A Vision for Organizing Emergency Medicine in Lebanon
نویسنده
چکیده
Besides the individual emergencies that occur on a daily basis, Lebanon has faced several public health emergencies due to the wars the most recent of which was in 2006. Despite proving its efficiency and experience in dealing with such emergencies, there is a need to organize the emergency health system in Lebanon so as to ensure its effective and efficient performance to meet the needs and aspirations of the Lebanese people. The article looks at the current situation of emergency medicine in Lebanon and offers suggestions and recommendations for an organized emergency medicine system able to meet the demands of its consumers.
منابع مشابه
Managing acutely aggressive or agitated people in a psychiatric setting: a survey in Lebanon
Background: Violent patients constitute 10% of all psychiatric admissions. Treatment options and clinical practice interventions vary across the globe and no survey of practice in a Middle Eastern setting exists. Surveying treatments in Lebanon will show treatment interventions used in this part of the world and, most importantly, provide the treatment options that could potentially be used for...
متن کاملThe Epidemiology of Lung Cancer in Lebanon During 2014
Background and aims: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. There are no recent data on the lung cancer prevalence in Lebanon, and the available data are based on prediction. Thus, this study aimed to determine the incidence rate of lung cancer during 2014, among patients who were newly diagnosed at Lebanese teaching hospitals. In addition, the study attempted to identify t...
متن کاملNeonatal Spleen Rupture, Shock, and Factor Vii Deficiency
1Saint Joseph University Faculty of Medicine, Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital, Lebanon 2Chief of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Lebanese American University Medical Center Rizk Hospital, Lebanon 3Department of Pediatric Surgery, Al-Hayat Hospital, Lebanon 4Department of Radiology, Al-Hayat Hospital, Lebanon 5Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Saint George Hospital University Medi...
متن کامل68Ga–Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen: A Potential Radiopharmaceutical in PET/CT To detect primary Cholangiocarcinoma
68Ga Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is an increasingly popular radiopharmaceutical tracer in prostate cancer and is becoming increasingly researched in other cancers such as breast cancer, renal cell carcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, among others. Cholangiocarcinoma is the second most common primary hepatic malignant tumor; it is an aggressive tumor with a 5-year surviva...
متن کاملA big push.
Those of you who were able to participate in the 13th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WCDEM-13) in Melbourne in May 2003 were involved in a well-organized and well-conducted convocation in the midst of world chaos. Principal among the world problems at the time were the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and the early phases of the "pre-emptive" war in I...
متن کامل