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Emergency medicine

Lessons from practice

Sore throat: a trivial complaint masking a life-threatening condition

Sébastien Anguille, Aurélie M Derweduwen, Jeroen Lenz, Luc Vanuytsel and Frank J Cools

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 454-456 Free

Access block

Myths versus facts in emergency department overcrowding and hospital access block

Drew B Richardson and David Mountain

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 369-374 Free

Book reviews

Toxicology Australian style

Mark Little

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 391

Access block

Access block: it’s all about available beds

Daniel M Fatovich, Geoff Hughes and Sally M McCarthy

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 362-363

Access block

Access block can be managed

Peter A Cameron, Anthony P Joseph and Sally M McCarthy

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 364-368 Free

Snapshot

Valsalva retinopathy induced by vigorous nightclub dancing

Henri Sueke

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (6): 333 Free

Research

The medical and retrieval costs of road crashes in rural and remote northern Queensland, 2004–2007: findings from the Rural and Remote Road Safety Study

Teresa M O’Connor, Heather A Hanks, Mark S Elcock, Richard C Turner and Craig Veitch

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 54-56 Free

The Whole Wide World

World Youth Day 2008: did it stress Sydney hospitals?

Myles W H Smith, Gordian W O Fulde and Patricia M Hendry

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (11): 630-632 Free

The Whole Wide World

Blessings in disguise: public health emergency preparedness for World Youth Day 2008

Jan Fizzell and Paul K Armstrong

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (11): 633-636 Free

Editorials

Victoria’s trauma care system: national implications for quality improvement

Francis T McDermott and Stephen M Cordner

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 540-542

Research

Frequent attenders at emergency departments: a linked-data population study of adult patients

George A Jelinek, Moyez Jiwa, Nicholas P Gibson and Ann-Maree Lynch

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 552-556 Free

Snapshot

Ooh — bet that hurt

Robert J Douglas

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 524 Free

Research

Improving access to acute stroke therapies: a controlled trial of organised pre-hospital and emergency care

Debbie A Quain, Mark W Parsons, Allan R Loudfoot, Neil J Spratt, Malcolm K Evans, Michelle L Russell, Angela T Royan, Andrea G Moore, Ferdinand Miteff, Carolyn J Hullick, John Attia, Patrick McElduff and Christopher R Levi

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 429-433 Free

Editorials

Subspecialisation in surgery and the continuing challenge of providing emergency surgery services

Ian R Gough

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (7): 358-359

Letters

Bicycle handlebar injuries in Western Australia: from imprints to abdominal wall hernias

Parshotam K Gera, Andrew P Barker, Ian Gollow, Jillian Orford, Sue Wicks and Liz Whan

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 295

Letters

Comparison of crystalline methamphetamine (“ice”) users and other patients with toxicology-related problems presenting to a hospital emergency department

Paul I Dargan and David M Wood

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (4): 234

Medical education

Development of the Australian Core Competencies in Musculoskeletal Basic and Clinical Science project — phase 1

Mellick J Chehade and Aleksander Bachorski

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 162-165 Free

Redefining Roles

Getting back into the emergency department: diversifying general practice while relieving emergency medicine workforce shortages

Simon M Willcock

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (2): 113-114 Free

Corrections

Bystander basic life support: an important link in the chain of survival for children suffering a drowning or near-drowning episode

Jeanette Marchant, Nicholas G Cheng, Lawrence T Lam, Fiona E Fahy, S V Soundappan, Danny T Cass and Gary J Browne

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 56

Editorials

Clinical stroke guidelines: where to now?

Craig S Anderson

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 4-5

Research

Outcomes of patients with transient ischaemic attack after hospital admission or discharge from the emergency department

Elias E Kehdi, Dennis J Cordato, Peter R Thomas, Roy G Beran, Cecilia Cappelen-Smith, Neil C Griffith, Ibrahim Y Hanna, Alan J McDougall, John M Worthington and Suzanne J Hodgkinson

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 9-12 Free

Research

The increasing problem of motorcycle injuries in children and adolescents

Catherine A Bevan, Franz E Babl, Penny Bolt and Lisa N Sharwood

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 17-20 Free

Research

Impact of an ultrabroadband emergency department telemedicine system on the care of acutely ill patients and clinicians’ work

Johanna I Westbrook, Enrico W Coiera, Michelle Brear, Stuart Stapleton, Marilyn I Rob, Monique Murphy and Patrick Cregan

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 704-708 Free

Letters

A food “lifeboat”: food and nutrition considerations in the event of a pandemic or other catastrophe

Craig B Dalton, Michelle A Cretikos and David N Durrheim

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 679

Letters

A food “lifeboat”: food and nutrition considerations in the event of a pandemic or other catastrophe

Jennie C Brand-Miller, Jennifer McArthur and Anna Haug

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 679