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Designing a research project: randomised controlled trials and their principles

The sixth paper in this series discusses the design and principles of randomised controlled trials. This paper discusses various key features of RCT design, with particular emphasis on the validity of ...
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The evolution of the emergency care practitioner role in England: experiences and impact

1 Health Services Research, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK 2 Sheffield Health Economics Group, School of Health and Related Research, University of ...
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The electrocardiographic differential diagnosis of ST segment depression

The importance of the electrocardiographic differential diagnosis of ST segment depression in patients presenting with acute chest pain is discussed.
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Admission avoidance and early discharge of acute hospital admissions: an accident and emergency based scheme

Objectives—To validate an accident and emergency (A&E) based approach to assisting early discharge or avoiding admission to acute hospital beds by means of two separate teams, one in hospital and the ...
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Capillary versus venous bedside blood glucose estimations

Emergency Department, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Haydown Road, Elizabeth Vale 5112, South Australia Correspondence to: Dr R Boyd Emergency Department, Lyell McEwin ...
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Current Issue

Response to: Correspondence on ‘Comparison of the effects of vapocoolant spray and topical anaesthetic cream (lidocaine-prilocaine) on pain of intravenous cannulation: a randomised controlled trial’ ...
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Case based learning—a review of the literature: is there scope for this educational paradigm in prehospital education?

This paper discusses the findings of a literature review of case based learning (CBL) from a multidisciplinary health science education perspective and attempts to draw comparisons with the available ...
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STOP!: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the efficacy and safety of methoxyflurane for the treatment of acute pain

1 DREEAM: Department of Research and Education in Emergency Medicine, Acute Medicine and Major Trauma, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK 2 Emergency Department, Royal Victoria ...
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127 Fascia iliaca block in the emergency department-a quality improvement project, queen elizabeth hospital Birmingham

Methods/Design Data collection identified the number of blocks administered to those presenting with fractured neck of femur in November 2019. Documentation and post-procedure monitoring were ...
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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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Public perception towards bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Objective Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) improves survival and neurological outcomes. Nonetheless, many OHCA patients do not receive ...
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Impact of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign on the recognition and management of severe sepsis in the emergency department: are we failing?

4 Good Hope Hospital, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK 5 Heartlands Hospital, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to Dr Helen Lindsay Cronshaw, ...