spinal traumatic injuries are the major damage which is associated with morbidity and mortality rates. in this study the epidemiological characteristics of spinal trauma and their outcome were investigated. in this cross sectional study, trauma patients who admitted to imam reza hospital were included. their information such as age, sex, type of injury, severity of injury and site of injury was...

objective: patient satisfaction is one of the most important indicators for measuring the quality of emergency services and health care. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the patients’ satisfaction in the emergency department (ed) of sina hospital. methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed during one month in sina hospital in 2014. data were collected by a questionn...

background hospital emergency departments (eds) are as barometers of the health care system. crowded eds threaten delivery of timely care. prolonged ed wait times reduce the quality of care and increase adverse and sometimes irreversible events. objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the patients' waiting time at namazi and shahid faghihi hospitals in shiraz, iran. patients and m...

nutrition department has a critical effect on patient satisfaction and improves the therapeutic process and is one of the most important departments in hospitals. the current study was carried out to assess haccp implementation requirements in the nutrition department of the selected hospitals of tehran university of medical sciences in 2010. in this descriptive, cross sectional study, nutritio...

background and objectives: violence toward healthcare workers has emerged as an important health problem. this type of violence has the potential to severely influence healthcare workers, patients, and the community. this study aimed to explore the prevalence of violence in emergency departments, and to identify associated risk fac­tors using a sample of emergency department healthcare workers ...

objective: triage procedure is one of the most important aspects of emergency departments as it has an undeniable role on the management of patients. it includes 5 categories based on the emergency severity index (esi) according to the condition of severity. for better decision making and management, it is important to have skillful and experienced nursing staff. in the current study, we aimed ...

introduction: nosocomial infections (ni) are a frequent and relevant problem, in other hands; those are responsible of mortality especially in pediatric icu( intensive care unit) and nicus (neonatal intensive care unit). healthcare-associated infections are important in wide-ranging concern in the medical field. the most cause of nosocomial infection include: bloodstream infection, urinary trac...

the present study was designed to evaluate the quality of cpr procedures performed in tehran's rasool-e-akram hospital-- the first emergency medicine academic center in iran-using a videotaped real-life (actual) cpr technique, with the aim of pointing out the defects and shortcomings in this regard. the performance of the cpr team in the emergency resuscitation room of rasool-e-akram hospital w...