Accident and Emergency Department, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong Correspondence to: Dr Y-F Choi Medical Officer, Accident and Emergency Department, Pamela Youde Nethersole ...

Introduction Workforce issues prevail across healthcare; in emergency medicine (EM), previous work improved retention, but the staffing problem changed rather than improved. More experienced doctors ...

Correspondence to: M J Clancy, Emergency Department, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK Mr M Clancy;janice.mills{at}suht.swest.nhs.uk The fourth paper in the research ...

1 Department of Paediatrics, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Center for Medical Decision Making, Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 3 Department ...

2 Lincoln School of Health and Social Care, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK Correspondence to Professor A Niroshan Siriwardena, Faculty of Health, Life & Social Sciences, University of Lincoln, ...

Objectives Diverting patients away from the emergency department (ED) has been proposed as a solution for mitigating overcrowding. This systematic review examined the impact of interventions designed ...

Department of Management Science, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster, UK Correspondence to Professor M Pidd, Department of Management Science, Lancaster University Management School, ...

Objectives: To describe the components of an emergency and urgent care system within one health authority and to investigate ways in which patient flows and system capacity could be improved. Methods: ...

Correspondence to Dr Frits Holleman, Internal Medicine, Amsterdam UMC Locatie AMC, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands; f.holleman{at}amsterdamumc.nl Background The Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index ...

Introduction National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) is widely used to monitor and trigger assessment throughout a patient’s hospital journey. Since the development and role out of NEWS2, its ability ...

1 Specialist Registrar, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK 2 Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, UK 3 Department of Accident and Emergency ...

Correspondence to Dr Aravindan Veiraiah, NPIS Edinburgh (Scottish Poisons Information Bureau), The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK; drveiraiah{at}doctors.org.uk Objective ...