Summary: Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the June 2017 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, starting with T-MACS, ROC curves, the demand for mental health care in emergency medicine, pain scales for children and more. Read the primary survey here: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/6/347 Details of the papers mentioned on this podcast can be found below: Troponin-only Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (T-MACS) decision aid: single biomarker re-derivation and external validation in three cohorts - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/6/349 What is an ROC curve? - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/6/357 A systematic review of management strategies for children’s mental health care in the emergency department: update on evidence and recommendations for clinical practice and research - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/6/376 The Royal College of Emergency Medicine composite pain scale for children: level of inter-rater agreement - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/6/360 Emergency department syndromic surveillance to investigate the health impact and factors associated with alcohol intoxication in Reunion Island - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/6/386 Violence-related ambulance call-outs in the North West of England: a cross-sectional analysis of nature, extent and relationships to temporal, celebratory and sporting events - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/6/364 <p>Read the full June issue here: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/6?current-issue=y</p>
