Emergency Medicine Journal

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Comparative effectiveness of ceftriaxone and ampicillin-sulbactam for empiric management of community-acquired pneumonia in ...
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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 ...
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Ibuprofen versus placebo effect on acute kidney injury in ultramarathons: a randomised controlled trial

Background Despite concerns that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) contribute to acute kidney injury (AKI), up to 75% of ultramarathon runners ingest these during competition. The effect ...
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Application of Step-by-Step and Paediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) Clinical Decision Aids in the management of young febrile infants in a UK cohort ...
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Introduction to the “space-control theory of paramedic scene management”

Dr A Campeau, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Emergency Health Services Branch, 6th Floor, 5700 Yonge Street, North York, Ontario, Canada M2M 4K5; anthony.campeau{at}ontario.ca ...
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Frequent callers to the ambulance service: patient profiling and impact of case management on patient utilisation of the ambulance service

Correspondence to Dr Melanie Edwards, Clinical Audit & Research Unit, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, HQ Annexe, 8-20 Pocock Street, London, SE1 0BW, UK; melanie.edwards{at}rocketmail.com ...
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How events in emergency medicine impact doctors’ psychological well-being

Background Emergency medicine is a high-pressured specialty with exposure to disturbing events and risk. We conducted a qualitative study to identify which clinical events resulted in emotional ...
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Educating the ambulance technician, paramedic, and clinical supervisor: using factor analysis to inform the curriculum

Objectives: This project aims to use information about the desirable attributes of the ambulance technician, paramedic, and clinical supervisor to inform future curriculum development. Methods: Data ...
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Improving domestic violence screening practices in the emergency department: an Australian perspective

Correspondence to Amy Lynn Sweeny, Emergency Department, Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Southport, QLD 4215, Australia; amy.sweeny{at}health.qld.gov.au Introduction Domestic violence (DV) is ...
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Can good bed management solve the overcrowding in accident and emergency departments?

Correspondence to: Dr N C Proudlove, Manchester School of Management, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK; nathan.proudlove{at}umist.ac.uk If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please ...
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The comparison of modified early warning score with rapid emergency medicine score: a prospective multicentre observational cohort study on medical and surgical patients ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Bursa Sevket Yılmaz Education and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Kayseri Education and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey 3 ...
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The use of history to identify anterior cruciate ligament injuries in the acute trauma setting: the 'LIMP index'

Objective To identify the injury history features reported by patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries and determine whether history may be used to identify patients requiring follow-up ...