Medical identity theft in the emergency department (ED) can harm numerous individuals, and many frontline healthcare providers are unaware of this growing concern. The two cases described began as typical ED encounters until red flags were discovered upon validating the patient's identity. Educating all healthcare personnel within and outside the ED regarding the subtle signs of medical identit...

Objectives: To explore the challenges and experiences of Prehospital Emergency Personnel in context COVID-19 pandemic Iran. Design: Qualitative study Setting: Medical Services (EMS), Participants: 15 personnel were invited to participate. Semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted between Januarys March 2021. Results: Themes relating COVID – 19 were: Lack preparedness EMS for pandemic, short...

Bleeding because of excessive anticoagulation is a well-recognized complication of coumadin therapy. In cases of potentially life-threatening bleeding such as intracranial haemorrhage, reversal of anticoagulation should be carried out as soon as possible. Here we report the case of an emergency patient in whom excessive anticoagulation was diagnosed at the scene by emergency medical service per...

several observations have addressed high rates of occupational burnout among personnel of emergency medical services (emss) centers.  occupational burnout influences ems personnel's well-being and quality of life. the main objective of this study was to assess burnout and its determinants among iranian ems personnel. this study was carried out at all ems centers in two provinces of kermanshah a...

Chemical warfare agents are toxic weapons and emergency prehospital medical care providers should be well prepared, trained, and equipped to give response. Personnel need to be aware of the following medical issues regarding prehospital management of a chemical attack, event recognition, incident medical command and control, safety and protection, decontamination, isolation of the incident area...

Chemical warfare agents are toxic weapons and emergency prehospital medical care providers should be well prepared, trained, and equipped to give response. Personnel need to be aware of the following medical issues regarding prehospital management of a chemical attack, event recognition, incident medical command and control, safety and protection, decontamination, isolation of the incident area...

Introduction: Iran is exposed to several kinds of hazards throughout the country. Disasters cause mental health distress among survivors and disaster rescuers. Most psychological symptoms may decrease in time, but they could persist for months or even years in some individuals. Therefore, the present study aimed to explore the consequences of exposure to traumatic events with its components, w...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to determine current experience and training of emergency medical support personnel for special weapons and tactics (SWAT) teams in North America. METHODS This cross-sectional, epidemiologic survey was sent to SWAT unit commanders from the 200 largest metropolitan areas. Questions included basic demographics, specialized training of emergency medical...

BACKGROUND Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel often are not permitted to honor requests to withhold resuscitation at the end of life, particularly if there is no written do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order. OBJECTIVE To determine whether EMS personnel from agencies implementing new guidelines would be more likely to withhold resuscitation from persons having out-of-hospital cardiac arrests...