Current health care literature cites communication breakdown and teamwork failures as primary threats to patient safety. The unique, dynamic environment of the emergency department (ED) and the complexity of patient care necessitate the development of strong interdisciplinary team skills among emergency personnel. As part of the 2008 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference on "The Scie...

Received: November 11, 2014 Accepted for publication: December 22, 2014 From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Imaging, Department of Radiology Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Min-Po Ho Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital 21 Section 2, Nanya South Road, Banchiao District, ...

We report a case of a grade V bladder injury complicating an open-book pelvic fracture following a road traffic accident. The bladder neck injury was primarily repaired in the emergency setting of a poor-resourced area with successful outcome. The dangers of urinary extravasation are still to be considered of importance and we advocate and encourage immediate/emergency open intervention althoug...

Received: November 5, 20 0 Accepted for publication: November 5, 20 0 From the Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Wen-Jone Chen Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital 7 Chungshan South Road Taipei 0002, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tel: (0...

Received: June 5, 2009 Accepted for publication: August 27, 2009 From the Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Department of Emergency Cardinal Tien Hospital, Fu-Jen Catholic University School of Medicine Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Jung-Mou Yang Department of Emergency, Cardinal Tien Hospital 362 Chungcheng Road, Hsintien City, Taipei County 23 37, Taiwan (R.O.C...

From the Department of Emergency Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Received: November 4, 2014 Accepted: May 21, 2015 Address reprint request and correspondence to: I-Ting Tsai, Department of Emergency Medicine, E-Da Hospital, No. 1, Yida Road, Jiaosu Village, Yanchao District, Kaohsiung City 82445, Taiwan. Tel: +886-7-6150011 ext. 3166, Fax: +886-7-6150915, E-mail: ...

1 Assistant Professor, Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 2 Nursing Research Committee, Sina Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 3 General Practitioner, Emergency Medicine Research Team, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 4 Nursing Research Committee, Tabriz Children's Hospital, Tabriz University of...

BACKGROUND Evidence for an association between road traffic pollution and asthma is inconclusive. We report a case-control study of hospital admissions for asthma and respiratory illness among children aged 5-14 in relation to proxy markers of traffic related pollution. METHODS The study was based on routine hospital admissions data in 1992/3 and 1993/4 for North Thames (West) health region w...