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Experiences with and perspectives on firearm injury prevention among emergency medical services clinicians
Firearm-related injury is a significant public health problem in the United States. Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel are uniquely positioned to recognize and counsel individuals at risk, but little is known about their firearm screening and…
Explaining the experience of telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Kermanshah emergency medical dispatch: A qualitative, phenomenological study
Telephone Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (T-CPR), administered by Emergency Medical Dispatchers (EMDs) to bystanders at the scene of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), faces significant challenges. These challenges arise when collaboration for…
External validation of the SCARE score in identifying acute coronary syndromes during medical regulation of chest pain
Medical regulation of chest pain is challenging due to the multitude of potential diagnoses. The key challenge is to avoid misdiagnosing acute coronary syndrome while preventing over-triage. The SCARE score (based on age, sex, smoking, typical…
Factors associated with delayed order-to-administration time in the emergency department: a retrospective analysis
Timely medication administration in the emergency department (ED) is critical for improving patient outcomes. This study aimed to identify predictors of delayed order-to-administration (OTA) time, defined as exceeding 30 min for stat medications.
Factors associated with early return visits to the emergency department in patients with vaso-occlusive crisis
This study included 120 VOC visits. The percentage of 72-hour ERV to the ED among VOC patients was 39.2%, in which 91.5% received opioids, and 31.9% were admitted during the return visit. Return visitors’ median age was 29, most of them were male.…
Factors associated with overall and high-risk return visits to the emergency department: a vital sign trajectory approach
For patients and emergency department (ED) physicians, return visits to the ED represent a potentially detrimental issue. In this study, our goal was to examine factors associated with overall and high-risk ED revisits. Specifically, as vital signs…
First responders’ experiences with major earthquakes in Türkiye: a qualitative study of innovation needs and challenges
The response phase is a phase of disaster management that begins when a disaster occurs. The experience of the First Responders who responded in the first days to the 2023 earthquake in Turkey, which killed more than fifty thousand people, is…
How much time do nurses in Norwegian emergency departments spend on different work tasks with and without a clinical pharmacist present—a time and motion study
The emergency department (ED) is a demanding work environment where nurses undertake a variety of clinical and administrative tasks, including medication-related tasks. The integration of a clinical pharmacist into the ED team represents a complex…
Impact of the South Korean government’s medical school expansion announcement on pediatric emergency department visits
In February 2024, the South Korean government announced a 67% increase in medical school admissions (2,000 more students), leading to the resignation of approximately 10,000 residents from major university hospitals. This study investigated the…