Objectives Shared decision-making (SDM) is receiving increasing attention in emergency medicine because of its potential to increase patient engagement and decrease unnecessary healthcare utilisation.

Objective Despite ‘hospital resilience’ gaining prominence in recent years, it remains poorly defined. This article aims to define hospital resilience, build a preliminary conceptual framework and ...

This is the third paper on research in accident and emergency medicine. It discusses the ethical issues in emergency medicine with particular regard to informed consent and the privacy of subjects and ...

Video laryngoscopy may improve the intubation outcomes in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials ...

Correspondence to Hui Jiang, Nursing Department of Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, No.1800, Yuntai Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, 200123,China; jianghuitest{at}163.com ...

Correspondence to Dr Lia Ilona Losonczy, Department of Emergency Medicine, Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System, 1411 E. 31st Street Oakland, CA 94602, United States; lia.losonczy{at}gmail.com ...

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1 Accident and Emergency Department, Ayr Hospital, Dalmellington Road, Ayr, Scotland 2 Accident and Emergency Department, Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock Overdoses of tricyclic antidepressants are ...

4 Department of General Practice, University of Wales College of Medicine, UK 5 Pre-Hospital Emergency Research Unit, University of Wales College of Medicine Correspondence to: Dr P Bennett Bristol ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 2 Department of Intensive Care, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands ...

Background Blunt thoracic aortic injury (BTAI) is an uncommon diagnosis, usually developing as a consequence of high-impact acceleration–deceleration mechanisms. Timely diagnosis may enable early ...

2 Centre for Clinical Trials and Population Studies, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, UK 3 Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine, Royal Centre ...