Background Severe sepsis is likely to account for around 37 000 deaths annually in the UK. Five years after the international Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) care bundles were published, care ...

Background The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3) defines sepsis as a life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection.

Correspondence to: Mr A Heward London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, 220 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8SD, UK; andy.hewardlond-amb.nhs.uk Background: Cardiac arrest is the most widely recognised ...

4 Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Prahran, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Dr G Smith, Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Monash ...

Application of Step-by-Step and Paediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) Clinical Decision Aids in the management of young febrile infants in a UK cohort ...

Correspondence to Dr Brian H Rowe, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, 1G1.42 Walter C. Mackenzie Centre, 8440-112 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7; ...

Dear editor, We read with great interest the review entitled ‘Paracetamol vs other analgesia in adult patients with minor musculoskeletal injuries: a systematic review’,1 published in the Emergency ...

Objectives & Background Since ‘legal highs' emerged as drugs of abuse in the UK, Emergency Physicians have battled to keep up with the latest drug craze. Whilst many of these drugs present with ...

Objectives & Background Dabigatran, an oral thrombin inhibitor, is widely used for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. Idarucizumab, a monoclonal antibody fragment directed against dabigatran, ...

Objective To compare the effectiveness of paracetamol, hyoscine butylbromide and the combination of paracetamol plus hyoscine butylbromide (paracetamol + hyoscine butylbromide) in the management of ...

Introduction For a patient nearing the end of his or her life, transfer from a nursing home to the ED can be inappropriate, with potentially negative consequences, but transfer in these circumstances ...

Objective—To compare functional outcome in patients with acute grade 1 or 2 (mild to moderate) lateral ankle sprains randomised to treatment with or without a double tubigrip bandage (DTG).