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. 1995 Mar 11;310(6980):642–645. doi: 10.1136/bmj.310.6980.642

Teaching in accident and emergency medicine: 10 commandments of accident and emergency radiology.

R Touquet 1, P Driscoll 1, D Nicholson 1
PMCID: PMC2549014  PMID: 7661941

Abstract

One of the many attractions of accident and emergency medicine is the wide and varied opportunities it provides for education. This is because of the acute nature of the work, which necessitates prompt and accurate decision making. However, in many instances the decisions have to be made by inexperienced senior house officers. Departments therefore need a safe system of practice that can be remembered and adhered to under stress. The 10 commandments is one such system for analysing emergency radiographs of all the regions of the body. This system lays down guidelines to protect both staff and hospitals from the inevitable mistakes that inexperienced doctors will make.

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