Objective—To describe the epidemiology of fractures among children seen with sports injuries in a district general hospital accident and emergency department. Methods—A prospective study of children ...

Background Blood transfusion for bleeding trauma patients is a promising pre-hospital intervention with potential to improve outcomes. However, it is not yet clear which patients may benefit from ...

Background: Existing rural prehospital models have been criticised for being isolated from the healthcare system, and for following inflexible clinical protocols. Greater reliance on clinical ...

Paediatric Accident and Emergency Department, St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Graeme Hadley, Paediatric Accident and Emergency Department, St Mary's Hospital, Praed ...

Correspondence to Dr S M Osama Bin Abdullah, Department of Emergency Medicine, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse 4200, Denmark; sabdu{at}regionsjaelland.dk Background Few prospective studies have evaluated ...

The case of a patient with an unusual medical condition and an occult pneumothorax is presented. The evidence for management of occult pneumothorax particularly in patients with underlying lung ...

Correspondence to: Mr P E Pritty, Accident and Emergency Department, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, London Road, Derby DE1 2QY, UK; ppritty{at}aol.com Colchicine overdose is uncommon but potentially life ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda County Medical Center, Oakland, California, ...

5 Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK 6 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK Background Hospital prealerting in acute ...

Pre-hospital Care Research Unit, Department of Academic Emergency Medicine, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK Correspondence to: Mr M Woollard The James Cook University Hospital, ...

Respiratory Medicine, Salford Royal Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust, Salford, UK Dr B R O’Driscoll, Respiratory Medicine, Hope Hospital, Salford M6 8HD, UK; ronan.o'driscoll{at}srft.nhs.uk Background: ...