Background Physician-based prehospital teams provide advanced critical care services in the UK (eg, prehospital anaesthesia). The last review of such teams in 2009, which included England, Wales and ...

Background Previous studies have indicated that crowding within the emergency department (ED) is associated with longer lengths of stay in the ED and higher mortality. Boarding, the time patients ...

Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a complex and heterogenous condition characterised by abnormal neurological symptoms that are linked to structural and functional alterations in widely ...

Advanced vascular access skills are an essential component of all critical care specialty curricula. However, common femoral artery (CFA) cannulation and sheath insertion has thus far not been ...

The management of patients suspected, but not confirmed, as being poisoned is challenging. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine and National Poisons Information Service have produced this guidance ...

Background People presenting to the ED with acute severe headache often undergo investigation to exclude subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). International guidelines propose that brain imaging within 6 ...

Background Several current guidelines do not include antiplatelet use as an explicit indication for CT scan of the head following head injury. The impact of individual antiplatelet agent use on rates ...

Background Supporting people to quit smoking is one of the most powerful interventions to improve health. The Emergency Department (ED) represents a potentially valuable opportunity to deliver a ...

Correspondence to Dr Colette Galet, Department of Surgery, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; colette-galet{at}uiowa.edu Background A consistent approach to ...

Correspondence to Anna J M Verbeek, Department of Emergency Medicine, Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep, Alkmaar 1815 JD, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands; ajm.verbeek{at}nwz.nl Background E-bike usage is ...

Correspondence to Dr Silvia Bressan, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova 35128, Italy; silviabress{at}gmail.com Background Intravenous (IV) peripheral access is ...

Background Birth before arrival at hospital (BBA) is associated with unfavourable perinatal outcomes and increased mortality. An important risk factor for mortality following BBA is hypothermia, and ...