Emergency Medicine Journal

Article	Citations
Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound of the posterior fatpad in elbow fractures	133
Drivers of low-value diagnostic tests in emergency medicine practice: a qualitative descriptive study	59
Clinical guidelines: what drives local adoption?	47
1583 Impact of digital technology in care homes on Emergency Department attendances	44
Contact with emergency departments and hospitals in England before suicide death: a retrospective cohort study	41
Gaza: providing emergency care under fire	35
Balanced crystalloids (RInger’s lactate) versus normal Saline in adults with diabetic Ketoacidosis in the Emergency Department (BRISK-ED): a pilot randomised controlled trial	30
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	30
1482 Prognostic accuracy of triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19 in a middle-income setting	27
EP12 Using electronic patient record (EPR) routine data to inform decisions about which ambulance stations should participate in randomised controlled trials	26
OP07 On the effectiveness and costs of inhaled methoxyflurane versus usual analgesia for prehospital injury and trauma	25
EP11 Using machine learning to recover unrecorded prehospital data	24
04 Improving the prehospital identification and management of people presenting to the ambulance service with COVID 19 symptoms	24
06 Speak to me: a literature review examining the participation of people living with dementia during healthcare interactions	23
Highlight from this issue	22
05 Co-design of a logic model describing components, mechanisms of change and expected impacts of case management for people who frequently call ambulance services	20
Towards evidence-based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary	20
BET 2: Is the use of long-acting neuromuscular blocking agents for intubation associated with reduced provision of postintubation sedation?	20
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	18
PP16 A whole health care system review of the effects from changes to pre-hospital emergency care pathways during the COVID-19 pandemic	18
Highlights from this issue	17
OP08 Levels and sources of stress reported by first year paramedic students associated with their first ambulance placement	17
PP41 British columbia emergency health services assess, see treat and refer palliative clinical pathway	17
Determining the top research priorities in UK prehospital critical care: a modified Delphi study	16
PP15 Association between admission to a cardiac centre and survival to hospital discharge for adults following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	16

Incidence of cardiovascular symptoms and adverse events following self-reported acute cannabis intoxication at the emergency department: a retrospective study	16
Comparison of intravenous paracetamol (acetaminophen) to intravenously or intramuscularly administered non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or opioids for patients presenting with moderate t	16
EP10 The impact of introducing real time feedback on ventilation rate and volume by ambulance clinicians in the North East in a simulated cardiac arrest scenario: the VANZ study	16
Paediatric acute non-traumatic limp presenting to the emergency department: a retrospective observational study	15
1527 Venous thromboprophylaxis in ambulatory emergency department patients managed with lower limb immobilization. A national survey	15
Geriatric clinical screening tool for cervical spine injury after ground-level falls	15
Abstracts from international Emergency Medicine journals	15
Adherence to protective measures among healthcare workers in the UK: a cross-sectional study	15
1739 Improving the management of paediatric angulated upper limb fractures in the emergency department	14
1347 Systematic review of the effectiveness of advocacy interventions for adult victims of domestic violence within an emergency department setting	14
1358 The association between major trauma centre care and outcomes of adult patients injured by low falls in England and Wales	14
1755 The differential determinants of delivering prehospital emergency anaesthesia within 45-minutes of the 999-call – a multi-centre, retrospective observational study	13
1475 Derivation of a tool to predict mortality in a population of frequent attenders to an inner city emergency department	13
1754 A thematic analysis of Twitter posts pre and post-publication of CRASH-3 trial results using Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy. Examining how social media theories impact knowledge translation	12
1767 A survey to define the pre-hospital blood resuscitation practices of UK Air Ambulances	12
1473 In patients with chest pain suspicious for ACS, is arrival by emergency ambulance associated with increased likelihood of myocardial infarction?	12
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	12
925 Management of older major trauma patients: the impact on mortality since implementation of dedicated guidelines	11
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	11
Towards evidence-based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary	11
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	11
780 Treatment of life-threatening digoxin toxicity with digoxin immune fab antibody: findings from the UK DigiFab®patient registry	11
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	11
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	11
OP07 Barriers to telephone-assisted CPR: results of a qualitative study of UK call-handlers	10
752 External validation of a novel TRIP (Cast) score to identify patients at risk of venous thromboembolism after temporary immobilisation for lower limb injury	10
797 Diurnal trends in medical student first responder availability and demand	10
784 The landscape of paediatric procedural sedation in UK & Irish emergency departments; a PERUKI study	10
766 How emergency physicians make their careers sustainable on the shop-floor and away from it: results from an ethnographic and interview-based study	10
PP36 Empathy and conscious vicarious pain in emergency ambulance workers	10
775 Assessment of headache in the emergency department to rule out subarachnoid haemorrhage: a systematic review of diagnostic accuracy	10
1023 Improving diagnosis and appropriate specialty referral with a syncope pathway	10
PP25 Activities and experiences of medical student first responders: a mixed methods study	9
Epidemiology and outcomes of patients with cardiac arrest in the emergency department of a lower middle-income country	9
Teenager with a skin dimple at the shoulder after fall injury	9
Recurrent calf pain after sport activity	9
Refreshing the emergency medicine research priorities	9
A child with rare post-traumatic bilateral shoulder deformities	9
Early prediction of serious infections in febrile infants incorporating heart rate variability in an emergency department: a pilot study	9
Culture of safety in an adult and paediatric emergency department before and after the COVID-19 pandemic	9
Elderly man with periumbilical and lower extremity ecchymosis	9
1032 Mobile phones for homeless patients in the emergency department, a lifeline to connect with vital support services during the COVID-19 pandemic	9
Delayed admission of patients with hip fracture from the emergency department is associated with an increased mortality risk and increased length of hospital stay	9
A 43-year-old man with neck pain and fever	8
Prognostic accuracy of emergency department triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19: the PRIEST observational cohort study	8
Man with odynophagia	8
Frailty is associated with 30-day mortality: a multicentre study of Swedish emergency departments	8
Management and outcome of oncological patients under immune checkpoint inhibitors presenting at the emergency department	8
Emergency medicine: sacrificed to the frontline?	8
UK multisite evaluation of the impact of clinical educators in EDs from a learner’s perspective	8

Well-being interventions for emergency department staff: ‘necessary’ but ‘inadequate’ – a phenomenographic study	7
Modelling STEMI service delivery: a proof of concept study	7
Implementation of a nurse-led alternate care site for the management of the surge of patients with COVID-19 in an Italian emergency department	7
Journal update monthly top five	7
Variation in ambulance pre-alert process and practice: cross-sectional survey of ambulance clinicians	7
Systematic review of medical student willingness to volunteer and preparedness for pandemics and disasters	7
Journal update monthly top five	7
Journal Update	7
Outcomes of repeat X-rays of the chest recommended by radiology of patients discharged from the emergency department	7
Potential of heart fatty-acid binding protein, neurofilament light, interleukin-10 and S100 calcium-binding protein B in the acute diagnostics and severity assessment of traumatic brain injury	7
RCEM best practice guideline: suspected cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome in emergency departments	7
Healthcare professional views about a prehospital redirection pathway for stroke thrombectomy: a multiphase deductive qualitative study	7
Emergency department frequent attenders: big data insights for a big and complex problem	7
Sociodemographic and clinical factors, visit expectations and driving factors for emergency department attendance for uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infection	7
To prescribe or not to prescribe for paediatric sore throat: a retrospective cohort study comparing clinician-led antibiotic prescriptions to FeverPAIN and Centor scoring in a tertiary paediatric emer	7
Which low urgent triaged febrile children are suitable for a fast track? An observational European study	7
Sono case series: a 65-year-old man with right eye vision loss	7
Non-urgent emergency department attendances in children: a retrospective observational analysis	7
Telephone triage of young adults with chest pain: population analysis of NHS24 calls in Scottish unscheduled care	6
Time-critical telephone conversations in the emergency department: lessons learnt from a pilot educational project to improve communication skills over the telephone in response to the COVID-19 global	6
Woman with epigastric pain and dyspnoea	6
Adaptation of ED design layout during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national cross-sectional survey	6
Cervical spine movements during laryngoscopy and orotracheal intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Views of emergency care providers in providing healthcare for asylum seekers and refugees	6
Easy come, easy go? Time to change our approach to staff retention in emergency medicine	6
To reduce or not to reduce?	6
Study of prehospital video telehealth for callers with mental health-related complaints	6
Spot diagnosis	6
Feasibility of prehospital identification of non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction by ECG, troponin and echocardiography	6
Investigation into the predictive capability for mortality and the trigger points of the National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) in emergency department patients	6
Comparative analysis of major incident triage tools in children: a UK population-based analysis	6
Early clinical outcome prediction based on the initial National Early Warning Score + Lactate (News+L) Score among adult emergency department patients	5
Comparison of deliberate self-harm incidents attended by Helicopter Emergency Medical Services before and during the first wave of COVID-19 in the East of England	5
Association between major trauma centre care and outcomes of adult patients injured by low falls in England and Wales	5
Why so hypoxic?	5
Outcomes of paediatric patients who are not transported to hospital by Emergency Medical Services: a data linkage study	5
Role of hospital strain in determining outcomes for people hospitalised with COVID-19 in England	5
Pain induced by investigations and procedures commonly administered to older adults in the emergency department: a prospective cohort study	5
Impact of pharmacist interventions provided in the emergency department on quality use of medicines: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Feasibility of using a community pharmacist within a Children’s Emergency Department	5
Optimising ambulance conveyance rates and staff costs by adjusting proportions of rapid-response vehicles and dual-crewed ambulances: an economic decision analytical modelling study	5
Association between triage level and outcomes at Médecins Sans Frontières trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, 2015	5
Non-invasive assessment of fluid responsiveness to guide fluid therapy in patients with sepsis in the emergency department: a prospective cohort study	5
Community emergency medicine throughout the UK and Ireland: a comparison of current national activity	5
“You may think that the consultants are great, and they know everything, but they don’t”: exploring how new emergency medicine consultants experience uncertainty	5
Population-level impact of a pulse oximetry remote monitoring programme on mortality and healthcare utilisation in the people with COVID-19 in England: a national analysis using a stepped wedge design	5
Journal update monthly top five	4
Predictors of adverse outcomes in elders hospitalised for isolated orthopaedic trauma: a multicentre cohort study	4
Mortality and risk factors associated with misdiagnosis of acute aortic syndrome in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study	4
Older woman with chest pain	4
Point-of-care ultrasound-guided versus standard reduction of displaced distal radius fractures in the emergency department: a randomised controlled clinical trial	4
An elderly man with chronic poor appetite	4
Increasing the use of anxiolysis and analgesia for paediatric procedures in a community emergency department network: a quality improvement initiative	4
Preclinical testing of expired antivenoms and its uses in real-world experience: a systematic review	4
Effect of intranasal sufentanil on acute post-traumatic pain in the emergency department: a randomised controlled trial	4
Addressing biases in alcohol testing for trauma patients: what is the solution?	4
Man with shortness of breath and pulmonary consolidation	4
Man with swollen arm	4
Best Evidence Topic report: does blood group type O decrease the risk of severe COVID-19 infection?	4
How did the use of ED change during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the UK? An observational study	4
Black and white: how good are clinicians at diagnosing elbow injuries from paediatric elbow radiographs alone?	4
Association of the COVID-19 pandemic with bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in North Taiwan	4
Best evidence topic report: are portable handheld fundus cameras effective in diagnosing diabetic retinopathy in emergency settings?	4
No safe harbour: triage nurses as targets	4
How could online NHS 111 reduce demand for the telephone NHS 111 service? Qualitative study of user and staff views	4
Hospital-administered ECPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: an observational cohort study	4
Differences in the thermal properties and surface temperature of prehospital antihypothermia devices: an in vitro study	4
Sudden-onset flank pain	4
Multi-institutional intervention to improve patient perception of physician empathy in emergency care	4
Haematoma block is the most efficient technique for closed forearm fracture reduction: a retrospective cohort study	4
Point-of-care testing for tetanus immunity: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Correspondence on 'Methocarbamol versus diazepam in acute low back pain in the emergency department: a randomised double-blind clinical trial' by Sharifiet al	4
Performance of 21 Early Warning System scores in predicting in-hospital deterioration among undifferentiated admitted patients managed by ambulance services	4
Journal update monthly top five	4
Use of the National Early Warning Score for predicting deterioration of patients with acute pulmonary embolism: a post-hoc analysis of the YEARS Study	4
A green evidence base to drive environmentally sustainable practice	4
Primary survey:Highlights from this issue	4
Journal update monthly top five	4
EP10 Community first responders‘ contribution to rural emergency medical service provision in the UK	3
SNAPTIMED study: does the Scottish and Newcastle Antiemetic Protocol achieve timely intervention and management from the emergency department to discharge for paracetamol poisoning?	3

PP29 Aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and wellbeing of patients with thalassemia major in Pakistan: a qualitative study	3
Rates of perceived medical errors and its correlation with work-related factors and personal distress among emergency physicians in China: a national cross-sectional study	3
Sex and gender reporting in UK emergency medicine trials from 2010 to 2023: a systematic review	3
PP26 Exploring the use of pre-hospital pre-alerts and their impact on patients, ambulance service and emergency department staff: protocol for a mixed methods study	3
Emergency medicine patient wait time multivariable prediction models: a multicentre derivation and validation study	3
A qualitative study exploring the experiences of advanced clinical practitioner training in emergency care in the South West of England, United Kingdom	3
Emergency medicine advanced clinical practitioners: an English workforce census	3
Reproducibility of the Manchester Triage System: a multicentre vignette study	3
Starting anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in the emergency department safely	3
Understanding cardiac arrest dispatch of physician-paramedic critical care prehospital teams: a survey-based evaluation	3
Girl with non-traumatic painful and swollen ring finger	3
Designing, implementing and evaluating multidisciplinary healthcare training programmes in the wartime humanitarian context of Ukraine	3
Journal update monthly top five	3
Journal update monthly top five	3
OP08 A feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of a paramedic-administered breathlessness management intervention for acute-on-chronic breathlessness (BREATHE): study findings	3
Optimal timing for the Modified Early Warning Score for prediction of short-term critical illness in the acute care chain: a prospective observational study	3
PP35 Predictors and effects of prehospital feedback: protocol for a mixed-methods diary study	3
Factors associated with longer wait times, admission and reattendances in older patients attending emergency departments: an analysis of linked healthcare data	3
Use of emergency services in response to a flood: an account of the aftermath of the May 2023 flood in Romagna, Italy	3
PP27 NHS 111 staff and user views of online NHS 111: a useful adjunct to the NHS 111 telephone service	3
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	3
Exploring the refusal of first-aid instructions during emergency calls: an exploratory analysis of dispatchers' feedback	3
Multicentre prospective observational study to evaluate healthcare impacts of e-scooters on emergency departments	3
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	3
Response to: The rSIG for trauma: one size fits all?	3
Well-being interventions alone won’t heal	3
Recurrent abdominal pain in a 7-year-old girl	3
Global health experience of staff working in UK emergency care: a reflexive thematic analysis	3
A handy point-of-care ultrasound	3
Journal update monthly top five	3
Letter to the editor regarding ‘subarachnoid haemorrhage in the emergency department (SHED): a prospective, observational, multicentre cohort study’	3
Multiple rib fractures: does flail chest matter?	3
03 Home truths and long lies? Ambulance calls to fallen patients in residential care facilities within an English clinical commissioning group	3
Incidence and impact of incivility in paramedicine: a qualitative study	3
PP45 ‘Every day was a learning curve’: the experience of implementing COVID-19 triage protocols in UK ambulance services – a qualitative study	3
Evaluating the utility of Rapid Response EEG in emergency care	3
Understanding pre-hospital blood transfusion decision-making for injured patients: an interview study	3
PP23 Improving CPR quality by the innovative use of a CPR quality officer: a simulation randomised control trial	3
A negative non-contrast CT is insufficient to exclude a cerebellar infarct	3
PP30 Comparing on-scene times and conveyance rates in medical, traumatic and psychiatric presentations to the ambulance service	3
Association between the number of prehospital defibrillation attempts and a sustained return of spontaneous circulation: a retrospective, multicentre, registry-based study	3
Diagnostic accuracy of tongue coating in identifying acute appendicitis: a prospective cohort study	3
A man with fever and rash	3
1107 Real-world deployment of point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 testing in the emergency department admission pathway can support the safe, accurate and rapid diagnosis of COVID-19	3
Sterile versus non-sterile gloves for traumatic wounds in the ED	3
Tranexamic acid for neck of femur fractures in the emergency department	3
Who to escalate during a pandemic? A retrospective observational study about decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK	3
Who should get the scarce ICU bed? The US public’s view on triage in the time of COVID-19	3
Why is pain management so difficult in the Emergency Department? A systematic mixed studies review and thematic synthesis of staff perceptions of enablers and barriers to pain management within the Em	3
PP37 Examining the potential for uncontrolled organ donation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Canada – a sub analysis of the canROC registry	3
781 Drone delivered defibrillators (The 3D Project): a simulation study	2
Towards evidence-based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary	2
Accessing mechanical thrombectomy treatment for stroke in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: the importance of the emergency pathway	2
Journal update monthly top five	2
Man with progressive dyspnoea	2
Point-of-care ultrasound for foreign bodies	2
PP27 Features of emergency medical system calls that facilitate or inhibit call-taker recognition that a patient is in, or at risk of, cardiac arrest: a systematic mixed studies review	2
1704 Feasibility of implementing a 0–2 troponin algorithm in routine clinical practice	2
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	2
867 Prognostic accuracy of triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19 in a pre-hospital setting: an observational cohort study	2
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for patients with COVID-19	2
750 Is higher-level trauma centre care associated with better outcomes in patients injured by low-energy trauma? A systematic review	2
1148 Harnessing a student network to support validation of the patient reported experience measure for over 65s attending the ED (PREM-ED 65+): Initial findings from a novel collaborative project	2
PP34 The experiences and attitudes of ambulance staff towards the counter-terrorism ‘PREVENT’ training: a survey-based service evaluation	2
Abstracts from international Emergency Medicine journals	2
PP23 Accuracy of emergency medical services (EMS) telephone triage in identifying acute coronary syndrome (ACS) for chest pain patients. A systematic review abstract	2
PP18 Is there provider induced demand at emergency departments with primary care services? Patient, local and wider system factors described to influence demand for primary care in emergency departmen	2
Derivation and validation of a risk-stratification model for patients with probable or proven COVID-19 in EDs: the revised HOME-CoV score	2
Developing an implementation intervention for managing acute vertigo in the emergency department	2
Can acutely ill patients predict their outcomes? A scoping review	2
Retention of doctors in emergency medicine: a scoping review of the academic literature	2
Cardiovascular complications of prehospital emergency anaesthesia in patients with return of spontaneous circulation following medical cardiac arrest: a retrospective comparison of ketamine-based and	2
Abstracts from internationalEmergency Medicine Journals	2
What should be documented for an anterior shoulder dislocation? A Delphi study	2
1074 Ottawa Ankle rules cannot be safely used to rule out ankle fractures in patients who present ≥10 days post-injury	2
PP14 An investigation of ambulance clinical recommendations for the management of obstetric emergencies in Australia and New Zealand	2
Abstracts from International Emergency Medicine Journals	2
819 What can you teach in 15 minutes? A pilot study of ‘just-in-time’ teaching in a paediatric emergency department	2
PP19 Primary care streaming in emergency departments- contexts and mechanisms associated with perceived effectiveness outcomes: a realist evaluation	2
PP32 Airway management of cardiac and respiratory arrest patients in the pre-hospital environment	2
Healthcare system impacts of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing: evidence from a national trauma registry patient case series and hospital performance data	2
Electronic cigarettes: beneficial for smoking cessation but harmful to public health?	2
Bright red ear	2
Ultrasound Directed Reduction of Colles’ type distal radial fractures in ED (UDiReCT): a feasibility randomised controlled trial	2
Primary survey: highlights from this issue	2
Adolescent with painful swallowing	2
1428 What influences decisions and predicts transfer of older care-home residents to the emergency department? A synthesis of qualitative reviews and systematic review	2
Diagnostic accuracy of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza antigen test in Omicron age in hospital emergency department: real-life analysis during 2023	2
Abstracts from International Emergency Medicine Journals	2
Subarachnoid haemorrhage in the emergency department (SHED): a prospective, observational, multicentre cohort study	2
787 Evaluation of the role of anal tone and perianal sensation examination in the assessment of suspected cauda equina syndrome	2
BET 1: Ruling out cerebellar infarct in the emergency department with CT scan	2
Emergency department management of older people living with frailty: a guide for emergency practitioners	2
Trends and projections in fall death in the Netherlands from 1990 to 2045	2
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	2