BMJ20h
Sudden visual loss after closed head injury
This is a report of a case of traumatic optic neuropathy after minor head injury: a rare cause of sudden visual loss after trauma. The aetiology and management are discussed.
BMJ20h
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Cork, Ireland
Background Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in Ireland accounts for approximately 5000 deaths annually. Little published evidence exists on survival from OHCA in this country to date. We aimed to ...
BMJ5d
Are medical students in prehospital care at risk of moral injury?
Background The term ‘moral injury’ may be useful in conceptualising the negative psychological effects of delivering emergency and prehospital medicine as it provides a non-pathological framework for ...
BMJ2d
Risk factors and outcomes associated with post-traumatic headache after mild traumatic brain injury
Correspondence to Tansel Yilmaz, Department of Neurology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022 GC Tilburg, The Netherlands; t.yilmaz{at}elisabeth.nl Objectives To determine the ...
BMJ2d
Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for paediatric testicular torsion: a systematic review and meta-analysis
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore Background Previous studies have examined the utility of ultrasonography performed by radiologists for diagnosing ...
BMJ1d
Evaluation of 3-mm diameter intravenous tubing for the rapid infusion of fluids.
Department of Anaesthesia, Odstock Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The use of intravenous administration systems incorporating 3-mm internal diameter tubing is becoming more common in ...
BMJ13d
Early prediction of individual outcome following cardiopulmonary resuscitation: systematic review
Following resuscitation from cardiorespiratory arrest 80% of patients are comatose. Of these patients, 20% will survive and regain consciousness. Is it possible to predict an individual’s long term ...
BMJ5d
Effect of weather on attendance with injury at a paediatric emergency department
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 ...
BMJ12d
Ability of prehospital NEWS to predict 1-day and 7-day mortality is reduced in older adult patients
Correspondence to Jussi Pirneskoski, Department of Emergency Medicine and Services, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland; jussi.pirneskoski{at}helsinki.fi Background National Early ...
BMJ12d
Relationship between the Injury Severity Score and the need for life-saving interventions in trauma patients in the UK
Introduction Major trauma is the third leading cause of avoidable mortality in the UK. Defining which patients require care in a major trauma centre is a critical component of developing, evaluating ...
BMJ5d
Predictors of hospital prenotification for STEMI and association of prenotification with outcomes
Background Delay to reperfusion in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is detrimental, but can be minimised with prehospital notification by ambulance to the treating hospital. We aimed to ...
BMJ5d
Venous pH can safely replace arterial pH in the initial evaluation of patients in the emergency department
Objective—This study aims to determine the extent of correlation of arterial and venous pH with a view to identifying whether venous samples can be used as an alternative to arterial values in the ...