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Men who are heavy drinkers and homeless for long periods of time have 400 times the number of head injuries as the general population, according to a new study by researchers who said they were shocked by their findings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-statistics-injuries-people-homeless.html Health Thu, 16 May 2013 13:12:18 EST news287928725 (HealthDay)—An inflated hospital glove is a useful distraction for children with acute injury, with more children preferring the face drawn "Jedward" style, with the digits representing hair made to look like the distinctive hairdo of Irish pop duo Jedward, according to a short report published online April 29 in the Emergency Medicine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-glove-balloon-distraction-children-er.html Health Mon, 13 May 2013 12:43:15 EST news287667710 Every one degree fall in outside air temperature during the winter corresponds to a drop in ambulance response time of more than 1 per cent, reveals research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-degree-fall-winter-air-temperature.html Health Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:30:02 EST news281206647 Patients admitted to hospital as emergencies on public holidays are significantly more likely to die than those admitted on other days of the week - including weekends - indicates research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-emergency-admissions-death-toll-significantly.html Health Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:30:04 EST news278184062 Obese drivers are significantly more likely to die in a road traffic collision than people of normal weight, indicates US research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-obese-die-car-weight-drivers.html Health Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:30:01 EST news278007660 Snakebite injuries account for around two phone queries every week to the UK National Poisons Information Service, indicates an audit published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-queries-week-uk-poisons-snakebites.html Health Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:30:02 EST news275158160 While general pediatricians and pediatric emergency physicians value their role in concussion management, a study of their self-reported knowledge, practices and attitudes points to the need for improved concussion-specific training and infrastructure to support optimal patient care. The study, released today in the journal Pediatrics, served as a catalyst for The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to create a new "medical home" model for managing pediatric and adolescent concussion. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-survey-er-docs-pediatricians-highlights.html Pediatrics Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:20:01 EST news271871609 There is "substantial variation" in the stocks of essential antidotes used to treat various types of life threatening poisoning incidents in UK acute hospitals, finds research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-substantial-variation-stocks-essential-antidotes.html Other Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:30:02 EST news263660781 Alcohol may be involved in up to 640,000 hospital admissions and nearly 2 million visits to emergency care departments in England and Wales every year, suggests research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-alcohol-involved-hospital-admissions-england.html Health Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:30:01 EST news259418069 The ambulance service response to emergency calls for elderly falls patients varies widely across the UK, reveals research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-wide-variation-emergency-response-elderly.html Health Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:06:50 EST news252039992 A study by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London and Barts and The London NHS Trust proves that HGVs pose the greatest risk of death and serious injury to cyclists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-trauma-cyclists-city-streets.html Health Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:56:20 EST news250163742 Disco Science is better than no music at all at helping to deliver the required number of chest compressions (CPR) to save a heart attack victim's life before s/he gets to hospital, reveals research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-disco-good-cpr-towel-musical.html Cardiology Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:22:03 EST news239516514 The number of children taken to emergency care departments with common medical problems has risen sharply over the past decade, reveals a study published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-surge-parents-kids-common-medical.html Health Mon, 23 May 2011 18:45:12 EST news225395092 More than four fifths of children who turn up at emergency departments with head injuries in the UK are seen in hospitals which would have to transfer them if the injury was serious, reveals a study published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-children-injuries-hospitals-equipped.html Health Mon, 23 May 2011 18:44:31 EST news225395050