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  1. Emergency care needs renovation, not resuscitation or palliation

    Article • British Journal of Hospital Medicine, December 2023, Mark Allen Group

    Paul R Atkinson

  2. Remote Scene Size-up Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in a Simulated Mass Casualty Incident

    Article • Prehospital Emergency Care, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Aaron Soccer, Paul R Atkinson

  3. #Triage – Formal emergency department triage tools are inefficient, unfair, and they waste time and resources

    Article • Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, September 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Paul R Atkinson

  4. CJEM Debate Series: #BetterSelection – Medical school acceptance tests select the wrong doctors: We need fewer memorizers and more thinkers and communicators in modern medicine

    Article • Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, July 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Paul R Atkinson

  5. CJEM Debate Series: #PoCUS–All physicians practicing emergency medicine should be competent in the use of point-of-care ultrasound

    Article • Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, May 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Paul R Atkinson, Dr Daniel J Kim

  6. CJEM Debate Series: #ChoosingWisely – The Choosing Wisely campaign will not impact physician behaviour and choices

    Article • Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, March 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Paul R Atkinson

  7. CJEM Debate Series: #Burnout – Burnout is inevitable in clinical emergency medicine practice

    Article • Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, September 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Paul R Atkinson

  8. A comparative study of patient characteristics, opinions, and outcomes, for patients who leave the emergency department before medical assessment

    Article • Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, October 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Paul R Atkinson

  9. What Then Is Time? An Exploration of Time Perception in Emergency Medicine

    Article • Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, July 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Paul R Atkinson

  10. My patient has abdominal and flank pain: Identifying renal causes

    Article • Ultrasound, August 2015, SAGE Publications

    Paul R Atkinson

  11. My patient is injured: identifying foreign bodies with ultrasound

    Article • Ultrasound, March 2015, SAGE Publications

    Paul R Atkinson

  12. Effect of a point-of-care ultrasound protocol on the diagnostic performance of medical learners during simulated cardiorespiratory scenarios

    Article • Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, February 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Paul R Atkinson

  13. Burnout in emergency department healthcare professionals is associated with coping style: a cross-sectional survey

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, January 2015, BMJ

    Paul R Atkinson

  14. My patient has got abdominal pain: identifying biliary problems

    Article • Ultrasound, August 2014, SAGE Publications

    Paul R Atkinson

  15. Procedural sedation and analgesia for adults in the emergency department

    Article • BMJ, May 2014, BMJ

    Paul R Atkinson

  16. Detection of soft tissue foreign bodies by nurse practitioner-performed ultrasound

    Article • Critical Ultrasound Journal, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul R Atkinson

  17. Fascia iliaca block for pain relief from proximal femoral fracture in the emergency department: a review of the literature

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, January 2014, BMJ

    Paul R Atkinson

  18. My Patient is Short of Breath: Is there Pleural Fluid, and will PoCUS Help Drain it Safely?

    Article • Ultrasound, May 2013, SAGE Publications

    Paul R Atkinson

  19. Weather factors associated with paediatric croup presentations to an Australian emergency department

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, April 2013, BMJ

    Paul R Atkinson, adrian boyle

  20. Bedside Focused Echocardiography as Predictor of Survival in Cardiac Arrest Patients: A Systematic Review

    Article • Academic Emergency Medicine, October 2012, Wiley

    Paul R Atkinson

  21. The V-line: a sonographic aid for the confirmation of pleural fluid

    Article • Critical Ultrasound Journal, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul R Atkinson

  22. An evaluation of the use of whole-body computed tomography in trauma patients at a United Kingdom trauma centre

    Article • European Journal of Emergency Medicine, June 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Paul R Atkinson

  23. My patient has no blood pressure: is their heart working?

    Article • Ultrasound, January 2012, SAGE Publications

    Paul R Atkinson

  24. My patient has no blood pressure: point-of-care ultrasound in the hypotensive patient – FAST and RELIABLE

    Article • Ultrasound, January 2012, SAGE Publications

    Paul R Atkinson

  25. Emergency Department Crowding: Time for Interventions and Policy Evaluations

    Article • Emergency Medicine International, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Paul R Atkinson, adrian boyle

  26. A Method for Reviewing the Accuracy and Reliability of a Five-Level Triage Process (Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale) in a Community Emergency Department Setting: Building the Crowding Measurement Infrastructure

    Article • Emergency Medicine International, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Paul R Atkinson

  27. My Patient Has No Blood Pressure: Have They Got an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm? Point-Of-Care Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta in Hypotensive Patients

    Article • Ultrasound, October 2011, SAGE Publications

    Paul R Atkinson

  28. 262 Does Cardiac Standstill Mean We Can Stop CPR? Focused Ultrasound as Predictor of Survival in Cardiac Arrest Patients: A Systematic Review

    Article • Annals of Emergency Medicine, October 2011, Elsevier

    Paul R Atkinson

  29. My patient has no blood pressure: are they empty or full? Point-of-care ultrasound of the inferior vena cava in the hypotensive emergency department patient

    Article • Ultrasound, July 2011, SAGE Publications

    Paul R Atkinson

  30. Emergency Physician-performed Ultrasound to Diagnose Cholelithiasis: A Systematic Review

    Article • Academic Emergency Medicine, March 2011, Wiley

    Paul R Atkinson

  31. An evaluation of echo in life support (ELS): is it feasible? What does it add?

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, October 2010, BMJ

    Paul R Atkinson

  32. 294: Emergency Physician-Performed Sonography to Diagnose Cholelithiasis: A Systematic Review

    Article • Annals of Emergency Medicine, September 2010, Elsevier

    Paul R Atkinson

  33. Pain management and sedation for children in the emergency department

    Article • BMJ, October 2009, BMJ

    Paul R Atkinson

  34. Medical student emergency ultrasound: a prospective study of focused ultrasound training and assessment for aortic scanning

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, September 2009, BMJ

    Paul R Atkinson

  35. 0626: Accreditation and Emergency Ultrasound

    Article • Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, August 2009, Elsevier

    Paul R Atkinson

  36. 0704: Abdominal and Cardiac Evaluation with Sonography in Shock (ACES)

    Article • Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, August 2009, Elsevier

    Paul R Atkinson

  37. Can the Ottawa knee rule be applied to children? A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, April 2009, BMJ

    Paul R Atkinson, adrian boyle

  38. Abdominal and Cardiac Evaluation with Sonography in Shock (ACES): an approach by emergency physicians for the use of ultrasound in patients with undifferentiated hypotension

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, February 2009, BMJ

    Paul R Atkinson

  39. Emergency physician performed rapid sequence induction and system changes reduce time to intubation in critically ill emergency medicine patients

    Article • European Journal of Emergency Medicine, August 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Paul R Atkinson, adrian boyle

  40. Integrated hospital emergency care improves efficiency

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, February 2008, BMJ

    Paul R Atkinson, adrian boyle

  41. Emergency ultrasound of the abdominal aorta by UK emergency physicians: a prospective cohort study

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, August 2007, BMJ

    Paul R Atkinson, adrian boyle

  42. Is hot water immersion an effective treatment for marine envenomation?

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, July 2006, BMJ

    Paul R Atkinson, adrian boyle

  43. Should ultrasound guidance be used for central venous catheterisation in the emergency department?

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, March 2005, BMJ

    Paul R Atkinson, adrian boyle

  44. X-ray requesting patterns before and after introduction of the Ottawa Knee Rules in a UK emergency department

    Article • European Journal of Emergency Medicine, August 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Paul R Atkinson, adrian boyle

  45. Tissue adhesive with adhesive strips for wound closure

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, September 2003, BMJ

    Paul R Atkinson

  46. Use of emergency department ultrasound in the diagnosis and early management of femoral fractures

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, July 2003, BMJ

    Paul R Atkinson

  47. The value of video and telephone assistance for persons with no cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in mock resuscitations

    Article • European Journal of Emergency Medicine, March 1998, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Paul R Atkinson

  48. The value of video and telephone assistance for persons with no cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in mock resuscitations

    Article • European Journal of Emergency Medicine, March 1998, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Paul R Atkinson

  49. The value of video and telephone assistance for persons with no cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in mock resuscitations

    Article • European Journal of Emergency Medicine, March 1998, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Paul R Atkinson