Vol 3, No 1 (2005)

Table of Contents

Editorial

Aftermath of the tsunami on Black Sunday (December 26th 2004)
Prathap Tharyan
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Research

Pre-hospital paramedic administration of Ceftriaxone for suspected meningococcal septicaemia in Victoria, Australia
Tony Walker
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Prehospital Administration of Benzyl Penicillin by Paramedics in the UK
Mark Cooke
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Injury occurrences at a Mass Gathering Event
Kathryn Zeitz, Chris Zeitz, Claudia Kadow-Griffin
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Review

Theories of clinical judgment and decision-making: A review of the theoretical literature
Ramon Shaban
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Review of the evidence for prehospital administration of benzyl penicillin in meningococcal septicaemia – experience in Queensland
Vivienne Tippett, Richard Bonham
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Clinician's Corner

The effective application of cricoid pressure
Cindy Hein, Harry Owen
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Sodium bicarbonate in the treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Jason Bendall
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Conference Review

XII Cochrane Colloquium: "Bridging the Gaps" Ottawa, Canada, October 2-6, 2004
Erin Smith
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Book Review

‘Need to know: Meningitis’. Routh, Kristina (2004). London, Heinemann Library, Harcourt Education Ltd.
Karen Drescher
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‘The Australian Immunisation Handbook 8th Edition’. National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Government. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia; 2003.
Ramon Shaban, Elizabeth Forster
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‘Infection Control in the Community’. Chief Editors – Jean Lawrence and Dee May. New York: Churchill-Livingstone; 2003.
Ramon Shaban
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Media Review

Centre for Disease Control and Prevention [Website Review]
Emma Brandenburg
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Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Advanced Provider Course
Jason Bendall, Brian Parsell
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