US military medical evacuation and prehospital care of pediatric trauma casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Conclusions: Approximately 30% of pediatric trauma casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq underwent medical evacuation from the point of injury directly to a military treatment facility with surgical capabilities. Most of those children did not undergo the prehospital interventions studied. Future investigations evaluating pediatric medical evacuation and prehospital care, medical staffing, pediatric-specific training, and equipping of pediatric-specific materials may be beneficial.
PMID: 31157581 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Prehospital Emergency Care)
Source: Prehospital Emergency Care - June 5, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Prehosp Emerg Care Source Type: research
Balancing traditional activities and cognitive pharmaceutical services by community pharmacists: a work sampling study
Conclusion This study shows that community pharmacists that spend more time on cognitive pharmacy services are devoting less time on managerial activities, logistics and other activities. Pharmacists spending more time on cognitive pharmaceutical services are mostly locum pharmacists or work at a pharmacy located in a residential area with largely older inhabitants. (Source: International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy)
Source: International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy - May 27, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Power of the locum.
PMID: 31088876 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Canadian Family Physician Medecin de Famille Canadien)
Source: Canadian Family Physician Medecin de Famille Canadien - April 30, 2019 Category: Primary Care Authors: Lougheed T Tags: Can Fam Physician Source Type: research
13 The shock team approach: the rationale and evidence
Cardiogenic shock (CS) is defined as a state of ineffective cardiac output caused by a cardiac disorder that results in both clinical and biochemical manifestations of inadequate tissue perfusion.1 Among patients presenting with CS, there is a spectrum of disease whereby some patients can be stabilised with pharmacologic interventions alone, while others require escalation to mechanical circulatory support (MCS).2 As patients and treatment options both become increasingly complex, comprehensive critical care may be best delivered in disease-specific service line ICUs.2 The model of the cardiac ICU has transitioned over tim...
Source: Heart Asia - April 24, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kiernan, M. S. Tags: Keynote Lecture Source Type: research
Recent Trends in Neurosurgery Career Outcomes in Canada.
CONCLUSIONS: Underemployment in neurosurgery has become a significant issue in Canada for various reasons. Pursuit of in-folded research, but not fellowship training, was associated with obtaining full employment.
PMID: 31010443 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences)
Source: The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences - April 22, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Tso MK, Max Findlay J, Lownie SP, Chris Wallace M, Toyota BD, Fleetwood IG Tags: Can J Neurol Sci Source Type: research
Locum GPs must have same death in service benefits as other doctors, say LMCs
(Source: BMJ News)
Source: BMJ News - March 22, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Locum is suspended for 12 months for pretending to clerk patient after stent procedure
(Source: BMJ News)
Source: BMJ News - March 1, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Musculoskeletal Pain Is Impacted by Job Tasks in Temporary Construction Workers Hired Through Construction Staffing Agencies
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - March 1, 2019 Category: Occupational Health Tags: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Source Type: research
A method for measuring continuity of care in day-to-day general practice: a quantitative analysis of appointment data.
CONCLUSION: This method could provide working GPs with a simple way to track continuity of care and inform practice management and decision making.
PMID: 30803982 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The British Journal of General Practice)
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - February 25, 2019 Category: Primary Care Authors: Sidaway-Lee K, Gray DP, Evans P Tags: Br J Gen Pract Source Type: research
Self-reported influence of monetary grants in the choice of a medical residency in remote or under-served areas
ConclusionThe choice of a RLI for residency may be influenced by monetary grants. This is consistent with real-life data showing an increase in medical staffing in these areas during the program ’s duration. Further studies are needed to determine causality and physical practicality of such programs. (Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research)
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - February 15, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Concern for RPS's cost reimbursement policy
I write to express my concern about the presumed policy the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has towards reimbursement of locum costs. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - February 11, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
High Court rejects GMC appeal to strike off ophthalmologist for repeated failures as locum
(Source: BMJ News)
Source: BMJ News - February 8, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Deaths: Jean Hetherington
On 2 January 2019, Jean Hetherington (formerly Wadge), aged 85, of Bramhope, Leeds. Mrs Hetherington began her career as a hospital pharmacist in County Durham, before moving to Sheffield. On her marriage to Colin, the couple moved to Wakefield and then to Leeds where Mrs Hetherington worked as a locum pharmacist in many private pharmacies. She was a great support to her husband while he was president of both the Guild of Hospital Pharmacists and the European Association of Hospital ... (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - January 16, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
[How can accessibility measures be improved to better target underserved areas?]
Authors: Lucas-Gabrielli V, Mangeney C
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Compared to the other countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), France now enjoys an average level of medical staffing. Yet accessibility to healthcare is a major public policy issue because of the unequal distribution of health professionals throughout the French territories; the authorities are trying to fight the problem by deploying a set of measures favoring the installation and maintenance of healthcare services in areas identified as underserved.
OBJECTIVES: The identification of underserved zo...
Source: Revue d Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique - January 15, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Tags: Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique Source Type: research
GP who worked as obstetrics and gynaecology locum is struck off after risky caesarean
(Source: BMJ News)
Source: BMJ News - January 4, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
