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Contents
Primary survey
793 Highlights from this issue
I K Maconochie
Commentary
Editor in Chief
Ellen J Weber (USA)
794 Guide to the design and review of emergency
research when it is proposed that consent and
consultation be waived
H Davies, H Shakur, A Padkin, I Roberts,
A-M Slowther, G D Perkins
Deputy Editors
Steve Goodacre
Acute Medicine (UK)
Ian Maconochie
Paediatric Emergency Medicine (UK)
Associate Editors
Teri Reynolds
Global Health (USA)
Mary Dawood
Emergency Nursing (UK)
Paul Middleton (Australia)
Prehospital Care and Resuscitation
Simon Carley
Social Media Editor (UK)
Original articles
796 The sad truth about the SADPERSONS Scale:
an evaluation of its clinical utility in
self-harm patients
K Saunders, F Brand, K Lascelles, K Hawton
799 Comparison of intubation modalities in a
simulated cardiac arrest with uninterrupted
chest compressions
N Tandon, M McCarthy, B Forehand, J N Carlson
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Volume 31 Issue 10 | EMJ October 2014
827 An evaluation of the referral process in the
emergency department
S J Croft, J Barnes, C Ginnis, R Chatters, S Mason
833 Randomised trial comparing the recording
ability of a novel, electronic emergency
documentation system with the AHA paper
cardiac arrest record
E Grigg, A Palmer, J Grigg, P Oppenheimer,
T Wu, A Roesler, B Nair, B Ross
840 Long-term pain prevalence and health-related
quality of life outcomes for patients enrolled
in a ketamine versus morphine for prehospital
traumatic pain randomised controlled trial
P A Jennings, P Cameron, S Bernard, T Walker,
D Jolley, M Fitzgerald, K Masci
Prehospital care
844 Impact of introducing a major trauma network
on a regional helicopter emergency medicine
service in the UK
C McQueen, N Crombie, G D Perkins, S Wheaton
803 THERM: the Resuscitation Management score.
A prognostic tool to identify critically ill patients
in the emergency department
G N Cattermole, E C H Liow, C A Graham,
T H Rainer
851 The 12-lead ECG in the emergency medical
service setting: how electrode placement and
paramedic gender are experienced by women
R Wallen, B Tunnage, S Wells
808 A population based study on the night-time
effect in trauma care
S D Bartolomeo, M Marino, C Ventura,
S Trombetti, R D Palma
813 Effect of elevated serum alcohol level on the
outcome of severely injured patients
M J Scheyerer, J Dütschler, A Billeter,
S M Zimmermann, K Sprengel, C M L Werner,
H-P Simmen, G A Wanner
818 Sustained health-economic effects after
reorganisation of a Swiss hospital emergency
centre: a cost comparison study
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K Eichler, S Hess, C Chmiel, K Bögli, P Sidler,
O Senn, T Rosemann, U Brügger
824 Emergency department patient knowledge
and physician communication regarding
CT scans
M D Zwank, M Leow, C P Anderson
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Volume 31 Issue 10 | EMJ October 2014
Review
SAQs
853 A systematic review of the activity and impact
of emergency care practioners in the NHS
865 Short answer question case series: a case of
upper extremity oedema
H Hill, P McMeekin, C Price
E Tzvetkova, T Jang
Best Evidence Topic Reports
PostScript
861 Towards evidence based emergency medicine:
Best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary
867 The Shark that does not bite: an Australian
rubber glove distraction technique for
distressed children
B A Foëx, J P Baombe
A Hugman, J Edwards, S Williams, D Chalkley
861 BET1: does restrictive fluid resuscitation in
penetrating chest injury affect outcome?
E Bateman
863 BET2: D-Dimer levels during normal menstrual
cycle
B A Foëx
867 Silicone ear plugs: are they safe for use?
J Hendry, J Montgomery
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