Introduction Venous sampling for blood gas analysis has been suggested as an alternative to arterial sampling in order to reduce pain. The main objective was to compare pain induced by venous and ...

Triage is a process that is critical to the effective management of modern emergency departments. Triage systems aim, not only to ensure clinical justice for the patient, but also to provide an ...

Background NHS 111 is a phone and online urgent care triage and assessment system that aims to reduce UK ED demand. In 2020, 111 First was introduced to triage patients before entry to the ED and to ...

Aims and Objectives High-Acuity Low-Occurrence (HALO) procedures are critical, rare procedures for Emergency Physicians. Cadaveric and high fidelity HALO courses are resource and faculty intensive, ...

Objective To determine the effects of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) in patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) due to acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods IHCA ...

Objectives To evaluate the expectations and preferred outcomes from emergency care among older people or their caregivers. Methods A review protocol was registered. Medline, Embase, CINAHL, PsychInfo, ...

Background Early warning scores (EWS) were developed in acute hospital settings to improve recognition and response to patient deterioration. In 2012, the UK Royal College of Physicians developed the ...

Objective: To see whether three hours of combined doctor and nurse triage would lead to earlier medical assessment and treatment and whether this benefit would carry on for the rest of the day when ...

The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course aims to provide a universal framework for the management of trauma that will lead to a reduction in patient mortality. While it has achieved great ...

Intra-abdominal infections are the second most common source of severe sepsis and successful treatment relies on early intervention and appropriate resources.1–3 The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted ...

Introduction Emergency department (ED) crowding has significant adverse consequences, however, there is no widely accepted tool to measure it. This study validated the National Emergency Department ...

Background Tonsillopharyngitis is a common presentation to paediatric emergency departments (PEDs). FeverPAIN (FP) and Centor scoring systems are recommended in the UK to help delineate bacterial ...