Aims/Objectives/Background The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimate that 40 million people a year globally require palliative care, and this need is expanding ...

Background Despite pronounced increases in homelessness and mental health problems in the USA over the past decade, further ...

Aims and Objectives Suboptimal end of life care is being increasingly recognised in hospital and a change in attitude or education may provide a significant improvement. The purpose of this study was ...

1 Emergency Physician, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool, L7 8XP, United Kingdom 2 Clinical Fellow in Intensive Care Medicine, Intensive Therapy Unit, Royal Liverpool ...

Objectives Many drug and fluid regimens in emergency medicine are weight dependent in adults, but no standard adult weight estimation tools exist. Paediatric weight is often estimated in emergency ...

Primary care services in or alongside emergency departments look and function differently and are described using inconsistent terminology. Research to determine effectiveness of these models is ...

Objectives: Several trials have been published examining the role of antibiotics in dog bite wound management. A meta-analysis of these suggests that there is very little benefit to routine antibiotic ...

Background Nausea and vomiting is a common ED chief complaint. However, randomised trials comparing antiemetic agents to placebo have not demonstrated superiority. This systematic review investigates ...

1 Department of Pediatrics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan 2 Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan 3 Department of Anatomy, School of ...

Background Prehospital identification and selection of treatment strategy in patients with suspected non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) is challenging. The aim of this study was to ...

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 ...

1 Pre-hospital Emergency Research Unit, University of Wales College of Medicine/Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust, Cardiff, UK 2 Department of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Public Health, University ...