We review the development of civilian out-of-hospital and hospital-based emergency medical care in Iraq, focusing on the non-Kurdish regions. Emergency medicine in the country has made encouraging steps during the last several years, including the establishment of national emergency medicine policy, the training of out-of-hospital caregivers, the education of physicians currently working in Ira...

OBJECTIVE To describe outcomes of a third-year residency (PGY-3) program in family medicine/emergency medicine in terms of its graduates' practice characteristics and their self-assessed preparedness for practising emergency medicine. DESIGN A questionnaire was sent to graduates of Queen's University's family medicine residency programs. SETTING Recent graduates' practices. PARTICIPANTS A...

W. Richard Bukata, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles County/ USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; Medical Director, Emergency Department, San Gabriel Valley Medical Center, San Gabriel, CA. Francis M. Fesmire, MD, FACEP, Director, Chest Pain—Stroke Center, Erlanger Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Medicine, UT College of Medicine, Chattanooga, TN. Valerio G...

Introduction: Past studies demonstrate that stress and anxiety affect emergency medicine physicians, but the causal factors identified are usually from sources outside work shift. We attempt to show relationship between intrinsic of a shift perceived by residents, while also examining differing gender responses. Methods: In 2018, cross-sectional survey residents in United States was distributed...

Do Kyun Kim, Won Kyoung Jhang, Ji Yun Ahn, Ji Sook Lee, Yoon Hee Kim, Bongjin Lee, Gi Beom Kim, Jin-Tae Kim, June Huh, June Dong Park, Sung Phil Chung, Sung Oh Hwang Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Pediatrics, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Emergency Medicine, Hallym University College ...

Young-Min Kim, Kyu Nam Park, Seung Pill Choi, Byung Kook Lee, Kyungil Park, Jeongmin Kim, Ji Hoon Kim, Sung Phil Chung, Sung Oh Hwang Department of Emergency Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicin...

Mi Jin Lee, Tai Ho Rho, Hyun Kim, Gu Hyun Kang, June Soo Kim, Sang Gyun Rho, Hyun Kyung Park, Dong Jin Oh, Seil Oh, Jin Wi, Sangmo Je, Sung Phil Chung, Sung Oh Hwang Department of Emergency Medicine, Kyungpook National University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea 2 Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Departm...

Ji Sook Lee, Ji Yun Ahn, Do Kyun Kim, Yoon Hee Kim, Bongjin Lee, Won Kyoung Jhang, Gi Beom Kim, Jin-Tae Kim, June Huh, June Dong Park, Sung Phil Chung, Sung Oh Hwang Department of Emergency Medicine, Ajou University College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea Department of Emergency Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul National University C...