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Phenomenological study exploring ethics in prehospital research from the paramedic’s perspective: experiences from the Paramedic-2 trial in a UK ambulance service

Objectives We set out to investigate paramedics’ views of ethics and research, drawing on experiences from Paramedic-2, a randomised controlled trial comparing epinephrine and placebo in ...
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Reliability and validity of the Manchester Triage System in a general emergency department patient population in the Netherlands: results of a simulation study

Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Ms I van der Wulp, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht, P O Box 85500, 3508 GA ...
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Interventions to improve patient flow in emergency departments: an umbrella review

Objectives Patient flow and crowding are two major issues in ED service improvement. A substantial amount of literature exists on the interventions to improve patient flow and crowding, making it ...
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Knowledge of radiation exposure in common radiological investigations: a comparison between radiologists and non-radiologists

1 Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 2 Trauma and Emergency Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, ...
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Are rapid diagnostic tests reliable for the detection of malaria in the emergency department?

A short systematic review assessed the diagnostic accuracy of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in febrile adults from malaria-endemic regions. A database search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane and Google ...
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Variables associated with administration of analgesia, nurse-initiated analgesia and early analgesia in the emergency department

Objective To determine the patient and clinical variables associated with administration of any analgesia, nurse-initiated analgesia (NIA, prescribed and administered by a nurse) and early analgesia ...
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USING A CLINICAL PHARMACIST IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Objectives & Background UK urgent and emergency care (UEC) services are facing significant increased patient demand alongside a shortage of medical and nursing staff. From the early 2000's pharmacy ...
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Pre-hospital aspirin for suspected myocardial infarction and acute coronary syndromes: A headache for paramedics?

1 Pre-hospital Emergency Research Unit, University of Wales College of Medicine/Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust, Cardiff, UK 2 Department of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Public Health, University ...
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Timing of lumbar puncture in suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage

A short cut review was carried out to establish how long after onset of headache a lumbar puncture should be carried out to rule out subarachnoid haemorrhage. Altogether 142 papers were found using ...
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Accuracy of emergency medical dispatchers’ subjective ability to identify when higher dispatch levels are warranted over a Medical Priority Dispatch System automated protocol ...

Correspondence to: Jeff Clawson MD, International Academies of Emergency Dispatch, 139 East South Temple, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, USA; jeff.clawson{at}emergencydispatch.org Objectives: ...
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Patient behaviour at the time of stroke onset: a cross-sectional survey of patient response to stroke symptoms

Correspondence to Dr Lisa Mellon, Division of Population Health Sciences, Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland; lisamellon{at}rcsi.ie Background and ...
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Systemic antibiotics after incision and drainage of simple abscesses: a meta-analysis

Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA Correspondence to Dr Adam J Singer, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 ...