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Why do We put cervical collars on conscious Trauma patients? (2009)
Journal Article
Benger, J., & Blackham, J. (2009). Why do We put cervical collars on conscious Trauma patients?. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 17(1), 1757-7241. https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-17-44

In this commentary we argue that fully alert, stable and co-operative trauma patients do not require the application of a semi-rigid cervical collar, even if they are suspected of underlying cervical spine fracture, unless their conscious level deter... Read More about Why do We put cervical collars on conscious Trauma patients?.

Clinical and cost effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in the management of musculoskeletal soft tissue injuries (2009)
Presentation / Conference
McClellan, C., Cramp, F. (., Powell, J., & Benger, J. (2009, September). Clinical and cost effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in the management of musculoskeletal soft tissue injuries. Paper presented at Scientific Conference of the College of Emergency Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK

Family witnessed resuscitation: The views and preferences of recently resuscitated hospital inpatients, compared to matched controls without the experience of resuscitation survival (2009)
Journal Article
Albarran, J., Moule, P., Benger, J., McMahon-Parkes, K., & Lockyer, L. (2009). Family witnessed resuscitation: The views and preferences of recently resuscitated hospital inpatients, compared to matched controls without the experience of resuscitation survival. Resuscitation, 80(9), 1070-1073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.05.020

Aim of the study: To compare the preferences of patients who survived resuscitation with those admitted as emergency cases about whether family members should be present during resuscitation. Methods: We used a case control design and recruited, from... Read More about Family witnessed resuscitation: The views and preferences of recently resuscitated hospital inpatients, compared to matched controls without the experience of resuscitation survival.

Mobile pods: technology to support the delivery of community-based urgent care (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Hignett, S., Jones, A., & Benger, J. (2009, August). Mobile pods: technology to support the delivery of community-based urgent care. Paper presented at 17th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Beijing, China

This paper reports a qualitative project to define the design requirements for portable and mobile technologies to support the delivery of community-based urgent care through the clinical activities of Emergency Care Practitioners. A series of iterat... Read More about Mobile pods: technology to support the delivery of community-based urgent care.

The views and preferences of resuscitated and non-resuscitated patients towards family-witnessed resuscitation: A qualitative study (2009)
Journal Article
Mcmahon-Parkes, K., Moule, P., Benger, J., & Albarran, J. (2009). The views and preferences of resuscitated and non-resuscitated patients towards family-witnessed resuscitation: A qualitative study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46(2), 220-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.08.007

BACKGROUND: A number of international studies have explored the views of family members and healthcare professionals on the concept of family witnessed resuscitation. However, the perspective and preferences of patients have been under-researched. OB... Read More about The views and preferences of resuscitated and non-resuscitated patients towards family-witnessed resuscitation: A qualitative study.

Elbow extension test to rule out elbow fracture: Multicentre, prospective validation and observational study of diagnostic accuracy in adults and children (2009)
Journal Article
Reuben, A., Appelboam, A., Beech, F., Lloyd, G., Higginson, I., Vickery, J., …Benger, J. (2009). Elbow extension test to rule out elbow fracture: Multicentre, prospective validation and observational study of diagnostic accuracy in adults and children. BMJ, 338(7685), 31-33. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a2428

Objective: To determine whether full elbow extension as assessed by the elbow extension test can be used in routine clinical practice to rule out bony injury in patients presenting with elbow injury. Design: Adults: multicentre prospective interventi... Read More about Elbow extension test to rule out elbow fracture: Multicentre, prospective validation and observational study of diagnostic accuracy in adults and children.

Clearing' the cervical spine in conscious trauma patients (2009)
Journal Article
Blackham, J., & Benger, J. (2009). Clearing' the cervical spine in conscious trauma patients. Trauma, 11(2), 93-109. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460408608101856

This is a systematic review of published evidence regarding management of the cervical spine in conscious and co-operative trauma patients. We examine the literature in the following sections: clinical evaluation of the cervical spine; use of plain r... Read More about Clearing' the cervical spine in conscious trauma patients.

Door to relocation time for dislocated hip prosthesis: Multicentre comparison of emergency department procedural sedation versus theatre-based general anaesthesia (2009)
Journal Article
Gagg, J., Jones, L., Shingler, G., Bothma, N., Simpkins, H., Gill, S., …Lloyd, G. (2009). Door to relocation time for dislocated hip prosthesis: Multicentre comparison of emergency department procedural sedation versus theatre-based general anaesthesia. Emergency Medicine Journal, 26(1), 39-40. https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2008.057737

Background: Dislocation of a hip prosthesis is a painful event which has an incidence of 4% for primary total hip arthroplasty. Relocation is traditionally performed under general anaesthesia in the operating theatre, but relocation using sedation in... Read More about Door to relocation time for dislocated hip prosthesis: Multicentre comparison of emergency department procedural sedation versus theatre-based general anaesthesia.

Paediatric distal radial fracture manipulation: Multicentre analysis of process times (2009)
Journal Article
Maclean, A., Archer, E., Lloyd, G., Jones, L., Mitchell, L., Middleton, S., & Benger, J. (2009). Paediatric distal radial fracture manipulation: Multicentre analysis of process times. Emergency Medicine Journal, 26(1), 41-42. https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2007.057208

Background: Children with simple radial fractures requiring manipulation are conventionally admitted for manipulation under general anaesthesia. On the assumption that children (and their parents) wish to spend as little time in hospital as possible,... Read More about Paediatric distal radial fracture manipulation: Multicentre analysis of process times.