Primary Survey: the highlights of the October 2017 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal

Summary: Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the October 2017 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, picked by Richard Body (Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK). Read the primary survey: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/633. Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: The use of whole-body computed tomography in major trauma: variations in practice in UK trauma hospitals - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/647 Non-traumatic incidental findings in patients undergoing whole-body computed tomography at initial emergency admission - emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/643 Whole body computed tomography for trauma: friend or foe? - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/635 Extreme event medicine: considerations for the organisation of out-of-hospital care during obstacle, adventure and endurance competitions http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/680 Ibuprofen versus placebo effect on acute kidney injury in ultramarathons: a randomised controlled trial - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/637 Gender, race and the presentation of acute coronary syndrome and serious cardiopulmonary diagnoses in ED patients with chest pain - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/653 Primary care services co-located with Emergency Departments across a UK region: early views on their development - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/672 <p>Read the full October issue of EMJ: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10.</p>