Using molecular similarity to highlight the challenges of routine immunoassay-based drug of abuse/toxicology screening in emergency medicine

Author(s): Krasowski Matthew | Pizon Anthony | Siam Mohamed | Giannoutsos Spiros | Iyer Manisha | Ekins Sean
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Paramedic assessment of pain in the cognitively impaired adult patient

Author(s): Lord Bill
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

The nature and causes of unintended events reported at ten emergency departments

Author(s): Smits Marleen | Groenewegen Peter | Timmermans Danielle | van der Wal Gerrit | Wagner Cordula
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Crotaline Fab antivenom appears to be effective in cases of severe North American pit viper envenomation: An integrative review

Author(s): Lavonas Eric | Schaeffer Tammi | Kokko Jamie | Mlynarchek Sara | Bogdan Gregory
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Undergraduate medical education in emergency medical care: A nationwide survey at German medical schools

Author(s): Beckers Stefan | Timmermann Arnd | Müller Michael | Angstwurm Matthias | Walcher Felix
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Video conferencing versus telephone calls for team work across hospitals: a qualitative study on simulated emergencies

Author(s): Bolle Stein | Larsen Frank | Hagen Oddvar | Gilbert Mads
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Evaluation of an algorithm for estimating a patient's life threat risk from an ambulance call

Author(s): Ohshige Kenji | Kawakami Chihiro | Mizushima Shunsaku | Moriwaki Yoshihiro | Suzuki Noriyuki
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Modelling optimal location for pre-hospital helicopter emergency medical services

Author(s): Schuurman Nadine | Bell Nathaniel | L'Heureux Randy | Hameed Syed
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Post-crash management of road traffic injury victims in Iran. Stakeholders' views on current barriers and potential facilitators

Author(s): Khorasani-Zavareh Davoud | Khankeh Hamid | Mohammadi Reza | Laflamme Lucie | Bikmoradi Ali | Haglund Bo
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Unique case of esophageal rupture after a fall from height

Author(s): van Heijl Mark | Saltzherr Teun | van Berge Henegouwen Mark | Goslings J Carel
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Hands-on time during cardiopulmonary resuscitation is affected by the process of teambuilding: a prospective randomised simulator-based trial

Author(s): Hunziker Sabina | Tschan Franziska | Semmer Norbert | Zobrist Roger | Spychiger Martin | Breuer Marc | Hunziker Patrick | Marsch Stephan
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Case reports describing treatments in the emergency medicine literature: missing and misleading information

Author(s): Richason Tiffany | Paulson Stephen | Lowenstein Steven | Heard Kennon
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

A cross-sectional study of Victorian mobile intensive care ambulance paramedics knowledge of the Valsalva manoeuvre

Author(s): Smith Gavin | Boyle Malcolm
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Comparison of the Airtraq® and Truview® laryngoscopes to the Macintosh laryngoscope for use by Advanced Paramedics in easy and simulated difficult intubation in manikins

Author(s): Nasim Sajid | Maharaj Chrisen | Butt Ihsan | Malik Muhammad | O' Donnell John | Higgins Brendan | Harte Brian | Laffey John
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Intracranial bleeding in patients with traumatic brain injury: A prognostic study

Author(s): Perel Pablo | Roberts Ian | Bouamra Omar | Woodford Maralyn | Mooney Jane | Lecky Fiona
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Negative predictive value and potential cost savings of acute nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging in low risk patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome: A prospective single blinded study

Author(s): Forberg Jakob | Hilmersson Catarina | Carlsson Marcus | Arheden Håkan | Björk Jonas | Hjalte Krister | Ekelund Ulf
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Forecasting daily attendances at an emergency department to aid resource planning

Author(s): Sun Yan | Heng Bee | Seow Yian | Seow Eillyne
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Paramedic clinical decision making during high acuity emergency calls: design and methodology of a Delphi study

Author(s): Jensen Jan | Croskerry Pat | Travers Andrew
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Smaller self-inflating bags produce greater guideline consistent ventilation in simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Author(s): Nehme Ziad | Boyle Malcolm
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Comparison of balance assessment modalities in emergency department elders: a pilot cross-sectional observational study

Author(s): Caterino Jeffrey | Karaman Rowan | Arora Vinay | Martin Jacqueline | Hiestand Brian
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

A survey of factors associated with the successful recognition of agonal breathing and cardiac arrest by 9-1-1 call takers: design and methodology

Author(s): Vaillancourt Christian | Jensen Jan | Grimshaw Jeremy | Brehaut Jamie | Charette Manya | Kasaboski Ann | Osmond Martin | Wells George | Stiell Ian
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

Comparison of the Glidescope® and Pentax AWS® laryngoscopes to the Macintosh laryngoscope for use by Advanced Paramedics in easy and simulated difficult intubation

Author(s): Nasim Sajid | Maharaj Chrisen | Malik Muhammad | O' Donnell John | Higgins Brendan | Laffey John
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

The intuitive use of laryngeal airway tools by first year medical students

Author(s): Bickenbach Johannes | Schälte Gereon | Beckers Stefan | Fries Michael | Derwall Matthias | Rossaint Rolf
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

The impact of a fast track area on quality and effectiveness outcomes: A Middle Eastern emergency department perspective

Author(s): Devkaran Subashnie | Parsons Howard | Van Dyke Murray | Drennan Jonathan | Rajah Jaishen
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2009

An evaluation of a Shockroom located CT scanner: a randomized study of early assessment by CT scanning in trauma patients in the bi-located trauma center North-West Netherlands (REACT trial)

Author(s): Saltzherr Teun | Jin PH | Bakker Fred | Ponsen Kees | Luitse Jan | Scholing Mark | Giannakopoulos Georgios | Beenen Ludo | Henny C Pieter | Koole Ger | Reitsma Hans | Dijkgraaf Marcel | Bossuyt Patrick | Goslings J Carel
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

Assessing emergency medical care in low income countries: A pilot study from Pakistan

Author(s): Razzak Junaid | Hyder Adnan | Akhtar Tasleem | Khan Mubashir | Khan Uzma
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

An evaluation of the osmole gap as a screening test for toxic alcohol poisoning

Author(s): Lynd Larry | Richardson Kathryn | Purssell Roy | Abu-Laban Riyad | Brubacher Jeffery | Lepik Katherine | Sivilotti Marco
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

Anion gap, anion gap corrected for albumin, base deficit and unmeasured anions in critically ill patients: implications on the assessment of metabolic acidosis and the diagnosis of hyperlactatemia

Author(s): Chawla Lakhmir | Shih Shirley | Davison Danielle | Junker Christopher | Seneff Michael
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

Influence of airway management strategy on "no-flow-time" during an "Advanced life support course" for intensive care nurses – A single rescuer resuscitation manikin study

Author(s): Wiese Christoph | Bartels Utz | Schultens Alexander | Steffen Tobias | Torney Andreas | Bahr Jan | Graf Bernhard
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

Quality of care in elder emergency department patients with pneumonia: a prospective cohort study

Author(s): Caterino Jeffrey | Hiestand Brian | Martin Daniel
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

The association of psychiatric comorbidity and use of the emergency department among persons with substance use disorders: an observational cohort study

Author(s): Curran Geoffrey | Sullivan Greer | Williams Keith | Han Xiaotong | Allee Elise | Kotrla Kathryn
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

A review of patients who suddenly deteriorate in the presence of paramedics

Author(s): Boyle Malcolm | Smith Erin | Archer Frank
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

Occupational stressors and its organizational and individual correlates: A nationwide study of Norwegian ambulance personnel

Author(s): Sterud Tom | Hem Erlend | Ekeberg Øivind | Lau Bjørn
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

A survey of attitudes and factors associated with successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) knowledge transfer in an older population most likely to witness cardiac arrest: design and methodology

Author(s): Vaillancourt Christian | Grimshaw Jeremy | Brehaut Jamie | Osmond Martin | Charette Manya | Wells George | Stiell Ian
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

Practical examination of bystanders performing Basic Life Support in Germany: a prospective manikin study

Author(s): Wiese Christoph | Wilke Henryk | Bahr Jan | Graf Bernhard
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

Pre-hospital treatment of acute poisonings in Oslo

Author(s): Heyerdahl Fridtjof | Hovda Knut | Bjornaas Mari | Nore Anne | Figueiredo Jose | Ekeberg Oivind | Jacobsen Dag
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

Thematic Research network for emergency and UnScheduled Treatment (TRUST): scoping the potential

Author(s): Peconi Julie | Snooks Helen | Edwards Adrian
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

The Current Crisis in Emergency Care and the Impact on Disaster Preparedness

Author(s): Cherry Robert | Trainer Marcia
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

Emergency department physician training in Jamaica: a national public hospital survey

Author(s): Crandon Ivor | Harding Hyacinth | Cawich Shamir | Williams Eric | Williams-Johnson Jean
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

A study to derive a clinical decision rule for triage of emergency department patients with chest pain: design and methodology

Author(s): Hess Erik | Wells George | Jaffe Allan | Stiell Ian
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

Systematic review of randomized clinical trials on the use of hydroxyethyl starch for fluid management in sepsis

Author(s): Wiedermann Christian
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

An evaluation of 9-1-1 calls to assess the effectiveness of dispatch-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructions: design and methodology

Author(s): Vaillancourt Christian | Charette Manya | Stiell Ian | Wells George
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2008

Prehospital score for acute disease: a community-based observational study in Japan

Author(s): Toyoda Yasuhiro | Mastuo Yoshio | Tanaka Hiroyuki | Fujiwara Hidekazu | Takatorige Toshio | Iso Hiroyasu
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2007

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

Author(s): Kongnyuy Eugene | Ngassa Pius | Fomulu Nelson | Wiysonge Charles | Kouam Luc | Doh Anderson
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2007

Can latent heat safely warm blood? – in vitro testing of a portable prototype blood warmer

Author(s): McEwen Mark | Roxby David
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2007

National study of United States emergency department visits for acute pancreatitis, 1993–2003

Author(s): Fagenholz Peter | Castillo Carlos | Harris N Stuart | Pelletier Andrea | Camargo Carlos
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2007

Success of microvascular surgery; repair mesenteric injury and prevent short bowel syndrome: a case report

Author(s): Aydin Unal | Unalp Omer | Yazici Pinar | Guler Adem
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2007

Preparedness of emergency departments in northwest England for managing chemical incidents: a structured interview survey

Author(s): Williams Jane | Walter Darren | Challen Kirsty
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2007

A new implicit review instrument for measuring quality of care delivered to pediatric patients in the emergency department

Author(s): Dharmar Madan | Marcin James | Kuppermann Nathan | Andrada Emily | Cole Stacey | Harvey Danielle | Romano Patrick
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2007

Cost-efficiency assessment of Advanced Life Support (ALS) courses based on the comparison of advanced simulators with conventional manikins

Author(s): Iglesias-Vázquez José | Rodríguez-Núñez Antonio | Penas-Penas Mónica | Sánchez-Santos Luís | Cegarra-García Maria | Barreiro-Díaz Maria
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Year: 2007