Background Extreme weather events due to human activities have significantly increased the frequency and severity of hydrological disasters like floods, impacting human health and healthcare systems ...

Correspondence to Dr Zhongheng Zhang, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; zh_zhang1984{at}zju.edu.cn ...

Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic, Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation, Temple, Texas, USA and The Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, College Station, Texas, ...

Ultrasound is widely used in the US and continental Europe in the immediate assessment of patients after blunt abdominal trauma. There are also now other recognised “primary” indications for ...

Are there differences in low-acuity emergency department visits between culturally and linguistically diverse migrants and people with English-speaking background: a population-based linkage study of ...

Respiratory Medicine, Salford Royal Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust, Salford, UK Dr B R O’Driscoll, Respiratory Medicine, Hope Hospital, Salford M6 8HD, UK; ronan.o'driscoll{at}srft.nhs.uk Background: ...

Accident and Emergency Department, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, UK Correspondence to: Dr M J Donald Accident and Emergency Department, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD19SY UK ...

1 Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK 2 NIHR Biomedical Research Unit for Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, UK 3 Department of Vascular ...

2 School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Science, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia Correspondence to: Dr M Ziman School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Science, Edith Cowan University, ...

Correspondence to Professor Eugene M Cassidy, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Science, University College Cork, Acute Mental Health Unit, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Ireland; eugene ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 3 Department of Medicine, ...

Victims of near hanging are being increasingly seen in accident and emergency (A&E) department. This paper reports on seven cases of near hanging seen over four years in a district general hospital.