Emergency guidelines and emergency cards

Emergency guidelines and emergency cards

Rare diseases are not well known by physicians acting in emergency departments, and taking care of RD patients in the emergency setting can prove challenging for them. Emergency situations can result from the rare disease itself or be unrelated to it, but most often need particular measures to be taken. In order to guide the emergency practitioner in a very practical way to take care of a patie...

Emergency ultrasound guidelines.

Guidelines for emergency laparoscopy

Acute abdominal pain is a leading symptom in many surgical emergency patients. Laparoscopy allows for accurate diagnosis and immediate therapy of many intraabdominal pathologies. The guidelines of the EAES (European Association for Endoscopic Surgery) provides scientifically founded recommendations about the role of laparoscopy in the different situations. Generally, laparoscopy is well suited ...

Preparedness for emergency response: guidelines for the emergency planning process.

Especially since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, governments worldwide have invested considerable resources in the writing of terrorism emergency response plans. Particularly in the United States, the federal government has created new homeland security organisations and urged state and local governments to draw up plans. This emphasis on the written plan tends to draw attention awa...

Emergency cardiovascular care guidelines 2005.