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THE PAEDIATRIC OBSERVATION PRIORITY SCORE (POPS): A USEFUL TOOL TO PREDICT LIKELIHOOD OF ADMISSION FROM THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Objectives & Background No specific early warning score universally validated for use in all children presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) exists. POPS is a novel aggregate scoring system, ...
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Contemporary UK paramedical training and education. How do we train? How should we educate?
Objective: To develop an understanding of the current system and future development of training and education within a large UK ambulance trust, based upon the experiences, beliefs, and opinions of ...
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Pre-hospital spinal immobilisation: an initial consensus statement
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, James Cook Hospital, Middlesborough, Middlesborough, UK This paper reviews the ...
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Deriving ER2 – the east riding elbow rule
Introduction We found variability in ordering radiographs for patients with elbow injury in our Emergency Department (ED). Review of the literature at the outset of our study provided few data to ...
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Is ambulance telephone triage using advanced medical priority dispatch protocols able to identify patients with acute stroke correctly?
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust (Hampshire Division), Otterbourne, UK Dr C D Deakin, South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust, North Wing, Southern House, Sparrowgrove, Otterbourne, Hants ...
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Incidence and prevalence of domestic violence in a UK emergency department
Background: American and Australian studies indicate that domestic violence is common among patients attending for emergency care. It is not clear whether this applies to patients attending emergency ...
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Use of emergency observation and assessment wards: a systematic literature review
Emergency Medicine Research Group, Centre for Primary Health Care Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Correspondence to: Dr M Cooke, Emergency Medicine Research Group, Centre for Primary ...
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Audit of oxygen use in emergency ambulances and in a hospital emergency department
Respiratory Medicine, Salford Royal Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust, Salford, UK Dr B R O’Driscoll, Respiratory Medicine, Hope Hospital, Salford M6 8HD, UK; ronan.o'driscoll{at}srft.nhs.uk Background: ...
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Paramedics and the effects of shift work on sleep: a literature review
Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, School of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia ...
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Temperature measurement in the adult emergency department: oral, tympanic membrane and temporal artery temperatures versus rectal temperature
Correspondence to Dr Polly E Bijur, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Rose F. Kennedy Center room 915F, 1410 Pelham Parkway South, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; polly.bijur{at}einstein.yu.edu Objective The ...
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Clearing the cervical spine of paediatric trauma patients
Objectives: To review the evidence available for clearance of the cervical spine in children under 16 years of age after trauma, and to provide guidance to enable this to be practised safely. Methods: ...
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Symptom-triggered therapy for assessment and management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in the emergency department short-stay clinical decision unit
Correspondence to Professor Eugene M Cassidy, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Science, University College Cork, Acute Mental Health Unit, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Ireland; eugene ...