conclusions no significant differences were observed between electronic learning and lecture-based education in improving interns’ knowledge of cpr drugs. background conventional educational systems seem to be improper throughout the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr) teaching process. the most common causes of failed resuscitation are unfamiliarity with cardiopulmonary resuscitation algorithm...

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background: pneumothorax is common and life-threatening clinical condition which may require emergency treatment in emergency medicine departments. objectives: we aimed to reveal the epidemiological analysis of the patients admitted to the emergency department with pneumothorax. material and methods: this case-control and multi-center study was conducted in the patients treated with the diagnos...

BACKGROUND Worldwide research has indicated that emergency medicine employees and particularly ambulance personnel have symptoms related to traumatic events, and experience more chronic stressors in their work than workers in other health service settings. Unlike other countries which conducted similar studies, no specialty branch in emergency medicine exists in Croatia. STUDY OBJECTIVES To i...

To the Editor: Winnipeg newspapers have recently picked up the battlecry that the current emergency care system does not work. It is now unacceptable and dangerous that patients wait hours to be seen and treated. In response, the Manitoba government has decided to do a 1-week audit of selected emergency charts to see what the problem is. It seems they have forgotten to talk to the frontline wor...

background orthopedic injuries are the most common types of injuries. to identify the main causes of injuries, collecting data in a standard manner at the national level are needed, which justifies necessity of making a minimum data set (mds). objectives the aim of this study was to develop an mds of the information management system for orthopedic injuries in iran. materials and methods this d...

introduction: accurate diagnosis and proper treatment of oncology patients presented to emergency department (ed) can dramatically enhance their quality of life and decrease their mortality rate. therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate these patients from an epidemiologic point of view as well as identifying death-related factors. methods: in this retrospective cross-sectional study, all...

this text is a real-time description of an emergency medicine resident’s shift in an overcrowded emergency department (ed), tehran, iran.

This is a descriptive study about the illness-absenteism process among workers in a large emergency hospital in the city of Belo Horizonte, in 2002. The illnessabsenteeism process was analyzed considering frequency, reason (DIC10), duration and risk, according to the different professions. The professional categories were: support, administration, nursing and medicine. The rate illness-absenteí...