routine paramedic use of cyclizine as an antiemetic for patients with chest pain. They sensibly highlight the BNF statement citing ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, Devon, UK 2 Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Correspondence to: A Appelboam Department of ...

This is the second paper on research in accident and emergency medicine. It discusses the potential for research in A&E medicine and how to identify a good research question.

Correspondence to Dr Adam J Singer, Department of Emergency Medicine, HSC-L4-080, 8350 SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8350, USA; adam.singer{at}stonybrook.edu Methods We conducted a retrospective, ...

2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey 3 Department of Internal Medicine, Kocaeli Universtiy, Kocaeli, Turkey Correspondence to: Dr S Yanturali Dokuz Eylul ...

2 Department of Paediatric Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK Correspondence to Alistair Ivan William Mayne, Department of Paediatric Trauma and Orthopaedic ...

2 Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China Correspondence to Professor Yi-Tong Ma, First Department of Coronary Heart Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of ...

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 ...

Aims, Objectives and Background The climate crisis is the biggest health threat facing humanity and healthcare accounts for approximately 5% of the UK’s carbon footprint. To address this, the NHS has ...