‘The debate around emergency and urgent care is one of the most critical for all of us, whether we are NHS employees or not. The response we receive from our public services when we are in a crisis...
In August 2010, NICE published guidance on the management of T-LOC in adults and young people. The NICE guidance aims to ensure T-LOC patients are directed along the appropriate pathway to receive the...
‘You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life’ .
The literature search, along with a Cochrane Database search was conducted on 3 April 2015. This question in its key terms was inputted into PubMed, the British Medical Journal (BMJ), University of...
‘Legal highs’ were highlighted by the media after suspected deaths across several countries were associated with the use of mephedrone (also known as ‘meow meow’ or M-CAT), with 70 in the UK. The...
With the advent of stroke centres and the increasing use of reperfusion therapies in stroke management, the need to correctly identify strokes in a timely manner is vital in reducing subsequent...
So the dawn of another year is upon us. As I inexcusably missed last month's review I am tempted to cite an unfashionably out-of-season quip about much maligned mother-in-laws but my editorial...
Every year various themes are chosen, the theme for the 2011 to 2015 period is Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS-related deaths..
Andy Thomas, former paramedic research fellow in the RAF, and current clinical specialist, kicked the day off with his presentation on the successes of battlefield surgical airways and the possible...
Following a brief welcome from AAA national director, Clive Dickin, Hannah Sebright, AAA vice chair, outlined the challenges facing the air ambulance sector. The keynote presentation was then given by...
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