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- Collection: VOLUME 24 2024
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Health problems among disaster responders to the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake: a cross-sectional study
A total of 525 local (18%) and international disaster responders (81%) participated in the study. Of these responders, 46% reported physical or mental health problems during or after their deployment, 15% required medical care during the mission, and…
Triage processes in primary, secondary, and tertiary health care facilities in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: a mixed-methods study
PHCs had designated space for triage with less equipped emergency services and outpatient departments (OPDs) and received severely ill patients rarely. Although prioritizing critical patients and prompt care was part of the services, there was a lack…
Predictive value of qSOFA and hypothermia combined with PT for prognosis in patients with severe trauma: a single-center retrospective cohort study
A total of 509 severe trauma patients (377 males and 132 females) were included, with a median age of 53 years (range: 42–65 years). The mortality rate was found to be 23.4%. Logistic regression analysis revealed that age, ISS, and qSOFA + H + PT…
Exploring the health challenges of affected people in the 2023 Khoy earthquake: a content analysis
The results show two main categories. The main categories “Management as a missing link in unexpected events” includes 9 subcategories: “The challenge of access to emergency resources and health facilities”, “Feeling of abandonment in medical…
Available equipment for traumatic haemorrhage management in Austrian prehospital physician response units: a nationwide survey and analysis of guideline adherence
The survey achieved a 96% response rate, revealing that essential equipment like pelvic binders and tranexamic acid was available in all units, with tourniquets present in 99% of them. However, few services carried advanced equipment for procedures…
Root causes behind patient safety incidents in the emergency department and suggestions for improving patient safety – an analysis in a Finnish teaching hospital
Most (76.5%) incidents were reported after patient transfer from the ED. Nurses reported 70% of incidents and physicians 7.4%. Of the reports, 40% were related to information flow or management. Incidents were evaluated as no harm (29.4%), mild…
Challenges of providing of special care services in hospitals during emergencies and disasters: a scoping review
This review identified 15 distinct challenges associated with providing special care services in hospitals during emergencies and disasters: limited resources, inadequate infrastructure, lack of pre-hospital care, financial constraints, failures in…
The prehospital paediatric emergency care burden managed by a public ambulance service in the Western Cape, South Africa
In the 87 457 cases, there was a similar distribution between the primary cases (50.7%) and interfacility transfers (49.3%). Most activations emanated from rural areas (47 980, 54.9%), with respiratory emergencies (30 934, 35.4%), non-cardiac pain…
Comparison of the effects of group and individual reflection methods on self-regulated learning strategies and learning motivation among emergency medical technicians: a quasi-experimental study
The mean score of self-regulation learning strategies and learning motivation significantly increased in the group reflection arm after the intervention (p
Adaption of a trigger tool to identify harmful incidents, no harm incidents, and near misses in prehospital emergency care of children
The literature search revealed 422 respective 561 articles in Cinahl and Medline where headlines and abstracts were read to identify areas posing risks to patient safety in EMS for children. During the structured discussions, one trigger was added to…