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Emergency Physicians International rolls out new Web resource

Emergency Physicians International is excited to announce that they recently rolled out version 1 of a brand new web resource at epijournal.com. Launched in 2010, EPI Journal started as a print magazine and was first distributed at ICEM...

source: Emergency Physicians International

UltraSound uses in pediatric emergency medicine

Everyone's doing it ... Is it time for your Pediatric ED to join the UltraSound craze? For adult Emergency Medicine, there seems to be a strong following and a reasonable evidence-base. That may be coming to the kiddy world, but maybe it's not all that it's cracked up...

source: EMPEM.org

Demented 72 year old with distended abdomen

"I need a breath of fresh air," your senior resident states. He has had a pretty rough night. He missed an LP on a rather robust woman with "the worst headache of her life" and then the trauma team swooped in and "stole" his thoracotomy on a GSW that was dropped off at...

source: Emergency Physicians Monthly

Responding to the deaf in disasters: establishing the need for systematic training for state-level emergency management agencies and community organizations

Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals have been underserved before and during emergencies. This paper will assess Deaf/HH related emergency preparedness training needs for state emergency management agencies and deaf-serving community-based organizations.

source: BMC Health Services Research

The challenges and rewards of engaging a skeptical public

Findings published in this issue suggest that a substantial subset of the Israeli public generally trusts government, yet is determined to make their own judgments about the need for precautionary action in certain types of public health emergencies. This reflective approach,...

source: Journal of Health Policy Research

Increased risk of dementia in patients with mild traumatic brain injury: A nationwide cohort study

It is known that the risk of dementia in patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury is higher. However, the relationship between mild traumatic brain injury and dementia has never been established. This...

source: PLoS ONE

Why China is getting involved in Africa's health issues

There is an old African proverb: "If you want to walk fast, walk alone. But if you want to walk far, walk together." That was the guiding principle behind the International Roundtable on China-Africa Health Cooperation in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. This is the fourth...

source: CNN

Malaria hope: Bacteria that make mosquitoes resistant

Researchers have found a strain of bacteria that can infect mosquitoes and make them resistant to the malaria parasite. The study, in the journal Science, showed the parasite struggled to survive in infected mosquitoes. Malaria is spread between people by the insects so...

source: BBC News

UK: A&E must change or face collapse, NHS warned

Urgent changes must be made to the way A&E units are run — or the system could collapse, doctors and managers say. Both the College of Emergency Medicine and Foundation Trust Network have put forward proposals to overhaul the system. Funding and staffing have been...

source: BBC News

Bangladeshi woman rescued after 17 days: How people survive disasters

Reshma was trapped in a wide Muslim prayer room located in the basement of the eight-story Rana Plaza building that housed five garment factories and thousands of workers in Bangladesh. There are of course no rules that predict who...

source: TIME

Pediatric UTI controversies

So, you thought it was straightforward: suspect UTI, diagnose UTI, treat UTI — and let someone else worry about the follow-up. Unfortunately, we work in a fragmented system, where we need to kick-start the correct follow-up for our patients, who may otherwise miss...

source: EMPEM.org

Somnolent, congested and schizophrenic

The patient is a 38-year-old African American male with a past medical history of schizoaffective and bipolar disorder who presented to the ED with altered mental status and chest pain. The patient had been issued a day/evening pass to leave the psychiatric facility where...

source: Emergency Physicians Monthly

Developing and organizing a trauma system and mass casualty management: Some useful observations from the Israeli trauma model

A trauma system is a chain of arrangements and preparedness to provide quality response to injured from the site of injury to the appropriate hospital for the full range of care. Israel has a unique...

source: Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research

Managing the pediatric patient with an acute asthma exacerbation

Children with acute asthma exacerbations frequently present to an emergency department with signs of respiratory distress. The most severe episodes are potentially life-threatening. Effective treatment depends on the accurate and rapid...

source: Pediatrics & Child Health

Effect of a resident physician educational program on pediatric emergency department pharmacy interventions and medication errors

The study set out to determine the effects of a resident physician educational program in a pediatric emergency department on pharmacy interventions and medication errors, particularly dose adjustments, order clarifications and adverse drug events.

source: The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics

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