Emergency examination authorities in Queensland, Australia.

Objective: In Queensland, where a person experiences a major disturbance in their mental capacity, and is at risk of serious harm to self and others, an emergency examination authority (EEA) authorises Queensland Police Service (QPS) and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) to detain and transport the person to an ED. In the ED, further detention for up to 12 h is authorised to allow the examination to be completed. Little published information describes these critical patient encounters.

Meeting the wellness needs of emergency department clinicians: A scoping review of interventions.

Background: Emergency Departments are stressful work environments that can adversely affect clinicians' wellbeing. The purpose of this scoping review was to report wellness interventions evaluated in Emergency Departments and clinicians' experience of these interventions.

Methods: Five data bases were searched using a modification of Arksey and O'Malley's framework.

Ketamine for rapid sequence induction in patients with head injury in the emergency department.

Objective: To examine the evidence regarding the use of ketamine for induction of anaesthesia in patients with head injury in the ED.

Method: A literature review using the key words ketamine, head injury and intracranial pressure.

Results: Advice from early literature guiding against the use of ketamine in head injury has been met with widespread acceptance, as reflected by current practice.