Emergency Medicine Journal

Jan 16, 2025 | emj.bmj.com | Tom Roberts |Daniel Horner

FootnotesHandling editor Ellen J WeberX @DrTomRoberts, @rcemprofContributors TR wrote the response to the editor which was further edited by DH. Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors. Competing interests TR and DH were key members of the SHED delivery team and their only competing interests were those of authors of the original study.

Jan 7, 2025 | emj.bmj.com | Robert James |Rhiannon Jones |Anthony Kelly |Simon Horne

Survey of major incident preparedness in English type 1 emergency departments Statistics from Altmetric.com Request Permissions If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

Jan 7, 2025 | emj.bmj.com | Ellen Weber |Richard Body

Healthcare DisparitiespublicationsEditorial linked to: Astin-Chamberlain R, Pott J, Cole E, et al. Sex and gender reporting in UK emergency medicine trials from 2010 to 2023: a systematic review. Emergency Medicine Journal Published Online First: 11 September 2024. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2024-214054. The under-representation of women in clinical trials has been well documented but even less appreciated is the lack of attention to potential differences in outcomes according to sex and gender.

Dec 30, 2024 | emj.bmj.com | Joanne Coster |Fiona Sampson |Rachel O'Hara |Jaqui Long

9% of ambulance clinicians felt that ED clinicians always listen and take the call seriously, always listen without interrupting and always make appropriate arrangements in the ED. There was little variation by role reported; however, student paramedics reported experiencing more interruptions on calls, while senior paramedics had the highest ratings for being listened to and taking the call seriously (see online supplemental table 4).

Dec 30, 2024 | emj.bmj.com | Louise Davidson

IntroductionIncidents involving the unexpected or uncontrolled release of hazardous chemicals create an exposure risk to the public and emergency decontamination may be required to reduce injury and prevent loss of life. Effective decontamination involves actions that reduce, remove, neutralise or inactivate contaminants,1 thereby preventing further uncontrolled spread. Due to the complexity of chemical incidents, responders must manage casualties and implement timely decontamination.