Mixing with Medics

Knowledge of tuberculosis among medical professionals and university students in Oman.

This study in Oman investigated knowledge about tuberculosis among 142 medics (medical students, paramedics) and 133 non-medics (arts and social science students). Knowledge was assessed using a validated questionnaire with 28 statements on general knowledge, risk factors and diagnosis of tuberculosis. As expected, tuberculosis knowledge was significantly higher among medics but there was no si...

تأثیر دمای هوا و دمای منطقه ریشه بر عملکرد و تثبیت نیتروژن سه گونه یونجه یکساله

In order to study the effect of air and root-zone temperature on yield, yield components, nodulation and nitrogen fixation of three annual medics, an experiment was conducted in controlled environment (growth chamber) at the Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University in 2006. The experiment was performed as a spilt split plot with the layout of completely randomized design with three re...

Living wills and health care proxies.

Forward assessment of 79 prehospital battlefield tourniquets used in the current war.

INTRODUCTION Battlefield tourniquet use can be lifesaving, but most reports are from hospitals with knowledge gaps remaining at the forward surgical team (FST). The quality of tourniquet applications in forward settings remain unknown. The purpose of this case series is to describe observations of tourniquet use at an FST in order to improve clinical performance. METHODS War casualties with t...

Performance of Norwegian civilian EMTs and army medics in penetrating trauma: a controlled simulation‐based assessment

BACKGROUND Penetrating trauma kills rapidly. Thorough and efficient examination and aggressive hemorrhage control is important to save lives. The aim of this study was to assess the skills of civilian Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) in bleeding examination and control compared to Army Medics. Our hypothesis was that civilian pre-hospital systems perform at a lower level compared to an expe...