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CLEARY, MICHAEL I; ASHBY, RICHARD H; PILLAY, ROOKMANGITHAN
doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2026.1992.tb00300.xpmid: N/A
Objective: To describe an association between rugby and blunt trauma to the carotid artery.
doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2026.1992.tb00301.xpmid: N/A
Non‐traumatic headache is an unusual presenting complaint in emergency medicine, representing only 1.4% of all patients seen over 45 consecutive days at the Royal Hobart Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine.
GALVIN, G MICHAEL; JELINEK, GEORGE A
doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2026.1992.tb00302.xpmid: N/A
Seventy‐five consecutive patients attending the Emergency Department at Fremantle Hospital in status epilepticus were treated with intravenous midazolam. All seizures ceased without other therapy, after an average dose of 0.1 mg/kg midazolam. Seven percent of patients had a further seizure in the Emergency Department, a rate comparable to other anticonvulsants.
doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2026.1992.tb00303.xpmid: N/A
Since their inception, trauma scoring systems have developed to become a valuable aid in the management of traumatised patients, and in trauma audit and research. This article reviews the accepted trauma scoring methods and the attributes and weaknesses of each. Scoring systems may be useful at an individual patient, departmental and national level, with the TRISS methodology being particularly useful in national audit. The fundamental drawbacks affecting all systems are discussed along with the advances anticipated in the next few years.
doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2026.1992.tb00304.xpmid: N/A
Presenting a paper at a scientific meeting is at once challenging and anxiety‐provoking. It is also very important to us, both individually and as a developing specialty, representing our ability and willingness to contribute to medical knowledge and culture.
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