BMJ9d
Suicide and self-injury-related emergency department visits and homelessness among adults 25–64 years old from 2016 to 2021 in the USA
Background Despite pronounced increases in homelessness and mental health problems in the USA over the past decade, further ...
BMJ1d
The use of the spinal board after the pre-hospital phase of trauma management
Objectives—For pre-hospital spinal immobilisation the spinal board is the established gold standard. There are concerns that its subsequent use in hospital may adversely affect patient outcome. This ...
BMJ1d
The reliability of vital signs in estimating pain severity among adult patients treated by paramedics
Background The aim of this study was to examine the strength of correlation between initial pain severity score and systolic blood pressure, heart rate and respiratory rates among adults reporting ...
BMJ5d
Traumatic atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation
2 Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton, UK Correspondence to: Dr C A Eynon Director of Neurosciences Intensive Care, Wessex Neurological Centre, Tremona Road, ...
BMJ5d
Barking up the wrong tree? A survey of dog bite wound management
Objectives: Several trials have been published examining the role of antibiotics in dog bite wound management. A meta-analysis of these suggests that there is very little benefit to routine antibiotic ...
BMJ13d
Snakebite enquiries to the UK National Poisons Information Service: 2004–2010
Objective To describe trends regarding snakebite enquiries to the UK National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) from 2004 to 2010. Methods The NPIS telephone enquiry database, the UK Poisons ...
BMJ12d
Prehospital management of lower limb fractures
Correspondence to: MrK M Porter Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, Selly Oak Hospital,Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6JD, UK; keith.porteruhb.nhs.uk Lower limb fractures are common ...
BMJ4d
Silver Trauma Review Clinic: a novel model of care to manage non-operative injuries in older patients
Background Increasing numbers of older patients are presenting to the ED following trauma. These patients require multidisciplinary care that the traditional trauma model fails to provide. A Silver ...
BMJ5d
Unnecessary laparotomy by using physical examination and different diagnostic modalities for penetrating abdominal stab wounds
1 Department of General Surgery, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey 2 Department of General Surgery, Vakif Gureba Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey Correspondence to ...
BMJ6d
Prehospital delay in acute stroke and TIA
Correspondence to Dr Kashif Waqar Faiz, Akershus University Hospital, Department of Neurology, N-1478 Lørenskog, Norway; kashif.faiz{at}medisin.uio.no Background Early management improves outcome in ...
BMJ4d
Airway obstruction due to aspiration of muddy water
2 HEMS ‘Lifeliner 1’, Trauma Center North-West Netherlands/VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Correspondence to Dr Lothar A Schwarte, HEMS ‘Lifeliner 1’, Trauma Center North-West Netherlands/VUmc, De ...
BMJ6d
Flucloxacillin alone or combined with benzylpenicillin to treat lower limb cellulitis: a randomised controlled trial
Correspondence to: Dr P Leman Emergency Department, Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington Street, Perth, WA 6001, Australia; peter.lemanhealth.wa.gov.au Objective: To determine whether using intravenous ...