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How far is too far? Exploring the perceptions of the professions on their current and future roles in emergency care
Background and aims: How far is too far? Recent government policy and demographic growth have led to role changes within the professions in emergency care. Healthcare professionals have extended and ...
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Effect of teleradiology upon pattern of transfer of head injured patients from a rural general hospital to a neurosurgical referral centre: follow-up study
Introduction The optimal management strategy for patients with head injury admitted to a non-specialist hospital is uncertain. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of victims of head ...
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Emergency department noise: mental activation or mental stress?
Correspondence to Dr Lindy-Lee Folscher, Division of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Gauteng, South Africa, P.O. Box 1889, Heidelberg 1438, ...
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What are the highest priorities for research in emergency prehospital care?
Centre for Health Information, Research and Evaluation, Institute of Life Science, School of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK If you wish to reuse any or all ...
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What determines diagnostic resource consumption in emergency medicine: patients, physicians or context?
Objectives A major cause for concern about increasing ED visits is that ED care is expensive. Recent research suggests that ED resource consumption is affected by patients’ health status, varies ...
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Use of an admission early warning score to predict patient morbidity and mortality and treatment success
Dr J D Groarke, Department of Medicine, St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, Ireland; johngroarke1{at}eircom.net Background: Early warning scores (EWS) are used to identify physiological deterioration in ...