introduction: pre-operative investigations for emergency surgical patients differ between centers. following established guidelines can reduce unnecessary investigation, cost of treatment and hospital stay. the present audit was carried out to evaluate the condition of doing pre-operative investigations for three common surgical emergencies compared to national institute for health and care exc...

objective: most previous retrospective studies failed to show a consistent association between pre-hospital time intervals and mortality in trauma patients, bringing the recommendation of “transport fast to increase survival” under question. the aim of this study was to evaluate the association of response time, scene time, and transport time with 24-hour in-hospital mortality.   methods: in th...

background: snakebite in iran has been a health concern. however, management of snakebite is not standardized and varies from center to center. this study is aimed at devising an evidence-based comprehensive protocol for snakebite management in iran, to reduce unnecessary variations in practice. materials and methods: a narrative search in electronic databases was performed. fifty peer-reviewed...

more than 40,000 species of spiders have been identified in the world. spider bites is a common problem among people, however few of them are harmful but delay in treatment can cause death. since the spider bites are risk full to human, they should be taken seriously, especially in endemic areas. our objective in this review was to study about poisonous spiders and find out treatments of them. ...

Several Australian medical practitioners were holidaying in Bali at the time of the nightclub bombing on 12 October 2002. On learning of the disaster, they went to Sanglah Hospital to assist. With the very limited resources of the hospital, they helped in providing emergency treatment, stabilising patients, and preparing Australian patients for evacuation.

background: restless and violent behaviors are common in emergency departments (eds), which need therapeutic interventions in most of the times. the first-generation anti-psychotic drugs are one of the most applicable therapeutic agents in the management of such patients, but their use has some limitations. some studies suggest midazolam as an alternative medicine. therefore, this study was per...

This study was designed to answer three main questions: 1) Does asthma self-management education reduce asthma morbidity? 2) Are the two programmes "Living With Asthma" and "Open Airways" equally effective in doing so? 3) Is a shortened version of these programmes (4 weeks) as effective as the longer original programme (8 weeks)? Twelve Italian centres of paediatric bronchopneumology selected 3...

This case study describes the efforts by both non-governmental organisations and United Nations agencies to develop an alternative system for delivering animal health services in Afghanistan, during a period in which there was effectively no government. The authors examine the period from the mid-1980s to the year 2003. During this time, Afghanistan experienced war and severe civil unrest, resu...

introduction: the aim of this descriptive cross-sectional study was to assess the general dental practitioners (gdps)’s knowledge regarding the emergency management of traumatic dental injuries (tdi) in isfahan, iran. methods and materials: in this study a two-part questionnaire consisting of 14 questions was distributed among 241 gdps. part 1 included seven questions focusing on personal and p...