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Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2015 15(Suppl 1):A13
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Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2015 15(Suppl 1):A11 -
A remotely piloted aircraft system in major incident management: concept and pilot, feasibility study
Major incidents are complex, dynamic and bewildering task environments characterised by simultaneous, rapidly changing events, uncertainty and ill-structured problems. Efficient management, communication, deci...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2015 15:12 -
A qualitative assessment of practitioner perspectives post-introduction of the first Continuous Professional Competence (CPC) guidelines for emergency medical technicians in Ireland
In November 2013, the Irish Regulator for emergency medical technicians (EMTs) introduced the first mandatory requirement for registrants to demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)/co...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2015 15:11 -
Injury characteristics and outcome of road traffic accident among victims at Adult Emergency Department of Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a prospective hospital based study
Road traffic injuries are the eighth leading cause of death globally, and the leading cause of death for young people. More than a million people die each year on the world’s roads, and the risk of dying as a ...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2015 15:10 -
Prospective study of recovery from copperhead snake envenomation: an observational study
Although much is known about signs, symptoms, and management in the acute phase of crotaline snake envenomation, little is known about signs, symptoms, function, and quality of life during the recovery phase. ...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2015 15:9 -
Non-specific complaints in the ambulance; predisposing structural factors
The pre-hospital assessment non-specific complaint (NSC) often applies to patients whose diagnosis does not match any other specific assessment correlating to particular symptoms or diseases, though some previ...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2015 15:8 -
Clinicopathological review of 156 appendicectomies for acute appendicitis in children in Ile-Ife, Nigeria: a retrospective analysis
Acute appendicitis is one of the most common causes of acute abdomen in children. Late surgical intervention is often associated with increase morbidity and sometimes fatal outcome. We sought to determine the ...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2015 15:7 -
Patient safety incident capture resulting from incident reports: a comparative observational analysis
Patient safety incident (PSI) discovery is an essential component of quality improvement. When submitted, incident reports may provide valuable opportunities for PSI discovery. However, little objective inform...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2015 15:6 -
BMC Emergency Medicine reviewer acknowledgement 2014
The editors of BMC Emergency Medicine would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 14 (2014).
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2015 15:5 -
Subjective reasons why immigrant patients attend the emergency department
Some patients visit a hospital’s emergency department (ED) for reasons other than an urgent medical condition. There is evidence that this practice may differ among patients from different backgrounds. The obj...
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Predictors for outcome among cardiac arrest patients: the importance of initial cardiac arrest rhythm versus time to return of spontaneous circulation, a retrospective cohort study
In the past decade, early treatment of cardiac arrest (CA) victims has been improved in several ways, leading to more optimistic over all prognoses. However, the global survival rate after out-of-hospital CA (...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2015 15:3 -
Emergency care capacity in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a service evaluation
There is an increasing global recognition of the role of emergency medical services in improving population health. Emergency medical services remain underdeveloped in many low income countries, particularly i...
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Nine out of ten trauma calls to a Norwegian hospital are avoidable: a retrospective analysis
Our aim was to estimate the degree of overtriage (Injury Severity Score [ISS] ≤ 15) of trauma call patients in Nordland Hospital Bodø, Norway. We also determined the transportation time from injury to hospital...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2015 15:1 -
Pain, distress, and anticipated recovery for older versus younger emergency department patients after motor vehicle collision
Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) are the second most common injury mechanism resulting in emergency department (ED) visits by older adults. MVCs result in substantial pain and psychological distress among young...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:25 -
Effectiveness of physical exam signs for early detection of critical illness in pediatric systemic inflammatory response syndrome
Early detection of compensated pediatric septic shock requires diagnostic tests that are sensitive and specific. Four physical exam signs are recommended for detecting pediatric septic shock prior to hypotensi...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:24 -
Validation of a diagnostic probability function for estimating probabilities of acute coronary syndrome
We recently reported about the derivation of a diagnostic probability function for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The present study aims to validate the probability function as a rule-out criterion in a new sa...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:23 -
Epidemiology of in-hospital trauma deaths in a Brazilian university hospital
The analysis of patterns of trauma deaths may improve the evaluation of a trauma system and identify areas that may benefit from more resources. The objective of this study was to analyze the epidemiology of t...
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A retrospective descriptive study of the characteristics of deliberate self-poisoning patients with single or repeat presentations to an Australian emergency medicine network in a one year period
A proportion of deliberate self-poisoning (DSP) patients present repeatedly to the emergency department (ED). Understanding the characteristics of frequent DSP patients and their presentation is a first step t...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:21 -
Emergency department patient safety incident characterization: an observational analysis of the findings of a standardized peer review process
Emergency Department (ED) care has been reported to be prone to patient safety incidents (PSIs). Improving our understanding of PSIs is essential to prevent them. A standardized, peer review process was implem...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:20 -
The Quik Fix study: a randomised controlled trial of brief interventions for young people with alcohol-related injuries and illnesses accessing emergency department and crisis support care
Alcohol is a major preventable cause of injury, disability and death in young people. Large numbers of young people with alcohol-related injuries and medical conditions present to hospital emergency department...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:19 -
Identifying barriers and facilitators to ambulance service assessment and treatment of acute asthma: a focus group study
Acute asthma is a common reason for patients to seek care from ambulance services. Although better care of acute asthma can prevent avoidable morbidity and deaths, there has been little research into ambulance...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:18 -
The effect of motorcycle helmet type, components and fixation status on facial injury in Klang Valley, Malaysia: a case control study
The effectiveness of helmets in reducing the risk of severe head injury in motorcyclists who were involved in a crash is well established. There is limited evidence however, regarding the extent to which helme...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:17 -
Factors influencing readiness to deploy in disaster response: findings from a cross-sectional survey of the Department of Veterans Affairs Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel System
The Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel System (DEMPS) program provides a system of volunteers whereby active or retired Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) personnel can register to be deployed to support ot...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:16 -
Passive leg raise (PLR) during cardiopulmonary (CPR) – a method article on a randomised study of survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)
It is estimated that about 275,000 inhabitants experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) every year in Europe. Survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is relatively low, generally between five per...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:15 -
Rapid extrication of entrapped victims in motor vehicle wreckage using a Norwegian chain method – cross-sectional and feasibility study
Road traffic injury (RTI) is a global problem causing some 1,2 million deaths annually and another 20–50 million people sustain non-fatal injuries. Pre-hospital entrapment is a risk factor for complications an...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:14 -
Brief motivational intervention for adolescents treated in emergency departments for acute alcohol intoxication – a randomized-controlled trial
Alcohol misuse among youth is a major public health concern and numbers of adolescents admitted to the emergency department for acute alcoholic intoxication in Germany are recently growing. The emergency setti...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:13 -
National targets, process transformation and local consequences in an NHS emergency department (ED): a qualitative study
In the attempt to reduce waiting times in emergency departments, various national health services have used benchmarking and the optimisation of patient flows. The aim of this study was to examine staff attitu...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:12 -
Trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder and the effect of explanatory variables in paramedic trainees
Emergency healthcare workers, including trainees and individuals in related occupations are at heightened risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression owing to work-related stressors.
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:11 -
The Social Health Intervention Project (SHIP): Protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial assessing the effectiveness of a brief motivational intervention for problem drinking and intimate partner violence in an urban emergency department
There is a strong reciprocal association between two highly prevalent public health problems: intimate partner violence and heavy drinking, both of which remain major sources of morbidity and mortality. Brief ...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:10 -
What decides the suspicion of acute coronary syndrome in acute chest pain patients?
Physicians assessing chest pain patients in the emergency department (ED) base the likelihood of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) mainly on ECG, symptom history and blood markers of myocardial injury. Among these...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:9 -
Risk stratification of adult emergency department syncope patients to predict short-term serious outcomes after discharge (RiSEDS) study
While Canadian ED physicians discharge most syncope patients with no specific further follow-up, approximately 5% will suffer serious outcomes after ED discharge. The goal of this study is to prospectively ide...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:8 -
Thoraco- abdominal impalement injury: a case report
Impalement injury is an uncommon presentation in the emergency department (ED), and penetrating thoraco-abdominal injuries demand immediate life-saving measures and prompt care. Massive penetrating trauma by i...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:7 -
Use of prehospital ultrasound in North America: a survey of emergency medical services medical directors
Advances in ultrasound imaging technology have made it more accessible to prehospital providers. Little is known about how ultrasound is being used in the prehospital environment and we suspect that it is not ...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:6 -
Consensus on items and quantities of clinical equipment required to deal with a mass casualties big bang incident: a national Delphi study
Major short-notice or sudden impact incidents, which result in a large number of casualties, are rare events. However health services must be prepared to respond to such events appropriately. In the United Kin...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:5 -
BMC Emergency Medicine reviewer acknowledgement, 2013
The editors of BMC Emergency Medicine would like to thank all our reviewers whohave contributed to the journal in Volume 13 (2013).
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:4 -
Predictors for delayed encephalopathy following acute carbon monoxide poisoning
In Japan, many carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning cases are transported to emergency settings, making treatment and prognostic assessment an urgent task. However, there is currently no reliable means to predict wh...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:3 -
Quality of emergency medical care in Gondar University Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a survey of patients’ perspectives
Ethiopia has fairly good coverage but very low utilization of health care services. Emergency medical care services require fast, correct and curious services to clients as they present with acute problems. In...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:2 -
Cut throat injuries at a university teaching hospital in northwestern Tanzania: a review of 98 cases
Cut throat injuries though rarely reported in literature pose a great therapeutic challenge because multiple vital structures are vulnerable to injuries in the small, confined unprotected area. A sudden increa...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2014 14:1 -
All purulence is local – epidemiology and management of skin and soft tissue infections in three urban emergency departments
Skin and soft tissue infection (SSTIs) are commonly treated in emergency departments (EDs). While the precise role of antibiotics in treating SSTIs remains unclear, most SSTI patients receive empiric antibioti...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2013 13:26 -
Continuous professional competence (CPC) for emergency medical technicians in Ireland: educational needs assessment
As in other countries, the Irish Regulator for Pre-Hospital practitioners, the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC), will introduce a Continuous Professional Competence (CPC) framework for all Emergency...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2013 13:25 -
An association between systolic blood pressure and stroke among patients with impaired consciousness in out-of-hospital emergency settings
Stroke is difficult to diagnose when consciousness is disturbed. However few reports have discussed the clinical predictors of stroke in out-of-hospital emergency settings. This study aims to evaluate the asso...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2013 13:24 -
Methodology for developing quality indicators for the care of older people in the Emergency Department
Compared with younger people, older people have a higher risk of adverse health outcomes when presenting to emergency departments. As the population ages, older people will make up an increasing proportion of ...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2013 13:23 -
Reliability of team-based self-monitoring in critical events: a pilot study
Teamwork is a critical component during critical events. Assessment is mandatory for remediation and to target training programmes for observed performance gaps.
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2013 13:22 -
Design of the PRINCESS trial: pre-hospital resuscitation intra-nasal cooling effectiveness survival study (PRINCESS)
Therapeutic hypothermia (TH, 32-34°C) has been shown to improve neurological outcome in comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation. Earlier initiat...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2013 13:21 -
Tranexamic acid for patients with traumatic brain injury: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is commonly accompanied by intracranial bleeding which can worsen after hospital admission. Tranexamic acid (TXA) has been shown to reduce bleeding in elective surgery and there is...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2013 13:20 -
The PanAM study: a multi-center, double-blinded, randomized, non-inferiority study of paracetamol versus non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in treating acute musculoskeletal trauma
Acute musculoskeletal trauma, including strains, sprains or contusions, occur frequently. Pain management is a crucial component of treatment. However, there is no convincing evidence which drug is superior in...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2013 13:19 -
The accuracy of surrogate decision makers: informed consent in hypothetical acute stroke scenarios
Over one third of stroke patients have cognitive or language deficits such that they require surrogate consent for acute stroke treatment or enrollment into acute stroke trials. Little is known about the agree...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2013 13:18 -
Implementing wait-time reductions under Ontario government benchmarks (Pay-for-Results): a Cluster Randomized Trial of the Effect of a Physician-Nurse Supplementary Triage Assistance team (MDRNSTAT) on emergency department patient wait times
Internationally, emergency departments are struggling with crowding and its associated morbidity, mortality, and decreased patient and health-care worker satisfaction. The objective was to evaluate the additio...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2013 13:17 -
Emergency department utilization among recently released prisoners: a retrospective cohort study
The population of ex-prisoners returning to their communities is large. Morbidity and mortality is increased during the period following release. Understanding utilization of emergency services by this populat...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2013 13:16
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