HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Emergency Medicine and Surgery

Emergency Medicine and Surgery current awareness bulletin

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December 2025

Association of mortality and social deprivation index in patients undergoing emergency general surgery: results from a regional healthcare system

Blood product use in paediatric trauma: lessons from the TARN data

Did not wait patients: low-risk for admission and deterioration

Diversity of CPR manikins for basic life support education: use of manikin sex, race and body shape — a scoping review

Drivers of frequent emergency department use in socioeconomically disadvantaged older adults: a qualitative study

Drunk platelets: ethanol intoxication is associated with platelet inhibition in male trauma patients

Early clinical evaluation of a machine-learning system for risk prediction of trauma-induced coagulopathy in the prehospital setting

An evaluation of emergency general surgery 30-day readmissions: are they preventable?

‘Every day was a learning curve’: implementing COVID-19 triage protocols in UK ambulance services—a qualitative study of staff experiences

Examining disparities in management and outcomes among unhoused patients with traumatic brain injury

Feasibility of a pre-hospital virtual triage and care model: a mixed-methods pilot in emergency care

Food as a component of patient-centred care in emergency departments: preliminary findings

Frailty impacts outcomes for all older adult age groups in emergency laparotomy

High whole blood to total transfusion volume ratio and survival outcomes in patients with trauma requiring massive transfusions

“How long until I am seen, doc?” Modelling paediatric emergency department waiting times to make personalised predictions

Impact of same day emergency care services on urgent and emergency care delivery outcomes: a systematic review

In adult patients presenting to ED with severe acute pain, is intranasal ketamine as effective as intravenous opiates for pain reduction?

In-flight deterioration occurs early in aeromedical trauma patients

It’s time to engage teens in suicide prevention in the emergency department

Laparoscopic management of acute abdominal emergencies

Lignocaine liberation: reclaiming patient centred care during emergency department speculum examinations

Monoclonal antibody therapies in Alzheimer's disease: a guide for emergency physicians

A multimodal fall prevention intervention in the setting of the emergency department

National clinical assessment data of Indigenous Traveller women attending 24 Irish emergency departments, between 2018–2022, in a suicidal crisis: a sequential mixed method study

NOTICE-ED: Nurse or technician insights into cognitive evaluations in the emergency department

Patients’ perceptions on reasons for self-referring to the emergency department shortly before a cancer diagnosis: a qualitative study

Rapid cycle QI methods ensure prompt paediatric emergency care during 2022 respiratory surge

Recognising and managing functional neurological disorder in the acute healthcare setting

The ‘second shift’ in emergency medicine: strengths and barriers of the gendered double burden

Sepsis in the emergency department: a dual challenge of early management and antimicrobial stewardship

Streaming and redirection of lower acuity adult patients attending the ED: patient and staff experience

Triage of the injured older adult: a narrative review of nationwide hospital practices

What factors could create a more comfortable waiting experience for patients on emergency department ramps? A scoping review

Sources

American Journal of Surgery (Oct-Dec); BMC Infectious Diseases (Nov); British Journal of General Practice (Oct); Emergency Medicine Australasia (Oct-Dec); Emergency Medicine Journal (Oct-Nov); Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine (Sep); Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Sep); Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Aug-Sep); Surgery-Oxford (Sep)

October 2025

Acute coronary syndrome rule-out strategies in the emergency department: an observational evaluation of clinical effectiveness and current UK practice

Adult and pediatric pain management for burn injuries: a global survey of burn care providers

Are acute asthma presentations to the emergency department an opportunity for optimising long-term management? A qualitative study on beliefs and behaviours of healthcare professionals

Bacterial contamination of ultrasound probes in emergency departments: a multi-centre observational study

Bed frames for adults in acute medical or surgical hospital wards: late-stage assessment (new NICE guidance HTE33)

Characteristics and outcomes of emergency department patients who did not wait for treatment: a state-wide data linkage analysis from New South Wales Australia

Drivers of low-value diagnostic tests in emergency medicine practice: a qualitative descriptive study

Emergency department survey of vaccination knowledge, vaccination coverage, and willingness to receive vaccines in an emergency department among underserved populations — eight U.S. cities, April–December, 2024

Emergency medical service use for acute coronary syndrome in culturally and linguistically diverse immigrant populations

Emergency Medical Services response to wildfires from a public health perspective: a systematic review

Factors affecting diagnostic imaging decision-making in the emergency department during day and night shifts

First aid training for laypeople (new Cochrane intervention review)

Hepatitis C screening in emergency departments: the DETECT Hep C randomized clinical trial

How do we avoid being accused of ‘playing God’? Approaches to information provision for relatives in the era of emergency waiver of consent

Improving emergency department prescribing of anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation through an iterative quality improvement process

Improving the accuracy of emergency department clinicians in detecting SARS-COV-2 on chest X-rays using a bespoke virtual training platform

Initial clinical impressions are absent in around a quarter of adult emergency department patient consultations: let's get back to basics

Lived experience of caring for dying Muslim patients in emergency room: a phenomenological study

Multidose ondansetron after emergency visits in children with gastroenteritis

On the backseat: analyzing motorcycle passenger injuries in children

Patients discharged to police custody after paramedic evaluation: an observational cohort study

Patterns of severe burn injury in adults throughout the year

Practitioner experiences of developing and implementing two UK ED-based hospital violence intervention programmes: a process evaluation

Prehospital blood pressure in acute stroke

Prophylactic drain placement after emergency general surgery procedures? A scoping review of the literature challenging common practice

Reducing unnecessary imaging in ankle and foot trauma

Staff and referrer experiences and challenges with a new emergency department avoidance service for older people: a qualitative study

Why ultrasound is the missing piece of the puzzle in the imaging and management pathway of acute ankle injuries

Sources

American Journal of Surgery, The (Sep); BMC Medical Education (Aug); BMJ, The (Sep); Burns (Aug); Clinical Imaging (Sep-in progress); Cochrane Library (Aug-Sep); Emergency Medicine Australasia (Aug); Emergency Medicine Journal (Aug-Sep); Heart, Lung and Circulation (Aug); JAMA (Aug); Journal of Hospital Infection (Sep); Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Aug); NEJM (Jul); Omega (Aug)

August 2025

Bridging the divide: strengthening EMS decision-making for paediatric head injuries

Clinical decision instruments for predicting mortality in patients with cirrhosis seeking emergency department care

Cooling in context: consensus statement on the prehospital management of exertional heat illness for the UK Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care – see also: Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care: consensus statement on the prehospital management of exertional heat illness

Emergency department visits for medication-related events with vs without pharmacist intervention: the URGEIM randomized clinical trial

Factors influencing paramedic conveyance decisions when attending children with minor head injury: a qualitative study

Food insecurity and clinical outcomes in surgical trauma patients

Global health experience of staff working in UK emergency care: a reflexive thematic analysis

“He was not listening to hear me”: parent experiences with communication, inclusion, and marginalization in the pediatric emergency department

Head injury in older people taking anticoagulants

Identifying and profiling prearrival characteristics of avoidable emergency department visits transported by paramedics: a cohort study using linked prehospital and hospital data

Impact of an antibiotic stewardship programme in the emergency department of a secondary hospital

Optimal timing for epinephrine administration in adult patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective observational study

Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among gender-minority adolescents in the emergency department

A survey of major incident preparedness in English type 1 emergency departments

Teaching mass casualty incident management to senior medical students by three-dimensional tabletop exercise without lecture

Trends in clinical outcomes after major emergency abdominal surgery in Denmark, data from 2002-2022

Trends in paramedic-to-general practitioner referrals following the COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of a virtual emergency department: an interrupted time series analysis

Sources

Academic Emergency Medicine (Jun); BMC Medical Education (Jun); BMJ, The (Jun); Emergency Medicine Journal (Jun-Jul); Infectious Diseases Now (Jun); JAMA Internal Medicine (Jun); JAMA Surgery (May-Jun)

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