Collection and local use of accident and emergency hospital data in England.

Rates of self-harm presenting to general hospitals: a comparison of data from the Multicentre Study of Self-Harm in England and Hospital Episode Statistics.

OBJECTIVE Rates of hospital presentation for self-harm in England were compared using different national and local data sources. DESIGN The study was descriptive and compared bespoke data collection methods for recording self-harm presentations to hospital with routinely collected hospital data. SETTING Local area data on self-harm from the 3 centres of the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in...

The Prognostic Value of Admission Glasgow Coma Scale and AVPU in Acute Drug Poisoning Patients

Life Changes of the Elderly After Earthquake: A Qualitative Study in Iran

Background: The growth of the elderly population, on the one hand, and the increase in exposure to accidents and disasters, on the other hand, have highlighted the attention on the issues of the older adults in disasters. This study aimed to investigate the changes in the lives of the elderly after the earthquake. Materials and Methods: The present qualitative study was conducted using the con...

Epidemiology of head injury.

To find the incidence of the various types of head injury that occur in the community separate yearly rates (per 10(5) population in Scotland) for deaths, admissions to hospital, and attendance at accident and emergency departments were estimated and compared (when possible) with rates in England and Wales and the United States. Hospital admissions provide the best data for comparing incidences...

The comparison of indicators of air and ground emergency with international standards in trauma resulting from accidents patients in Qom in 2016

Introduction: The pre-hospital emergency care system plays a very important role in the transmission of injuries to medical centers. One of the effective factors in reducing mortality is the timely presence of the treatment team and their rapid transfer. Today, these casualties are transported both aerial and terrestrial. The purpose of this study was the comparison of time indicators of air an...