BMJ16h
The minimum clinically significant difference in visual analogue scale pain score does not differ with severity of pain
Correspondence to: Professor Kelly, Department of Emergency Medicine, Western Hospital, Private Bag, Footscray, Vic 3011, Australia (Anne-Maree.Kelly{at}nwhcn.org.au) Objective—To determine whether ...
BMJ1d
USING A FINGERPRINT-ACCESS MEDICATION CABINET TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY IN AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
Objectives & Background Compliance with UK pharmacy standards requires medications to be stored in a locked cupboard. This creates inefficiency in a busy emergency department (ED) as there are delays ...
BMJ10d
Online First
Video laryngoscopy may improve the intubation outcomes in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials ...
BMJ16d
Multicentre cross-sectional study to assess nursing workload in Belgian emergency departments
Background Excessive workload in emergency departments (ED) negatively affects patient safety, often leading to missed critical tasks due to time constraints. The Workload Assessment of Nurses on ...
BMJ16d
Practitioner experiences of developing and implementing two UK ED-based hospital violence intervention programmes: a process evaluation
Background EDs can address modifiable risks of patients attending due to violence. Hospital-based violence intervention programmes (HVIPs) can reduce patients’ exposure to violence but can place ...
BMJ20d
Tricyclic antidepressant overdose: a review
1 Accident and Emergency Department, Ayr Hospital, Dalmellington Road, Ayr, Scotland 2 Accident and Emergency Department, Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock Overdoses of tricyclic antidepressants are ...
BMJ22d
Elevated lactate during psychogenic hyperventilation
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 2 Department of Intensive Care, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands ...
BMJ22d
Observational research methods. Research design II: cohort, cross sectional, and case-control studies
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, ...
BMJ22d
Well-being interventions alone won’t heal
Burnout and stress are terms that are likely to resonate with those working in EDs across the UK and internationally. For many years, ED staff have dealt with high levels of stress with obvious ...
BMJ23d
The Manchester triage system: improvements for paediatric emergency care
1 Department of Paediatrics, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Center for Medical Decision Making, Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 3 Department ...
BMJ24d
Troponin-only Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (T-MACS) decision aid: single biomarker re-derivation and external validation in three cohorts
2 Emergency Department,Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust, Manchester, UK 3 Emergency Department, North Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK 4 Cardiology ...