'Reference rot': a developing problem in Emergency Medicine Australasia.

Improvement in the accuracy of references in the journal Emergency Medicine Australasia.

OBJECTIVE To study any change in reference accuracy in the Australasian emergency medicine journal (now known as Emergency Medicine Australasia), in the 10 years since a previous analysis was undertaken. METHOD A sample of 100 randomly selected references was compared with the results from the previous analysis. RESULTS There was a significant reduction in the number of citations with error...

Changing my perspective: How the development of emergency medicine in Sri Lanka can inform the Australasian experience.

When compared to an Australasian ED, the two major differences in the emergency medicine practice at Teaching Hospital Karapitiya are which patients are selected at triage and how those selected present. These differences have caused me to reflect on emergency medicine practice in Australasia and wonder if this practice is sustainable.

Review article: Emergency department assessment and management of stab wounds to the neck.

A stab wound to neck is an infrequent but highly important presentation to the ED in Australasia. Injuries to the two large neurovascular bundles that are vital to life might occur with associated injuries to midline aerodigestive structures. A literature review was undertaken to discuss the assessment and management of this injury in the emergency medicine setting.

Clinical research is a priority for emergency medicine but how do we make it happen, and do it well?

Developments in international emergency medicine.

Peter Cameron, Cherri Hobgood and Terrence Mulligan Monash University, Academic Director Emergency and Trauma Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; ACEP Section for International EM, Emergency Medicine Residency, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; and Departmen...