Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Jun 2019
A BRILL idea? The benefits, risks, insights, learning and limitations of an emergency airway registry in pre-hospital and retrieval medicine.
Airway management is a cornerstone of emergency care. Development of a robust evidence base to support the practice of pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia is key to the safety and evolution of this common but high-risk procedure. This paper discusses the benefits, risks, insights, learning and limitations of the use of an airway registry in pre-hospital and retrieval medicine, for both research and quality improvement purposes.
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Emerg Med Australas · Jun 2019
Patient attitudes towards analgesia and their openness to non-pharmacological methods such as acupuncture in the emergency department.
To investigate patient attitudes to analgesia, opioids and non-pharmacological analgesia, including acupuncture, in the ED. ⋯ Most patients were generally satisfied with ED analgesia and were open to non-pharmacologic analgesia including acupuncture.
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Emerg Med Australas · Jun 2019
ReviewReview article: Non-fatal strangulation: Hidden injuries, hidden risks.
Non-fatal strangulation (NFS) can be a cause of severe injury. However, the prevalence and rates of injuries from NFS are unknown, as few victims present to medical attention after strangulation. As up to 40% of fatal strangulations have no external signs, and the majority of surviving victims have few or minor injuries, finding those people severely injured remains challenging. ⋯ A search of the literature was carried out with the following terms: Nonfatal strangulation (10), Nonfatal strangulation (17), 'Strangulation injuries' (19), 'Manual strangulation' (92) - laboratory testing eliminated, and 'choking game'. The PubMed database was used first, followed by the collections of Monash University and the Strangulation Institute (as some articles were too old to find electronically). This article summarises the injuries that can occur following strangulation and discusses the quality of the evidence thus far.