Emergency medicine

Ladder-related injury imposes a significant burden on the health system

Jenny Miu PhD, MPH · Michael M Dinh MB BS, MPH · Kate Curtis RN, PhD · Zsolt J Balogh MD, PhD, FRACS

Major changes are occurring in breast surgery to help improve quality-of-life outcomes for women who survive breast cancer

Andrew J Spillane MD, FRACS

Our comprehensive national response encompasses prevention and surveillance, as well as monitoring and controlling Aedes aegypti in Australia

Chris Baggoley FACEM, BM BS, BVSc · Katrina Knope BSc, MPH · Anna Colwell MB BS(Hon), FRACGP, MPH · Jenny Firman MB BS, FRACGP

Providing data that will improve understanding of variations in practice and of their effects on patients

Heather Cleland MB BS, FRACS · John E Greenwood MD, DHlthSc, FRACS · Fiona M Wood FRACS · David J Read MB BS, FRACS · Richard Wong She MB ChB, FRACS · Peter Maitz MD, FRACS · Andrew Castley MB BS, FRACS · John G Vandervord MB BS, FRACS · Jeremy Simcock MD, FRACS · Christopher D Adams MB ChB, FRACS · Belinda J Gabbe BPhysio(Hons), MBiostat, PhD

Verbal and physical aggression affects the care of other patients, as well as staff wellbeing

Diana Egerton-Warburton MB BS, FACEM, MPH · Andrew Gosbell PhD · Angela Wadsworth BA(Hons) · Katie Moore BSocSc(Hons), BSc(Hons) · Drew B Richardson BMedSc, MB BS(Hons), FACEM · Daniel M Fatovich MB BS, FACEM, PhD

The study confirms previous international research documenting the association between frequent attendance and homelessness

Simon Quilty FRACP, MPhilPH, MB BS · Geordan Shannon BMed, MPH, DRANZCOG · Anthony Yao MB BS, BMedSc(Hons) · William Sargent MB ChB, FACEM, FCEM(UK) · Michael F McVeigh MB BS

Further analysis of surgical findings in patients who have sustained bite injuries is needed

Jeannette WC Ting MB BS, MS, DipAnat · Brian Yin Ting Yue MB BS, BMedSci, DipAnat · Howard Ho Fung Tang MB BS, BMedSci(Hons) · Alexandra Rizzitelli PhD · Ramin Shayan MB BS, PhD, FRACS(Plast) · Frank Raiola MB BS, FRACS (Plast) · Warren M Rozen MD, PhD, FRACS(Plast) · David Hunter-Smith MB BS, MPH, FRACS(Plast)

Early administration of antibiotics and aggressive fluid resuscitation improves outcomes for patients

Anthony R Burrell MB BS, FANZCA, FCICM · Mary-Louise McLaws DipTropPubHlth, MPH, PhD · Mary Fullick RN, BHlthSci(Nurs) · Rosemary B Sullivan RN, BHlthSci(Admin), MBus(HRM) · Doungkamol Sindhusake PhD, MPH, MA

Young and male: the risk of being caught under the missing toe

Theodore D Cosco PhD · James H King MB BS, MPhil, PhD

Climate change has negative health impacts: urgent mitigation is needed, and this will benefit our health

Linda A Selvey MB BS(Hon), PhD, FAFPHM

Clinicians have often been the “outsiders” in the global health discourse

Georgina A Phillips MB BS, FACEM

PADH is a rare but significant complication of artesunate treatment

Ruchir Chavada FRACP, FRCPA, MRCP · Siong H Hui MB ChB, FRACP · Sean O'Connor BMedChem(Hons), MB BS, PhD · Satoshi Akima FRACP · Iain B Gosbell FRACP, FRCPA, FASM

New liquor licensing laws were effective in their first 12 months

Gordian WO Fulde FRACS, FACEM, FRCS/RCP(A · Myles Smith MB BS · S Lesley Forster MB BS, FRACMA, FAFPHM

Can we provide a service for rural hospitals that combines the benefits of both centralised and specialist telemedicine systems?

Tim Baker MB BS(Hons), BMedSc(Hons), FACEM

Clinicians using teledermatology services must familiarise themselves with the relevant guidelines, hospital policies and privacy legislation

Anna R Finnane PhD · Greg Siller MB BS, FACD · H Peter Soyer MD

Highly-trained paramedics can initiate the pathway of care that will achieve optimal outcomes for patients

Gerard J FitzGerald MD, FACEM, FRACMA

The first reported case of severe injuries caused by an elephant in an Australian zoo

Alice M Young MB BS · Anthony P Joseph FACEM · Alicia Jackson RN

Heatwave conditions correlate with increased heat exhaustion, sunburn and contact burns in kids

Lisa Martin RN, MPubHealth · Sally A Burrows BMath, GradDipMedStat · Fiona M Wood FRACS

Alcohol-based hand sanitisers are toxic and should not be given to children to play with

Michael J Barrett MB, MRCPI · Franz E Babl MD, MPH

A summary of a position paper for Australian and New Zealand practitioners

Philip N Britton BMedSci, MB BS, FRACP · Keith Eastwood DrPH, MAppEpi, BAppSci · Bruce J Brew MB BS, MD, FRACP · Yusuf Nagree MB BS, FACEM, MBA(E) · Cheryl A Jones MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP

Party drugs are not always what they claim to be

David S McCutcheon MB BS, FACEM · Francois J Oosthuizen BSc(Hons), MSc,PhD · Kerry A Hoggett MB BS, GCertClinTox, FACEM · Daniel M Fatovich MB BS, FACEM, PhD

Assessment is lengthy, costly and consumes significant resources

Louise Cullen MB BS, FACEM · Jaimi Greenslade PhD · Katharina Merollini MSocEconomics, PhD · Nicholas Graves PhD · Christopher J K Hammett BHB, MB ChB, MD · Tracey Hawkins BHealthSc(nursing) · Martin P Than FRCS(Ed), FFAEM · Anthony F T Brown FRCP, FACEM, FRCEM · Christopher B Huang MB BS · Seyed E Panahi BMedSc, BSc(Hons) · Emily Dalton BSc, BN · William A Parsonage DM, MRCP, FRACP

GPs, inevitably involved in disasters, should be appropriately engaged in response and recovery systems

Penelope L Burns BMed, MPHTM · Peter J Aitken MB BS, FACEM, EMDM · Beverley Raphael MB BS, MD, FRANZCP

Use of diversionary devices, such as the flash-bang grenades used in the Sydney siege, comes with risks to vision and hearing

Annette K Hoskin BOptom, MBA · Marcus D Atlas MB BS, FRACS · David A Mackey MD, FRANZCO

A reduced rate of breastfeeding after breast augmentation highlights a need for support

Christine L Roberts MB BS, FAFPHM, DrPH · Amanda J Ampt DipAppSc, MHIM, PostGradDipClinEp · Charles S Algert MPH · Mark S Sywak MB BS, MMedSc(ClinEpi), FRACS · Jian Sheng C Chen MStats, MPH, PhD