Aims and Objectives High-Acuity Low-Occurrence (HALO) procedures are critical, rare procedures for Emergency Physicians. Cadaveric and high fidelity HALO courses are resource and faculty intensive, ...

Background Tonsillopharyngitis is a common presentation to paediatric emergency departments (PEDs). FeverPAIN (FP) and Centor scoring systems are recommended in the UK to help delineate bacterial ...

Objective The objective was to compare agreement between three non-invasive measures of temperature and rectal temperatures and to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of these measures to detect ...

Triage is a process that is critical to the effective management of modern emergency departments. Triage systems aim, not only to ensure clinical justice for the patient, but also to provide an ...

Objectives Many drug and fluid regimens in emergency medicine are weight dependent in adults, but no standard adult weight estimation tools exist. Paediatric weight is often estimated in emergency ...

Background Streaming and redirection in the ED involves the assessment, triage and prioritisation of patients. Lower acuity patients can be streamed to alternative services within the hospital or ...

Objective To describe the population of patients who attend emergency departments (ED) in England for mental health reasons. Methods Cross-sectional observational study of 6 262 602 ED attendances at ...

Objectives To understand whether aviation-derived human factors training is acceptable and useful to healthcare professionals. To understand whether and how healthcare professionals have been able to ...

Empathy is a reigning topic in healthcare because of its relationship to the aims of medical practice: improved health outcomes1 adherence to treatment recommendations, improved quality of care and ...

Cohort, cross sectional, and case-control studies are collectively referred to as observational studies. Often these studies are the only practicable method of studying various problems, for example, ...

Objective To evaluate the short-term efficacy and safety of methoxyflurane for the treatment of acute pain in patients presenting to an emergency department (ED) with minor trauma. Methods STOP! was a ...

The importance of power and sample size estimation for study design and analysis.