Simon Carley discusses the March's issue of EMJ. The highlights include cricoid pressure, pain, measuring weight, ambulances and the h-index.

The discussed papers are as follows:

Put pressure on the cricoid pressure - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/3/128

Effect of cricoid pressure on laryngeal view during prehospital tracheal intubation: a propensity-based analysis - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/3/132

What is propensity score modelling? - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/3/129

An ED paradox: patients who arrive by ambulance and then leave without consulting an ED provider - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/3/151

An assessment of the accuracy of a novel weight estimation device for children - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/3/163

Analysis of h-index and other bibliometric markers of productivity and repercussion of a selected sample of worldwide emergency medicine researchers - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/3/175

A comparison of pain assessment by physicians, parents and children in an outpatient setting http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/3/138

Read the full issue here: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/3