Emergency Evidence Updates – June 2026
Other Guidance/Reports
Refreshing the paediatric emergency medicine research priorities across the UK and Ireland Emergency Medicine Journal
Wessex Paediatric Empirical Antimicrobial Prescribing Guidelines PIER
Primary Research
Prehospital
An Initiative to Reduce Ambulance Offload Delays in an Australian Emergency Department – a Time Series Analysis The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Association between arterial to end-tidal carbon dioxide gradient and prehospital hemodynamic status in patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury BMC Emergency Medicine
Association between utilisation of pre-hospital emergency services and premature discharge in Emergency Department attendances with mental health triage codes: a retrospective cohort study BMC Emergency Medicine
Effect of Compression Surfaces on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality and Clinician Fatigue Prehospital Emergency Care
Emergency Medical Services Equipment Use in the Emergency Department and Time to Care for Those With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Annals of Emergency Medicine
The impact of pre-hospital time and Glasgow Coma Scale on drowning outcome: a linked data analysis from New South Wales Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Validation of NEWS2 as a triage tool for ambulance transport requests for patients assessed by healthcare professionals BMC Emergency Medicine
General
Medical Scribe and Ambient Artificial Intelligence Impact on Emergency Physician Documentation Burden and Clinical Productivity Annals of Emergency Medicine
Psychological First Aid Self-Efficacy and Perceived Ability to Cope With Trauma Among Emergency Nurses: The Mediating Role of Mindful Self-Care Skills Journal of Emergency Nursing
Reducing Blood Culture Contamination Rates in the Emergency Department: A Nurse-Driven Quality Improvement Initiative Journal of Emergency Nursing
Safer local anaesthetic practices through multidisciplinary engagement: A pre–post intervention study Journal of Perioperative Practice
Paediatrics
Development of a novel clinical decision support tool for determining the need for whole-body computed tomography in pediatric trauma patients: the WHOLE score BMC Emergency Medicine
Easy as 1-2-3! Point-of-Care Ultrasound Estimation of Parapneumonic Effusion Size Using Intercostal Spaces in the Pediatric Emergency Department Pediatric Emergency Care
Improving Naloxone and Buprenorphine Provision in the Pediatric Emergency Department Through Education and Chief Complaint-Triggered Screening Pediatric Emergency Care
Multicenter Insights into Pediatric Extreme Leukocytosis: A 5-Year Retrospective Study Pediatric Emergency Care
Person-centred care in an age of protocols: a qualitative study of the management of medical admissions for eating disorders using the Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders guidelines Archives of Disease in Childhood
POCUS in pediatric arrest (Res-US pulse check): development and evaluation of a simulation-based curriculum Resuscitation Plus
Ultrasonography-Based Prediction of the Need for Surgical Intervention in Pediatric Intussusception Pediatric Emergency Care
Unplanned Return Visits to the Emergency Department Following Circumferential Cast Applications for Pediatric Forearm Fractures Pediatric Emergency Care
Adults
Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Versus Consultative Echocardiography to Identify Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Emergency Department Patients With Pulmonary Embolism Annals of Emergency Medicine
Agitation severity and emergency department outcomes in substance-related behavioral emergencies: a retrospective cohort study BMC Emergency Medicine
Association between the time to norepinephrine initiation and mortality in patients with sepsis Emergency Medicine Journal
Cervical Spine Immobilisation Following Stab Wounds to the Neck Is Unnecessary Emergency Medicine Australasia
Concordance between an artificial intelligence self-triage programme and physical triage Emergency Medicine Journal
Depression’s Association with Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients with Low-Risk Chest Pain The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Diagnostic discordance and differential diagnoses of community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department BMC Emergency Medicine
Droperidol for the Management of the Undifferentiated and Agitated Trauma Patient Emergency Medicine Australasia
Pain has limited predictive value for fractures following falls in older people: insight from a retrospective study BMC Emergency Medicine
Pediatric versus adult self-inflating bags for cardiopulmonary resuscitation of adult patients with cardiac arrest – a non-randomized controlled trial Resuscitation Plus
Prediction of bloodstream infection using triage variables in the emergency department: retrospective derivation and validation cohort Emergency Medicine Journal
Risk of obstructive acute kidney injury: derivation and internal validation of a risk stratification tree Emergency Medicine Journal
Safety and Analgesic Outcomes of Low-Dose Buprenorphine for Acute Pain in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Case Series. The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Same day emergency care for low back pain: quality improvement to support emergency flow and reduce unnecessary acute admissions Emergency Medicine Journal
Suspected Pulmonary Embolism Exclusion With D-Dimers in Emergency Departments: Pregnancy (SPEED-ED Pregnancy). A Retrospective Evaluation of the Pregnancy-Adapted YEARS Guideline Emergency Medicine Australasia
The Influence of Hypocalcaemia on Trauma Patients Experiencing Post-Induction Hypotension: A Retrospective Observational Study Emergency Medicine Australasia
Time-stratified HEART score discrimination and calibration in emergency chest pain: a retrospective cohort study BMC Emergency Medicine
Unrecognized Temporomandibular Joint Dislocation After Intubation, A Case Report The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Words and Language Matter: Improving Older Person’s Healthcare Outcomes Through Use of Age-Positive Language Emergency Medicine Australasia
Metadata
Summary author: Rebecca Howes
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