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Emergency Medicine Journal Press Releases
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- 19 March 2003 - Warm weather drives up numbers of children requiring emergency care
- 15 May 2003 - Almost a third of road users fail to notice approach of emergency ambulances
- 15 May 2003 - Scottish mountain rescue teams need better medical training
- 4 September 2003 - “Unacceptable level” of bacterial contamination in Welsh ambulances
- 4 September 2003 - Female victims of domestic violence 75 times more likely to self harm
- 4 September 2003 - Emergency medicine has reached crisis point round the world
- 20 November 2003 - Sledging is more dangerous than children (or parents) think
- 1 March 2004 - One in three women seeking emergency medical care have been victims of domestic violence
- 24 April 2004 - Ketamine safe and effective for use in children
- 21 October 2004 - “Mad” honey food poisoning
- 21 April 2005 - Trusts perform better on chemical incidents but protective suits and tents still imperfect
- 21 April 2005 - Better referral training for emergency doctors helps improve patient care
- 22 September 2005 - Changing patient profile signals rising emergency care waits for seriously ill patients
- 17 November 2005 - Illegal drug use could account for 1 million visits a year to emergency care in England
- 22 May 2006 - Falls at home among elderly cost ambulance service £145 each time
- 17 August 2006 - UK hospitals poorly prepared for a “major incident” say researchers
- 17 August 2006 - 100% plus increase in illegal blood alcohol levels in emergency care patients over five years
- 21 September 2006 - “Egg on your face” may be more dangerous than you think
- 22 March 2007 - 80% of ambulance control room staff experience verbal abuse
- 22 March 2007 - Patients don’t understand difference between walk-in centres and traditional emergency care
- 19 June 2007 - Severe human bite wounds are 12 times more common in men
- 19 July 2007 - UK licensing law changes have trebled overnight alcohol related visits to emergency care
- 21 August 2007 - Longer ambulance journeys boost death risk for seriously ill patients
- 21 August 2007 - UK junior doctors gaining less experience of common procedures
- 24 December 2008 - Excessive police violence evident in emergency care cases, say US doctors
- 1 May 2009 - Morale boosters for frontline staff essential during pandemic
- 21 May 2009 - Ambulance phone triage system misses more than 50% of stroke patients
