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Primary survey
255 Highlights from this issue
M Dawood
Volume 32 Issue 4 | EMJ April 2015
301 Proper compression landmark and depth for
cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients with
pectus excavatum: a study using CT
K H Lee, K W Kim, E Y Kim, H S Kim, J H Kim,
J Cho, H J Yang
Editorial
256 A moral or an ethical issue?
M Dawood
Editor in Chief
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Acute Medicine (UK)
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Paediatric Emergency Medicine (UK)
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Y S Cha, J M Yoon, W J Jung, Y W Kim, T H Kim,
O H Kim, K C Cha, H Kim, S O Hwang, K H Lee
258 How familiar are clinician teammates in the
emergency department?
P D Patterson, A J Pfeiffer, J R Lave, M D Weaver,
K Abebe, D Krackhardt, R M Arnold, D M Yealy
Associate Editors
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Global Health (USA)
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Emergency Nursing (UK)
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Prehospital Care and Resuscitation
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304 Evaluation of usefulness of myeloperoxidase
index (MPXI) for differential diagnosis of
systemic inflammatory response syndrome
(SIRS) in the emergency department
263 Moral experience and ethical challenges
in an emergency department in Pakistan:
emergency physicians’ perspectives
Prehospital care
308 Can routinely collected ambulance data about
assaults contribute to reduction in community
violence?
B Ariel, C Weinborn, A Boyle
W Zafar
269 A novel multipatient intranasal diamorphine
spray for use in acute pain in children:
pharmacovigilance data from an
observational study
OPEN ACCESS
J Kendall, I Maconochie, I C K Wong, R Howard,
on behalf of the DIASAFE study
274 Management of Bell’s palsy in children:
an audit of current practice, review of the
literature and a proposed management
algorithm
A S Youshani, B Mehta, K Davies, H Beer, S De
281 Triaging older major trauma patients in the
emergency department: an observational study
314 Abnormal breathing of sudden cardiac
arrest victims described by laypersons and
its association with emergency medical
service dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary
resuscitation instruction
OPEN ACCESS
H Fukushima, M Imanishi, T Iwami, T Seki,
Y Kawai, K Norimoto, Y Urisono, M Hata,
K Nishio, K Saeki, N Kurumatani, K Okuchi
318 Predictive performance of universal termination
of resuscitation rules in an Asian community:
are they accurate enough?
W-C Chiang, P C-I Ko, A M Chang, S S-H Liu,
H-C Wang, C-W Yang, M-J Hsieh, S-Y Chen,
M-S Lai, M H-M Ma
W Lukin, J H Greenslade, K Chu, J Lang,
A F T Brown
287 Is there a diurnal difference in mortality of
severely injured trauma patients?
B Dybdal, C Svane, R Hesselfeldt, J Steinmetz,
A M Sørensen, L S Rasmussen
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291 An application of the learning curve–cumulative
summation test to evaluate training for
endotracheal intubation in emergency medicine
This article has been chosen by the Editor to be of special interest
or importance and is freely available online.
S Je, Y Cho, H J Choi, B Kang, T Lim, H Kang
295 Impact of a GP-led walk-in centre on NHS
emergency departments
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M Arain, M J Campbell, J P Nicholl
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Contents
Volume 32 Issue 4 | EMJ April 2015
Correction
335 Bet 2: should we use an age adjusted D-dimer
threshold in managing low risk patients with
suspected pulmonary embolism?
303 Correction
Review
324 Unscheduled return visits (URV) in adults to the
emergency department (ED): a rapid evidence
assessment policy review
C R Trivedy, M W Cooke
Short report
330 The Medical Boomerang: Will it come back?
T Jaconelli, S Crane
Images in emergency medicine
313 A rare cause for a shortened tingly finger
C I Efrimescu, A Moore, S O’Rourke, R Eager
338 Deep vein thrombosis: remember the
mechanical causes
T D Dobbs, N Aveyard, M J Bratby, P Hormbrey
C McDermott, M Sheridan, K Moore, A Gosbell
Best Evidence Topic Reports
333 Towards evidence based emergency medicine:
Best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary
S Carley
333 Bet 1: topical lignocaine patches in traumatic
rib fractures
H Williams, E Carlton
339 Cervical necrotising fasciitis with descending
mediastinitis
C-Y Hsiao, A P-H Huang
340 Cardiac arrest: an infrequent radiologic
diagnosis
A P Escoda, J H Gañan
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