Emergency nurses' role in pediatric injury and prevention.

Guide to finding pediatric injury prevention public education materials.

The Association between Noise Annoyance and General Health among Iranian Nurses at Tabriz Pediatric Hospital

Background: This study aimed to measure the sound level and assess the association between noise annoyance and general health in Iranian nurses at Tabriz Pediatric Hospital in neonatal, infectious, internal, NICU, and emergency care wards. Materials and Methods: The noise level was measured continuously according to ISO9612. The general health questionnaire-28, the noise annoyance scale based ...

The role of the pediatrician in rural emergency medical services for children.

In rural America, pediatricians can play a key role in the development, implementation, and ongoing supervision of emergency medical services for children. Pediatricians may represent the only source of pediatric expertise for a large region and are a vital resource for rural physicians (eg, general and family medicine, emergency medicine), other rural health care professionals (physician assis...

Prediction of Clinically Important Traumatic Brain Injury in Pediatric Minor Head Trauma; proposing Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (PTBI) Prognostic Rule

Background: The present study assesses independent predictors of clinically important traumatic brain injury (ciTBI) in order to design a prognostic rule for identification of high risk children with mild head injury. Materials and Methods: In a retrospective cross-sectional study, 3,199 children with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) brought to emergency ward of three hospitals in Tehran, Iran...

Violence prevention in the emergency department: clinician attitudes and limitations.

OBJECTIVE To assess emergency department (ED) clinicians' attitudes and behaviors regarding identification, assessment, and intervention for youth at risk for violence in the ED. DESIGN Anonymous, cross-sectional written questionnaire. SETTING The EDs of 3 urban hospitals. SUBJECTS Emergency medicine residents and faculty, pediatric residents, pediatric emergency medicine fellows and facu...