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Educating the ambulance technician, paramedic, and clinical supervisor: using factor analysis to inform the curriculum

Objectives: This project aims to use information about the desirable attributes of the ambulance technician, paramedic, and clinical supervisor to inform future curriculum development. Methods: Data ...
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The comparison of modified early warning score with rapid emergency medicine score: a prospective multicentre observational cohort study on medical and surgical patients ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Bursa Sevket Yılmaz Education and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Kayseri Education and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey 3 ...
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BET 2: Is there an association between iodine, shellfish and contrast agent allergies?

A shortcut review was carried out to establish whether having a shellfish or iodine allergy changed the risk of allergic reaction in patients receiving radiocontrast medium more than other concomitant ...
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Jackson Newberry-Dupe, Marietta R John-White, Franz E Babl, Meredith L Borland, Elyssia M Bourke, Sandra Brownlea, Paul Buntine, Brooke Charters, Mathew Coleman, Tahnee Dunlop, Olga Gaitsgory, Shane ...
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Satisfaction, burnout and intention to stay of emergency nurses in Shanghai

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 ...
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Emergency department overcrowding in the United States: an emerging threat to patient safety and public health

1 Department of Emergency Medicine and the Section of Critical Care Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Cooper Health System, ...
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The PAWS score: validation of an early warning scoring system for the initial assessment of children in the emergency department

Objective: To devise a physiology-based scoring system for assessment of children presenting to the emergency department (ED) and to validate the system retrospectively. Study design: Age-dependent ...
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Cardiac Arrest Nurse Leadership (CANLEAD) trial: a simulation-based randomised controlled trial implementation of a new cardiac arrest role to facilitate cognitive offload for ...

Correspondence to Jeremy David Pallas, Emergency Department, John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton Heights, NSW 2305, Australia; jeremy.pallas{at}health.nsw.gov.au Background Medical team leaders in ...
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Myocardial contusion: emergency investigation and diagnosis

Correspondence to: Dr P Kaye, Emergency Department, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Marlborough Street, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK Cardiac contusion is an infrequent but occasionally serious complication of ...
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Prevalence, causes and consequences of compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue in emergency care: a mixed-methods study of UK NHS Consultants

4 Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery King's College London, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Sunil Dasan, Emergency Department, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT, ...
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Current use of early warning scores in UK emergency departments

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Emergency, Barnsley, UK Correspondence to Dr James Griffiths, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Gawber Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S75 ...
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Are there differences in the relationship between respiratory rate and oxygen saturation between patients with COVID-19 and those without COVID-19? Insights from a cohort-based ...

Background Physicians have observed patients with COVID-19 without respiratory distress despite marked hypoxaemia and extensive radiographic abnormalities, a controversial phenomenon called ‘silent ...