Medical Emergency Center of Wuhan, China

Medical Malpractice in Wuhan, China

Medical disputes in China are historically poorly documented. In particular, autopsy-based evaluation and its impact on medical malpractice claims remain largely unstudied. This study aims to document autopsy findings and medical malpractice in one of the largest cities of China, Wuhan, located in Hubei Province. A total of 519 autopsies were performed by the Department of Forensic Medicine, Wu...

Knowledge-based urban development in Wuhan, China

Knowledge-Based Urban Development (KBUD) has now become a fashionable term both in terms of urban policy making and academic study. This is the case not only in post-industrial cities in developed countries, but also in cities which are still in the process of industrialisation in developing countries. In responding to this, urban development policies have been redirected in recent years to enh...

Assessment of ambulance response time: a study in Tabriz Emergency Medical Center

Background: The emergency medical services system has a vital role in the timely treatment of victims and the reduction of injury and mortality rates. Ambulance response time is an essential variable in evaluating the quality of its services. The aim of this study was to determine the ambulance response time and to compare it according to background variables. Methods: This descriptive study ...

Effect of assertiveness skill training on the staffs' stress at the emergency medical center

Social skills are set of learned abilities which enable individual to interact with the appreciate ability in social context. Assertiveness training skills is one of the most commonly known social skills. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of assertiveness skill training in reducing the stress of staffs at the emergency medical center. This quasi-experimental study was carrie...

The development of prehospital emergency medical services (PEMS) in China.