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Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Rachel Neilan MSc
Welcome to BMC Emergency Medicine published by BioMed Central
BMC Emergency Medicine is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of emergency medicine, trauma, and
pre-hospital care.
BMC Emergency Medicine (ISSN 1471-227X) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
BMC Emergency Medicine 2009, 9 :21
A computer algorithm which inputs clinical parameters provided by ambulance staff can assess a patient's life threat risk at the moment of the emergency call with moderate accuracy and may help improve emergency responses.
BMC Emergency Medicine 2009, 9 :18
Untrained people can use laryngeal airway devices in a simulated emergency setting effectively after a two-hour theoretical and practical skill course, suggesting incorporating such devices into Basic Life Support training is feasible.
BMC Emergency Medicine 2009, 9 :16
Unintended events in emergency departments (ED), which can result in sub-standard patient care, often have their root cause in human error or other hospital departments, suggesting that better collaboration could improve patient safety.
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Evaluation of an algorithm for estimating a patient's life threat risk from an ambulance call Kenji Ohshige, Chihiro Kawakami, Shunsaku Mizushima, Yoshihiro Moriwaki, Noriyuki Suzuki BMC Emergency Medicine 2009, 9 :21 (21 October 2009) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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