title: A flying start.
abstract: The A&E Department at Warrington is a busy one, dealing with 70,000 new attenders per year with major trauma accounting for up to 2 per cent of these ( 1 ). Accordingly, trauma management has a high profile.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Noone
authors.affiliation: Warrington Hospital A&E Department.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goncalves