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acute coronary syndrome

ACS presentations via emergency services at ED increased after warning signs campaign

Sight OLO®

COVID-19 screening: Combining AI and rapid blood diagnostics during emergency care

emergency helicopter services

Increase in deliberate self-harm seen by helicopter emergency service during pandemic

albumin levels

Serum albumin independent risk factor for severe infection and mortality in COVID-19

Ccommunity-acquired pneumonia

Guideline discordant antibiotic prescribing for ED patients with severe CAP increases mortality

CTCA

Early CTCA did not alter clinical outcomes in intermediate risk patients with suspected ACS

COVID-19 vaccination

Emergency care rarely needed for breakthrough COVID-19 infections

sepsis detection

Pharmacist sepsis notification system improves patient outcomes

live videos

Adding live video altered half of medical dispatchers’ assessment of patients

emergency care

Large variation in laboratory tests for chest pain in emergency departments

delta variant

Higher risk of hospitalisation from delta COVID-19 variant

convalescent plasma

No benefit from early convalescent plasma in high-risk COVID-19 patients