Emergency Medicine Journal

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What should be done to prepare clinicians for the introduction of machine learning in emergency medicine? A UK and Ireland network survey (13 October, 2026) Free ...
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Ultrasound-guided intravenous catheter survival impacted by amount of catheter residing in the vein

Correspondence to Dr Ananda Vishnu Pandurangadu, Department of Emergency Medicine, William Beaumont School of Medicine, Beaumont Health System, Oakland University, Royal Oak, MI 48309, USA; ...
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A state-wide survey of medical emergency management in dental practices: incidence of emergencies and training experience

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, University of Technology, Dresden, Germany Dr M P Müller, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive ...
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Paramedics' non-technical skills: a literature review

Healthcare organisations have started to examine the impact that the human worker has on patient safety. Adopting the Crew Resource Management (CRM) approach, used in aviation, the CRM or ...
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Measuring ‘Need for Recovery’ as an indicator of staff well-being in the emergency department: a survey study

Background The Need for Recovery (NFR) Scale is an 11-item questionnaire that assesses how work affects intershift recovery. Items are summated to form a score with a maximum value of 100. Previously ...
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Flucloxacillin alone or combined with benzylpenicillin to treat lower limb cellulitis: a randomised controlled trial

Correspondence to: Dr P Leman Emergency Department, Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington Street, Perth, WA 6001, Australia; peter.lemanhealth.wa.gov.au Objective: To determine whether using intravenous ...
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819 What can you teach in 15 minutes? A pilot study of ‘just-in-time’ teaching in a paediatric emergency department

Methods/Design A daily teaching programme was designed and implemented in a busy tertiary Paediatric Emergency Department. The teaching sessions were performed for 15 minutes at 1 pm on Monday to ...
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Lowering levels of bed occupancy is associated with decreased inhospital mortality and improved performance on the 4-hour target in a UK District General Hospital

Objective To evaluate whether there is an association between an intervention to reduce medical bed occupancy and performance on the 4-hour target and hospital mortality. Methods This before-and-after ...
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National patterns in emergency department diagnoses and mortality: insights from the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample

Background Emergency departments (EDs) are the frontline of acute care in the USA, yet contemporary data on the most common presentations and causes of mortality remain limited. Understanding these ...
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The sepsis six and the severe sepsis resuscitation bundle: a prospective observational cohort study

Background Severe sepsis is likely to account for around 37 000 deaths annually in the UK. Five years after the international Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) care bundles were published, care ...
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Feasibility of administering the Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Older People living with frailty receiving Acute Care (PROM-OPAC) in older people with cognitive impairment

Background Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are more meaningful than service-orientated metrics, but representation must be equitable. PROM-OPAC is currently the only PROM for Older People ...
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Managing patient deterioration: assessing teamwork and individual performance

1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Victoria, Australia 2 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, UK Correspondence to Simon Cooper, Monash ...