Background and purpose: Chest X Ray (CXR) is one of the most common radiography uses in the emergency department. Availability of radiologists varies in different emergency centers, therefore, the ability to accurately interpret chest X-rays is highly crucial for residents in emergency medicine programs. The present article evaluates this ability in residents of emergency medicine. Material...

The present descriptive-comparative study intends to improve the emergency system in the country. This study is significant because the study of mortality and disabilities in different societies displays that the most major causes of them are related to the diseases that are in the need of emergency medical cares and a dynamic emergency system can play an influencing role in improving the healt...

Introduction: Coronavirus is a large family of viruses that may cause respiratory infections. Recently, a new coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19) has caused great anxiety worldwide. Given that pre-hospital and hospital emergency staffs are the first group of frontliners to be exposed to and fight COVID-19 infection, this study aimed to investigate the anxiety of pre-hospital and hospital emergency ...

Background and Aim: Hospitals should be able to satisfy their clients’ needs in less time and with best quality possible. Length of Stay (LOS) in hospitals is considered as a key performance indicator, especially in emergency departments. In this study, the analysis of LOS in emergency departments was performed so that some of the factors affecting patients’ length of stay could be found.  Mat...

Background: Prehospital emergency care services are one of the vital health services in many countries that provide first and immediate medical care to the patients and injured people at the scene and during transfer to healthcare centers. This study was conducted to investigate and compare the use of prehospital emergency services in urban and road emergency bases of Hamadan University of Medi...

The emergency department from different point of views including treatment, economics, emotional, healthy, and social-right is very important. Therefore, quality improvement of this center needed prompt medical attention. This study has been carried out by descriptive analysis to assess the performance of ten emergency departments in teaching hospitals affiliated with Tabriz university of m...