Issue 1/2009
Content (24 Articles)
Forecasting daily attendances at an emergency department to aid resource planning
Yan Sun, Bee Hoon Heng, Yian Tay Seow, Eillyne Seow
Comparison of the Airtraq® and Truview®laryngoscopes to the Macintosh laryngoscope for use by Advanced Paramedics in easy and simulated difficult intubation in manikins
Sajid Nasim, Chrisen H Maharaj, Ihsan Butt, Muhammad A Malik, John O' Donnell, Brendan D Higgins, Brian H Harte, John G Laffey
Hands-on time during cardiopulmonary resuscitation is affected by the process of teambuilding: a prospective randomised simulator-based trial
Sabina Hunziker, Franziska Tschan, Norbert K Semmer, Roger Zobrist, Martin Spychiger, Marc Breuer, Patrick R Hunziker, Stephan C Marsch
Smaller self-inflating bags produce greater guideline consistent ventilation in simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Ziad Nehme, Malcolm J Boyle
Using molecular similarity to highlight the challenges of routine immunoassay-based drug of abuse/toxicology screening in emergency medicine
Matthew D Krasowski, Anthony F Pizon, Mohamed G Siam, Spiros Giannoutsos, Manisha Iyer, Sean Ekins
Modelling optimal location for pre-hospital helicopter emergency medical services
Nadine Schuurman, Nathaniel J Bell, Randy L'Heureux, Syed M Hameed
Undergraduate medical education in emergency medical care: A nationwide survey at German medical schools
Stefan K Beckers, Arnd Timmermann, Michael P Müller, Matthias Angstwurm, Felix Walcher
Post-crash management of road traffic injury victims in Iran. Stakeholders' views on current barriers and potential facilitators
Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh, Hamid Reza Khankeh, Reza Mohammadi, Lucie Laflamme, Ali Bikmoradi, Bo JA Haglund
Comparison of the Glidescope® and Pentax AWS®laryngoscopes to the Macintosh laryngoscope for use by Advanced Paramedics in easy and simulated difficult intubation
Sajid Nasim, Chrisen H Maharaj, Muhammad A Malik, John O' Donnell, Brendan D Higgins, John G Laffey
Case reports describing treatments in the emergency medicine literature: missing and misleading information
Tiffany P Richason, Stephen M Paulson, Steven R Lowenstein, Kennon J Heard
The impact of a fast track area on quality and effectiveness outcomes: A Middle Eastern emergency department perspective
Subashnie Devkaran, Howard Parsons, Murray Van Dyke, Jonathan Drennan, Jaishen Rajah
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
Jakob L Forberg, Catarina E Hilmersson, Marcus Carlsson, Håkan Arheden, Jonas Björk, Krister Hjalte, Ulf Ekelund
Crotaline Fab antivenom appears to be effective in cases of severe North American pit viper envenomation: An integrative review
Eric J Lavonas, Tammi H Schaeffer, Jamie Kokko, Sara L Mlynarchek, Gregory M Bogdan
A survey of factors associated with the successful recognition of agonal breathing and cardiac arrest by 9-1-1 call takers: design and methodology
Christian Vaillancourt, Jan L Jensen, Jeremy Grimshaw, Jamie C Brehaut, Manya Charette, Ann Kasaboski, Martin Osmond, George A Wells, Ian G Stiell
Intracranial bleeding in patients with traumatic brain injury: A prognostic study
Pablo Perel, Ian Roberts, Omar Bouamra, Maralyn Woodford, Jane Mooney, Fiona Lecky
The nature and causes of unintended events reported at ten emergency departments
Marleen Smits, Peter P Groenewegen, Danielle RM Timmermans, Gerrit van der Wal, Cordula Wagner
Paramedic clinical decision making during high acuity emergency calls: design and methodology of a Delphi study
Jan L Jensen, Pat Croskerry, Andrew H Travers
The intuitive use of laryngeal airway tools by first year medical students
Johannes Bickenbach, Gereon Schälte, Stefan Beckers, Michael Fries, Matthias Derwall, Rolf Rossaint
Comparison of balance assessment modalities in emergency department elders: a pilot cross-sectional observational study
Jeffrey M Caterino, Rowan Karaman, Vinay Arora, Jacqueline L Martin, Brian C Hiestand
Paramedic assessment of pain in the cognitively impaired adult patient
Bill Lord
Evaluation of an algorithm for estimating a patient's life threat risk from an ambulance call
Kenji Ohshige, Chihiro Kawakami, Shunsaku Mizushima, Yoshihiro Moriwaki, Noriyuki Suzuki
Video conferencing versus telephone calls for team work across hospitals: a qualitative study on simulated emergencies
Stein R Bolle, Frank Larsen, Oddvar Hagen, Mads Gilbert
A cross-sectional study of Victorian mobile intensive care ambulance paramedics knowledge of the Valsalva manoeuvre
Gavin Smith, Malcolm J Boyle
Unique case of esophageal rupture after a fall from height
Mark van Heijl, Teun P Saltzherr, Mark I van Berge Henegouwen, J Carel Goslings