期刊: EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL, 2022; 39 (8)
Objectives The Taiwan Triage and Acuity Scale (TTAS), developed for use in EDs, has been shown to be an excellent tool for triaging patients with high......
期刊: EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL, 2021; 38 (9)
Background Emergency medical service (EMS) personnel have high COVID-19 risk during resuscitation. The resuscitation protocol for patients with out-of......
期刊: EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL, 2021; 38 (4)
Introduction EDs are often the first line of contact with individuals infected with COVID-19 and play a key role in triage. However, there is currentl......
期刊: EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL, 2021; 38 (7)
Background It is generally recommended to keep the wrist joint mildly dorsiflexed during radial artery catheterisation. However, wrist dorsiflexion mi......
期刊: EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL, 2021; 38 (5)
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously challenged worldwide healthcare systems and limited intensive care facilities, leading to physicians co......
期刊: EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL, 2021; 38 (4)
Background Several Chinese cities have implemented dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DA-CPR), although out-of-hospital cardiac arrest......
期刊: EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL, 2021; 38 (8)
A short-cut review of the literature was carried out to examine the diagnostic test characteristics and potential patient benefits through the use of ......
期刊: EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL, 2020; 37 (4)
Objectives To carry out a meta-analysis to examine the prognostic performance of the Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis (MEDS) score in predicti......
期刊: EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL, 2020; 37 (5)
Background High-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) could improve survival of drowning victims. The purpose of the study is to assess the impa......
期刊: EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL, 2020; 37 (10)
The novel coronavirus infection broke out in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and progressed to a global pandemic. We describe the measures taken by We......
期刊: EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL, 2019; 36 (2)
Background and objectives Delayed patient admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) from the ED is common in China. Patients with severe sepsis or se......