Self-assessment exercises in pre-hospital emergency trauma careS Leigh-Smith
J R Army Med Corps 149:64-9. 2003
Carbon monoxide poisoning from a cooking stove in a tentSimon Leigh-Smith
Emergency Medicine, Institute of Naval Medicine, Monckton House Alverstoke, Gosport Hants, UK
Am J Emerg Med 23:205-8. 2005
Atlas: standard diagnostic tests for an unusual fractureS Leigh-Smith
Defence Medical Services, Gosport, UK
Emerg Med J 22:225-6. 2005
..The diagnosis of this injury emphasises the importance of simple clinical decision instruments, and systematic interpretation of investigations...
Tension pneumothorax--time for a re-think?S Leigh-Smith
Defence Medical Services, UK
Emerg Med J 22:8-16. 2005
..This review examines the present understanding of tension pneumothorax and produces recommendations for improving the diagnostic and treatment decision process...
Does pan diameter influence carbon monoxide levels during heating of water to boiling point with a camping stove?Simon Leigh-Smith
Defence Medical Services, UK
Wilderness Environ Med 15:171-4. 2004
..The hypothesis was that increasing pan diameter increases CO concentration because of greater flame dispersal and a larger flame...
Comparison of carbon monoxide levels during heating of ice and water to boiling point with a camping stoveSimon Leigh-Smith
Defence Medical Services, UK
Wilderness Environ Med 15:164-70. 2004
..The hypothesis was that ice would cause greater CO concentration because of its greater flame-cooling effect and, consequently, more incomplete combustion...
Carbon monoxide poisoning in tents--a reviewSimon Leigh-Smith
Defence Medical Services, United Kingdom
Wilderness Environ Med 15:157-63. 2004
..Three original articles were impossible to obtain but have been cited to assist others seeking to find them. Other data and articles were obtained from the Ministry of Defence but are unpublished for security reasons...
Preparing for the MRCSEd (A&E)S J Leigh-Smith
Accident and Emergency Medicine
J R Army Med Corps 149:330-4. 2003
Blood boostingS Leigh-Smith
Defence Medical Services, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Br J Sports Med 38:99-101. 2004
..It also considers whether or not this particular performance enhancement technique is a thing of the past or a continuing form of abuse among athletes...
Tension pneumothorax: eyes may be more diagnostic than earsS Leigh-Smith
Defence Medical Services, UK
Emerg Med J 20:495-6. 2003
..Many features that are taught as "classic" of tension pneumothorax were absent but various other clinical signs were present to aid the diagnosis, and these are reviewed...
Tension pneumothorax and the "forbidden CXR"R McRoberts
Emergency Department, The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK
Emerg Med J 22:597-8. 2005
..It provides further evidence challenging some of the doctrine on how to treat suspected tension pneumothorax...
Indications for thoracic needle decompressionSimon Leigh-Smith
Defence Medical Services, United Kingdom
J Trauma 63:1403-4. 2007
Tension pneumothorax in asthmaSimon Leigh-Smith
Resuscitation 69:525-7. 2006
European Resuscitation Council guidelines for resuscitation--ruling out tension pneumothorax in cardiac arrestSimon Leigh-Smith
Resuscitation 71:395; author reply 395-6. 2006