Advanced vascular access skills are an essential component of all critical care specialty curricula. However, common femoral artery (CFA) cannulation and sheath insertion has thus far not been ...

Background Ankle injuries are one of the most common presentations in the ED. Although fractures can be ruled out using the Ottawa Ankle Rules, the specificity is low, which means many patients may ...

Correspondence to: MrK M Porter Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, Selly Oak Hospital,Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6JD, UK; keith.porteruhb.nhs.uk Lower limb fractures are common ...

Objective Personality influences behaviour and decision-making. This may play a particular role in emergency medical personnel (EMP) dealing with critical situations. So far very little is known about ...

1 Emergency Department, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK 2 Emergency Department, Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Berkshire, UK 3 Institute of Biomedical ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Nicola Jane Credland, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, UK; n.credland{at}hull.ac.uk Background Incivility or rudeness is a form of interpersonal aggression.

6 Department of Paediatric Medicine, Children's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Correspondence to Dr Niamh C Collins, Department of Emergency Medicine, Connolly Hospital, Dublin 15, Ireland; ...

Monash University, Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, Frankston, Victoria, Australia Background: International studies have shown that some 60% of paramedics have ...

Objectives & Background Facial injuries are a common presentation to the ED with data suggesting that this may be as high as 4%. There is little data on the epidemiology of paediatric facial injuries ...

This article has been written with reference to the mental health legislation in England. Variations in this legislation occur in other countries of the UK. Practitioners working in other countries of ...

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether gastric lavage was better than activated charcoal alone at reducing toxicity after aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) ...