Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2019
Letter Case ReportsThoracic crush fractures: A sign of unrecognised hypoglycaemia.
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2019
Analysis of agriculture-related life-threatening injuries presenting to emergency departments of rural generalist hospitals in Southern Queensland.
Agricultural industries are among the most dangerous in Australia posing significant public health risks. This study analyses the nature and management of agriculture-related injuries presenting to EDs in selected hospitals in Southern Queensland. ⋯ Agricultural injuries are a significant group of primary care presentations to rural hospitals and training and resourcing for rural hospitals should reflect this. A better understanding of common injury types can lead to efficient allocation of available resources in rural hospitals and potentially improve ED practices. The delay in presentation must be considered in response planning both by farmers and hospital EDs.
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2019
Can pre-hospital administration reduce time to initial antibiotic therapy in septic patients?
To quantify the potential time saved with pre-hospital antibiotic therapy in sepsis. ⋯ ARISE patients in Victoria were frequently identified pre-hospital. An opportunity exists to study the feasibility of pre-hospital antibiotic therapy.
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2019
Paediatric acute care: Highlights from the Paediatric Acute Care-Advanced Paediatric Life Support Conference, Hobart, 2018.
The Paediatric Acute Care Conference (PACC) is an annual conference organised by APLS Australia to advance paediatric acute care topics for clinicians in pre-hospital medicine, EDs, acute paediatrics, intensive care and anaesthesia. The PACC 2018 was held in Hobart, Tasmania. We provide a summary of some of the presentations.
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2019
ReviewReview article: Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patient presentations to the emergency department via police: A scoping review.
People brought in by police (BIBP) to the ED are a potentially vulnerable group. This narrative scoping review aimed to identify, evaluate and summarise current literature regarding the frequency of presentation, demographic and clinical profile of patients (including reason for presentation), care delivery, and outcomes for people BIBP to the ED, and identify current gaps in knowledge. The review involved searching EMBASE, CINAHL and PubMed using a combination of terms: emergency/ED coupled with police custody/watch house or police presentation, for papers published in English language from January 2006 to November 2017. ⋯ The nature of care provided in the ED and outcomes of the acute episode of care were typically not well described. Limited research regarding people BIBP to the ED limits the ability to comprehensively understand their demographic and clinical profile and outcomes of emergency care. Further research is required to inform if and where in the patient's journey further improvements may be targeted.