Injuries, sequelae, and treatment of lightning-induced injuries: 10 years of experience at a swiss trauma center [0.03%]
雷击伤的损伤、后遗症及治疗：瑞士一家创伤中心10年的经验总结
Carmen A Pfortmueller,Yang Yikun,Monika Haberkern et al.
Carmen A Pfortmueller et al.
Principals. Lightning is one of the most powerful and spectacular natural phenomena. Lightning strikes to humans are uncommon but can cause devastating injuries. We analyzed lightning-related admissions to our emergency department from Janu...
Subcutaneous fluid administration: a potentially useful tool in prehospital care [0.03%]
皮下液体输注：院前救治中有潜在应用价值的一种工具
Annette O Arthur,Jeffrey M Goodloe,Stephen H Thomas
Annette O Arthur
Mass casualty incidents (MCIs) and disaster medical situations are ideal settings in which there is need for a novel approach to infusing fluids and medications into a patient's intravascular space. An attractive new approach would avoid th...
Kelly E Deal,Carolyn K Synovitz,Jeffrey M Goodloe et al.
Kelly E Deal et al.
Background. On October 17, 2007, a severe weather event collapsed two large tents and several smaller tents causing 23 injuries requiring evacuation to emergency departments in Tulsa, OK. Methods. This paper is a retrospective analysis of t...
EMS Stretcher "Misadventures" in a Large, Urban EMS System: A Descriptive Analysis of Contributing Factors and Resultant Injuries [0.03%]
关于大型城市急救系统中担架使用的失误事件：导致因素及受伤结果的描述性分析研究
Jeffrey M Goodloe,Christopher J Crowder,Annette O Arthur et al.
Jeffrey M Goodloe et al.
Purpose. There is a paucity of data regarding EMS stretcher-operation-related injuries. This study describes and analyzes characteristics associated with undesirable stretcher operations, with or without resultant injury in a large, urban E...
Melissa L Givens
Melissa L Givens
Cardiovascular drugs are a common cause of poisoning, and toxic bradycardias can be refractory to standard ACLS protocols. It is important to consider appropriate antidotes and adjunctive therapies in the care of the poisoned patient in ord...
Roberto Forero,Geoff McDonnell,Blanca Gallego et al.
Roberto Forero et al.
The hospitalisation and management of patients at the end-of-life by emergency medical services is presenting a challenge to our society as the majority of people approaching death explicitly state that they want to die at home and the tran...
Transvaginal ultrasound in fertile patients with suspected appendicitis: an experience report of current practice [0.03%]
疑似阑尾炎的生育期患者经阴道超声检查的经验报告及当前应用分析
Malek Tabbara,Nikolaos Evangelopoulos,Luigi Raio et al.
Malek Tabbara et al.
Background. Transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) in female patients with acute right lower quadrant (RLQ) abdominal pain is time and infrastructure intensive and not always available. This study aims to evaluate the role of TVU in these patients. ...
Patients refusing prehospital transport are increasingly likely to be geriatric [0.03%]
拒绝院前转运的患者越来越多的是老年人
Peyton Holder,Annette O Arthur,Grady Thiems et al.
Peyton Holder et al.
Objective. Elderly patients are becoming an increasingly larger proportion of our population, and there is a paucity of data regarding the epidemiology of geriatric patients refusing transport. Treatment refusal rates range from 5% to 15% i...
Emergency department crowding: time for interventions and policy evaluations [0.03%]
急诊拥堵：实施干预和评估政策的时候了
Adrian Boyle,Kathleen Beniuk,Ian Higginson et al.
Adrian Boyle et al.
This paper summarises the consequences of emergency department crowding. It provides a comparison of the scales used to measure emergency department crowding. We discuss the multiple causes of crowding and present an up-to-date literature r...
Physicians' ability to predict hospital length of stay for patients admitted to the hospital from the emergency department [0.03%]
医师预测急诊收治患者住院天数的能力
Gregory Mak,William D Grant,James C McKenzie et al.
Gregory Mak et al.
Accurate predictions of patient length of stay (LOS) in the hospital can effectively manage hospital resources and increase efficiency of patient care. A study was done to assess emergency medicine physicians' ability of predicting the LOS ...