Primary Survey: the highlights of July 2018

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

Read the full July issue of EMJ here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/7