Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate patient knowledge of the acetaminophen (paracetamol) content of commonly used pain medications and the maximum daily recommended dose of acetaminophen.

1 Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Army Forces Hualien General Hospital, Hualien, ...

Objective Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) improves survival and neurological outcomes. Nonetheless, many OHCA patients do not receive ...

3 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Gayle Elizabeth McLelland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, PO BOx 527, ...

2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey 3 Department of Internal Medicine, Kocaeli Universtiy, Kocaeli, Turkey Correspondence to: Dr S Yanturali Dokuz Eylul ...

Aims, Objectives and Background The climate crisis is the biggest health threat facing humanity and healthcare accounts for approximately 5% of the UK’s carbon footprint. To address this, the NHS has ...

Olanzapine postinjection delirium/sedation syndrome after long-acting olanzapine depot injection presenting to the emergency department: practical guidelines for diagnosis and management ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, Devon, UK 2 Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Correspondence to: A Appelboam Department of ...

Gas gangrene is a rare condition, usually associated with contaminated traumatic injuries. It carries a high rate of mortality and morbidity. A number of studies have implicated non-traumatic gas ...

Correspondence to Dr Emilie J Calvello Hynes, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; emilie.calvellohynes{at}ucdenver.edu Objectives ...

Introduction COVID-19 has an unpredictable clinical course, so prognostic biomarkers would be invaluable when triaging patients on admission to hospital. Many biomarkers have been suggested using ...

Correspondence to: Dr J Wright, Accident and Emergency Department, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UK; john.wright{at}nuth.northy.nhs.uk Carbon monoxide is ...