Methods Over a 2-year period, 155 fourth to fifth-year medical students in the emergency department were given educational sessions on basic life support (BLS) and adult advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS). These sessions were given by a single instructor in a traditional lecture format, in a small-group discussion, or in a combination of these two methods. Prior to the instructional se...

BACKGROUND New and inexperienced emergency medical service (EMS) professionals lack important experience. To prevent medical errors and improve retention there is an urgent need to identify ways to support new professionals during their first year in the EMS. METHODS A purposeful sample and snowball technique was used and generated a panel of 32 registered nurses with 12-48 months of EMS expe...

background: the users’ satisfaction is a method for evaluating the efficacy of healthcare system. we aimed to evaluate the association between the users’ socioeconomic status (ses) and satisfaction with the healthcare system in shiraz, iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted from december, 2013 to march, 2014, in shiraz, iran. 3400 households were recruited by multi-stage cluste...

Rosenberg et al. presented a unique randomized clinical trial in which the use of deep versus moderate neuromuscular blockade during low or standard pressure laparoscopic cholecystectomy was systematically studied [1]. In our view three important issues should be addressed regarding this work. First, with 11 participating centers the external validity and generalizability of the results are pro...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Enhancing emergency department (ED) patient satisfaction has wide-ranging benefits. We seek to determine how postvisit patient-physician contact by e-mail or telephone affects patients' satisfaction with their emergency physician. METHODS We undertook this crossover study from May 1, 2010, to June 30, 2010, at 2 community EDs. Forty-two physicians either e-mailed or telephoned...

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a psychiatric illness in which individuals with minimal or non-existent defects related to appearance worry immensely about their looks:which results displaying significant distress and impairment behavior psychosocial functioning. Patients BDD seeking cosmetic surgery are usually unsatisfied the outcomes of surgery. Therefore, it important study this phenomeno...