Background Communication in a family’s primary language can support safe care. Vital steps within the care delivery process are contingent on successful communication, including reporting symptoms, ...
Massive haemorrhage still accounts for up to 40% of mortality after traumatic injury. The importance of limiting blood loss after injury in order to prevent its associated complications has led to ...
Background Non-technical skills, such as task management, leadership, situational awareness, communication and decision-making refer to cognitive, behavioural and social skills that contribute to safe ...
4 AP-HP Nord, Emergency Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, Paris, France 5 AP-HP Nord, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, ...
Background: The NICE head injury guidelines recommend a different approach in the management of head injury patients. It suggests that CT head scan should replace skull x ray (SXR) and ...
Correspondence to Bronwyn Tunnage, Paramedicine and Emergency Management, School of Health Care Practice, AUT University, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand; Bronwyn.tunnage{at}aut.ac.nz ...
Correspondence to Dr Andrew Chee Keng Lee, The School of Health and Related Research, the University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 9 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK; andrew.lee{at}shef.ac.uk ...
1 Department of Trauma and Emergency Medicine, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2 Department of Cardiology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3 ...
Correspondence to Dr Biswadev Mitra, Emergency & Trauma Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road., Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia; b.mitra{at}alfred.org.au Introduction Injured patients presenting ...
Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) are frontline responders to emergency infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID-19. To avoid the rapid spread of disease, adherence to protective measures is ...
The infusion after the bolus: a quality improvement programme to support emergency department airway governance in Ireland (19 March, 2026) ...
Background Analgesia is an important component for patient well-being, but commonly delayed during trauma resuscitation. The Pharmacists in Trauma trial assessed the effects of integrating pharmacists ...