Audit of the functional preparedness of the selected military hospital in response to incidents and disasters: participatory action research
Since hospitals play an important role in dealing with disaster victims, this study was conducted to audit the functional preparedness of the selected military hospital in response to incidents and disasters. (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - October 13, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Esmail Heidaranlu, Mehdi Amiri, Mohammad Mehdi Salaree, Forogh Sarhangi, Yaser Saeed and Asghar Tavan Tags: Research Source Type: research
Outcomes improvement despite continuous visits of severely injured patients during the COVID-19 outbreak: experience at a regional trauma centre in South Korea
Understanding the changes in characteristics of patients who visited trauma centres during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is important to facilitate aneffective response. This retrospective s... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - October 6, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Sooyeon Kang, Ji Eun Park, Ji Wool Ko, Myoung Jun Kim, Young Un Choi, Hongjin Shim, Keum Seok Bae and Kwangmin Kim Tags: Research Source Type: research
The association between age and vital signs documentation of trauma patients in prehospital settings: analysis of a nationwide database in Japan
Emergency medical service (EMS) providers are the first medical professionals to make contact with patients in an emergency. However, the frequency of care by EMS providers for severely injured children is lim... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - October 4, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mafumi Shinohara, Takashi Muguruma, Chiaki Toida, Masayasu Gakumazawa, Takeru Abe and Ichiro Takeuchi Tags: Research Source Type: research
Management of oesophageal foreign bodies in children: a 10-year retrospective analysis from a tertiary care center
Oesophageal foreign bodies (EFBs) are a common emergency issue in paediatrics, and few studies have revealed its clinical features and treatment methods. We conducted this retrospective study to provide our 10... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - October 4, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Guo Xu, Yong-chao Chen, Jing Chen, De-sheng Jia, Ze-bin Wu and Lan Li Tags: Research Source Type: research
Characteristics and comparison between e-scooters and bicycle-related trauma: a multicentre cross-sectional analysis of data from a road collision registry
Urban mobility has drastically evolved over the last decade and micromobility rapidly became an expanding segment of contemporary daily transportation routines. E-scooter riders and bicyclists may share simila... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - September 29, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Axel Benhamed, Amaury Gossiome, Amina Ndiaye and Karim Tazarourte Tags: Research article Source Type: research
The effect of an on-site trauma surgeon during resuscitations of severely injured patients
Although the timely involvement of trauma surgeons is widely accepted as standard care in a trauma center, there is an ongoing debate regarding the value of an on-site attending trauma surgeon compared to an o... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - September 28, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Oscar E. C. van Maarseveen, Wietske H. W. Ham and Loek P. H. Leenen Tags: Research Source Type: research
Paramedic attitudes towards prehospital spinal care: a cross-sectional survey
The optimal application of spinal motion restriction (SMR) in the prehospital setting continues to be debated. Few studies have examined how changing guidelines have been received and interpreted by emergency ... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - September 20, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil McDonald, Dean Kriellaars and Rob T. Pryce Tags: Research Source Type: research
Variation of in-hospital trauma team staffing: new resuscitation, new team
Non-technical errors, such as insufficient communication or leadership, are a major cause of medical failures during trauma resuscitation. Research on staffing variation among trauma teams on teamwork is still... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - September 15, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Oscar E. C. van Maarseveen, Roel L. N. Huijsmans, Luke P. H. Leenen and Wietske H. W. Ham Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Factors associated with EMS on-scene time and its regional difference in road traffic injuries: a population-based observational study
The outcome of road traffic injury (RTI) is determined by duration of prehospital time, patient ’s demographics, and the type of injury and its mechanism. During the emergency medical service (EMS) prehospital ... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - September 15, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Shingo Ito, Hideki Asai, Yasuyuki Kawai, Shunji Suto, Sachiko Ohta and Hidetada Fukushima Tags: Research Source Type: research
Case management intervention of high users of the emergency department of a Portuguese hospital: a before-after design analysis
Emergency department (ED) High users (HU), defined as having more than ten visits to the ED per year, are a small group of patients that use a significant proportion of ED resources. The High Users Resolution ... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - September 13, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Sim ão Gonçalves, Francisco von Hafe, Flávio Martins, Carla Menino, Maria José Guimarães, Andreia Mesquita, Susana Sampaio and Ana Rita Londral Tags: Research Source Type: research
Survival after traumatic cardiac arrest is possible —a comparison of German patient-registries
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) due to trauma is rare, and survival in this group is infrequent. Over the last decades, several new procedures have been implemented to increase survival, and a “Special c... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - September 10, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Stephan Seewald, Jan Wnent, Jan-Thorsten Gr äsner, Ingvild Tjelmeland, Matthias Fischer, Andreas Bohn, Bertil Bouillon, Holger Maurer and Rolf Lefering Tags: Research Source Type: research
Association of intensive care unit or paediatric intensive care unit admissions with the method of transporting patients: a multicentre retrospective study
Reports regarding transportation methods of severely critical patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) or paediatric ICU (PICU) are limited. In an attempt to address this research gap, this study aime... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - September 7, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tadashi Ishihara, Ken Okamoto and Hiroshi Tanaka Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Correction: Long-term prognosis and clinical course of choking-induced cardiac arrest in patients without the return of spontaneous circulation at hospital arrival: a population-based community study from the Shizuoka Kokuho Database
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Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - September 7, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Takahiro Miyoshi, Hideki Endo, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Koki Shimada, Hiraku Kumamaru, Nao Ichihara, Yoshiki Miyachi and Hiroaki Miyata Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Realist analysis of whether emergency departments with primary care services generate ‘provider-induced demand’
It is not known whether emergency departments (EDs) with primary care services influence demand for non-urgent care ( ‘provider-induced demand’). We proposed that distinct primary care services in EDs encourage... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - September 6, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: I. J. McFadzean, M. Edwards, F. Davies, A. Cooper, D. Price, A. Carson-Stevens, J. Dale, T. Hughes, A. Porter, B. Harrington, B. Evans, N. Siriwardena, P. Anderson and A. Edwards Tags: Research Source Type: research
Design and validation of a preparedness evaluation tool of pre-hospital emergency medical services for terrorist attacks: a mixed method study
Terrorist attacks are one of the human problems that affect many countries, leaving behind a huge toll of disabilities and deaths. The aim of this study was to use a mixed-method analysis to design and validat... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - September 3, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Sadegh Miraki, Yasamin Molavi-Taleghani, Mohammadreza Amiresmaeili, Mahmood Nekoei-Moghadam and Hojjat Sheikhbardsiri Tags: Research Source Type: research
