The management of blast-related burn injuries is complex due to the nature of the mechanism involved. Most studies have been conducted in the Middle East, where patients were victims of war or terror attacks. These patients were managed mostly in a military medical setting, better equipped with a protocol-driven philosophy to cope with polytrauma and concurrent burns.1,2 There is limited Englis...

BACKGROUND Kirakira is small community of 3,000 people and is the capital of Makira-Ulawa province in Solomon Islands. Kirakira is an impoverished community with a small 30 bed hospital with limited resources. This audit was conducted by final year students from Bond University as part of a selective clinical placement. METHODS The audit included admissions to the hospital from 2011 to 2014. ...

The trauma caused by motorcycle accidents affects a large number of victims and is a serious public health problem in Brazil. This documental study was performed with a quantitative approach with the objective to raise epidemiological data from 554 motorcycle accident victims assisted in September and October 2006 in a referral center for trauma of Sergipe. The result analysis shows a predomina...

this was a prospective cross-sectional study of consecutive transported patients by emergency medical service (ems) to a referral hospital. the goal of this study was the evaluation of emergency medical technician intermediate prediction about their transported patients disposition in emergency department of imam khomeini hospital. 2950 patients were transported to this hospital, questionnaires...

INTRODUCTION Due to the accelerating global epidemic of trauma, efficient and sustainable models of trauma care that fit low-resource settings must be developed. In most low-income countries, the burden of surgical trauma is managed by non-doctors at local district hospitals. OBJECTIVE This study examined whether it is possible to establish primary trauma surgical services of acceptable quali...

Abstract Aim A full-cycle audit was conducted at our plastic surgery unit, assessing adherence to hand trauma standards by the British Society for Surgery of Hand. These stipulate that time from referral clinic open injuries and closed fractures should be within 24 hours 72 respectively theatre date injury (DOI) 4 7 days, respectively. Method Data initial collected Nov 2019-Feb 2020 re-audit Au...

conclusions eye trauma was prevalent among males, young people, urban residents, and manual and industrial workers. as the eyes play a vital role in daily life, communication, and work activities, and eye health is so important for individuals to attain high educational status and productivity, the public should be thoroughly educated about eye protection and the use of safety measures, especia...