Primary Survey: the highlights of July 2018




EMJ podcast show

Summary: Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the July 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, chosen by Deputy Editor, Ian K Maconochie. Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/7/403 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Do EPs change their clinical behaviour in the hallway or when a companion is present? A cross-sectional survey - emj.bmj.com/content/35/7/406 Effects of hallway/corridor and companions on clinical encounters: a possible explanation - emj.bmj.com/content/35/7/404 Essential medicines for emergency care in Africa - emj.bmj.com/content/35/7/412 End-tidal carbon dioxide output in manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation versus active compression-decompression device during prehospital quality controlled resuscitation: a case series study - emj.bmj.com/content/35/7/428 Risk stratifying chest pain patients in the emergency department using HEART, GRACE and TIMI scores, with a single contemporary troponin result, to predict major adverse cardiac events - emj.bmj.com/content/35/7/420 <p>Read the full July issue of EMJ here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/7</p>