Porth and Matfin (2008) describe SCI as damage to the neural elements of the spinal cord. SCIs are commonly classified using the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale (Figure 1)...
Essentially the KED is a flexible mini back board that, when in position on the casualty, extends from their lower back to above their head. It also extends laterally to encompass the flanks and head,...
This literature review incorporates two principal searches. Initially the review interrogated the Ovid Medline database, with search terms including ‘extrication’, ‘movement’, ‘pre-hospital’ and...
This study was designed to examine the feasibility, and potential impacts, of introducing POC lactate measurement into pre-hospital care within NEAS. The primary objective was to evaluate the Nova...
Jackson and Nolan (2009) note that although the understanding of hypotensive resuscitation as described in the literature is clear, there are a number of discrepancies with regards to how much of...
The sudden deterioration dataset had been created previously by linking twelve months of ambulance trauma data (2002) with the Victorian State Trauma Registry (VSTR) (Boyle, 2008). The VSTR contains...
To describe current NHS practice, we mailed a questionnaire to the lead clinician of all major acute hospital emergency departments in the UK and analysed routine emergency department data from...
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