Accident and Emergency Department, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. OBJECTIVE--To examine the management of traumatic pneumothorax in a department where some of these injuries do not receive chest drains ...

Correspondence to: Dr Iain R S Robertson-Steel West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Millennium Point, Waterfront Business Park, Waterfront Way, Brierley Hill, West Midlands DY5 1LX; ...

1 St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, Anaesthetic Department, London, UK 2 Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London UK Correspondence to Dr Claas Siegmueller, St George's ...

Faculty of Pre-hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to: Mr K Allison Faculty of Pre-hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Nicolson ...

Correspondence to: Dr S E Kim Emergency Department, Chung-Ang University Hospital, 224-1 Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-755, Korea; emkse{at}cau.ac.kr A 32-year-old woman without a remarkable ...

Background There appears to be a paucity of studies examining the characteristics and impact of frequent users upon emergency medical services (EMS). Objective To review current primary research on ...

Correspondence to Dr Prasanthi Govindarajan, Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA; pgovinda{at}stanford.edu Background Timely management of ...

3 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Gayle Elizabeth McLelland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, PO BOx 527, ...

Background Most headache presentations to emergency departments (ED) have benign causes; however, approximately 10% will have serious pathology. International guidelines recommend that patients ...

Correspondence to Professor Yann-Erick Claessens, Department of Emergency Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, 1 avenue Pasteur BP489, Principalty of Monaco MC-98012, Monaco; ...