Multiplex lateral flow test sensitivity and specificity in detecting influenza A, B and SARS-CoV-2 in adult patients in a UK emergency department.

Background: Rapid identification of individuals with acute respiratory infections is crucial for preventing nosocomial infections. For rapid diagnosis, especially in EDs, lateral flow devices (LFDs) are a convenient, inexpensive option with a rapid turnaround. Several 'multiplex' LFDs (M-LFDs) now exist, testing for multiple pathogens from a single swab sample.

Global health and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine: a cross-sectional survey of members and fellows.

Background: There is growing interest in global health participation among emergency care doctors in the UK. The aim of this paper was to describe the demographics of members and fellows of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine involved in global health, the work they are involved in, as well as the benefits and barriers of this work.

Methods: We conducted a survey to include members and fellows of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine describing the context of their global health work, funding arrangements for global health work and perceived barriers to, and benefits of, global health work.

Beliefs and challenges held by medical staff about providing emergency care to migrants: an international systematic review and translation of findings to the UK context.

Objective: Migration has increased globally. Emergency departments (EDs) may be the first and only contact some migrants have with healthcare. Emergency care providers' (ECPs) views concerning migrant patients were examined to identify potential health disparities and enable recommendations for ED policy and practice.

An assessment of nurse-led triage at Connaught Hospital, Sierra Leone in the immediate post-Ebola period.

Introduction: Nurse-led triage, using the South African Triage Scale, was introduced to the emergency centre of the tertiary referral hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone in early 2014 prior to the Ebola epidemic. The aim of this study was to measure the effectiveness of the process now that the country has been declared free of Ebola.

Methods: The study was conducted over a five-day consecutive period in the adult emergency centre of the main government teaching hospital in December 2015.

Emergency care capacity in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a service evaluation.

Background: There is an increasing global recognition of the role of emergency medical services in improving population health. Emergency medical services remain underdeveloped in many low income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. There have been no previous evaluations of specialist emergency and critical care services in Sierra Leone.

Emergency triage, assessment and treatment at a district hospital in Malawi.

Rumphi District Hospital in Northern Malawi had no emergency triage, assessment or treatment system for the over 5 year olds. Eighty healthcare workers were trained on the South African Triage Scale, which was then implemented within a modified outpatient department. Provision of medical equipment and construction of an emergency room took place to allow early life saving treatment.