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Announcing the launch of In Review

BMC Emergency Medicine, in partnership with Research Square, is now offering In Review. Authors choosing this free optional service will be able to:

Share their work with fellow researchers to read, comment on, and cite even before publication
Showcase their work to funders and others with a citable DOI while it is still under review
Track their manuscript - including seeing when reviewers are invited, and when reports are received

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Featured article: Optimal assessment choreography for critically ill patients

This pilot simulation study was to determine the optimal choreography for evaluation of the critically ill patients. The results showed that a focused history can be done in either series or parallel to the primary survey, however, there is less mental demand and effort associated with a parallel choreography.

Content type: Research article
| 6 May 2019

Influence of patient race on administration of analgesia by student paramedics

Authors: Bill Lord and Sahaj Khalsa
Content type: Research article
| 2 May 2019

The MEDEA FAR-EAST Study: Conceptual framework, methods and first findings of a multicenter cross-sectional observational study

Authors: Sophia Hoschar, Jiangqi Pan, Zhen Wang, Xiaoyan Fang, Xian’e Tang, Weiqi Shi, Rongxiang Tu, Peng Xi, Wenliang Che, Hongbao Wang, Yawei Li, Kurt Fritzsche, Xuebo Liu, Karl-Heinz Ladwig and Wenlin Ma
Content type: Research article
| 2 May 2019

Community paramedic point of care testing: validity and usability of two commercially available devices

Authors: Ian E. Blanchard, Ryan Kozicky, Dana Dalgarno, Justin Simms, Stacy Goulder, Tyler S. Williamson, Susan Biesbroek, Lenore Page, Karen Leaman, Suzanne Snozyk, Lyle Redman, Keith Spackman, Christopher J. Doig, Eddy S. Lang and Gerald Lazarenko
Content type: Research article
| 29 April 2019

Gender differences in acute recreational drug toxicity: a case series from Oslo, Norway

Authors: Victoria Lykke Syse, Mette Brekke, Marit Mæhle Grimsrud, Per Sverre Persett, Fridtjof Heyerdahl, Knut Erik Hovda and Odd Martin Vallersnes
Content type: Research article
| 18 April 2019

Trends and barriers of emergency medical service use in Addis Ababa; Ethiopia

Authors: Menbeu Sultan, Yonas Abebe, Assefu Welde Tsadik, Asmamaw Ababa, Alegnta Gebre Yesus and Nee-Kofi Mould-Millman

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Content type: Debate
| 7 October 2011

Emergency department triage: an ethical analysis

Authors: Ramesh P Aacharya, Chris Gastmans and Yvonne Denier
Content type: Research article
| 17 July 2007

A survey of knowledge, attitudes and practice of emergency contraception among university students in Cameroon

Authors: Eugene J Kongnyuy, Pius Ngassa, Nelson Fomulu, Charles Shey Wiysonge, Luc Kouam and Anderson S Doh
Content type: Research article
| 2 August 2012

Is the APLS formula used to calculate weight-for-age applicable to a Trinidadian population?

Authors: Khalid Ali, Ian Sammy and Paula Nunes
Content type: Research article
| 3 February 2011

Unified treatment algorithm for the management of crotaline snakebite in the United States: results of an evidence-informed consensus workshop

Authors: Eric J Lavonas, Anne-Michelle Ruha, William Banner, Vikhyat Bebarta, Jeffrey N Bernstein, Sean P Bush, William P Kerns II, William H Richardson, Steven A Seifert, David A Tanen, Steve C Curry and Richard C Dart
Content type: Research article
| 13 December 2005

Simple technique for evacuation of traumatic subcutaneous haematomas under tension

Authors: George Chami, Belinda Chami, Edward Hatley and Hossam Dabis

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BMC Emergency Medicine is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all urgent and emergency aspects of medicine, in both practice and basic research. In addition, the journal covers aspects of disaster medicine and medicine in special locations, such as conflict areas and military medicine, together with articles concerning healthcare services in the emergency departments.

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Guangde Tu, BMC Series, Shanghai

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Amelia De Salis, BMC Series, London

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Fiona Lecky, Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care Research, University of Sheffield
Suzanne Mason, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield
Fabio Silvio Taccone, Erasme Hospital

Meet the Editors

Fabio S. Taccone is Professor at the Department of Intensive Care of Erasme Hospital and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels (Belgium). He has a large area of interest in critical care medicine, with a particular research in antibiotic pharmacokinetics, brain injury, microcirculation during severe infections, therapeutic hypothermia as a neuro-protective strategy and ECMO.

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Influence of patient race on administration of analgesia by student paramedics

The MEDEA FAR-EAST Study: Conceptual framework, methods and first findings of a multicenter cross-sectional observational study

Community paramedic point of care testing: validity and usability of two commercially available devices

Gender differences in acute recreational drug toxicity: a case series from Oslo, Norway

Trends and barriers of emergency medical service use in Addis Ababa; Ethiopia

Emergency department triage: an ethical analysis

A survey of knowledge, attitudes and practice of emergency contraception among university students in Cameroon

Is the APLS formula used to calculate weight-for-age applicable to a Trinidadian population?

Unified treatment algorithm for the management of crotaline snakebite in the United States: results of an evidence-informed consensus workshop

Simple technique for evacuation of traumatic subcutaneous haematomas under tension

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The hidden problem of malnutrition among older adults in developed regions

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