Highway Emergency Response and Accident Mitigation Service (HERAM) – A Field Report

Ecballium Elaterium Poisoning in Pediatric Emergency Service: A Case Report

Background Ecballium elaterium is the only species belonging to the genus Ecballium of Cucurbitaceae family. It is native to the Mediterranean region. Despite its side effects, E. elaterium has still been being used as an alternative treatment agent for sinusitis, cirrhosis, rheumatic diseases and hemorrhoids for its anti-inflammatory and cathartic actions. Herein we discuss a pediatric case sh...

The accident and emergency service in Portsmouth--present and future.

The problem From the beginning of the National Health Service the organization for the reception, treatment and after-care of accidents and emergencies in all specialties has been limited. This fact did not arise from defects in training or lack of interest by the medical or nursing professions. Indeed a large number of surgeons who took up orthopaedics after the war had received a great part o...

Integrated Road Traffic Accident Systems (irtas) for Emergency Service Providers

This study presents the integrated road traffic accident system (IRTAS) in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. This study utilizes the available traffic accident data from emergency service providers to obtain the efficiency of their cooperations. The current emergency response system (ERS) in Malaysia is provided by the following entities: (1) police; (2) hospital; (3) fire and rescue; and (4) civil defens...

Accident and emergency services.

A CONFERENCE of this nature is most valuable in bringing together people who are interested and involved in the accident and emergency services, to discuss the problems and to look at possible solutions. Increasingly over the last few years it has become more difficult to staff accident and emergency departments. This situation has caused eminent bodies such as the Royal College of Physicians, ...

Accident and emergency medicine or emergency medicine?