The literature from India is conspicuous by paucity of well-planned studies on psychiatric emergencies. Trivedi and Gupta (1982) in a retrospective study found that 2.9 % of the total patients coming to emergency room of a general hospital were diagnosed to be having psychiatric illness. In a prospective study by Kelkar et al (1982) the figure was 5.4%. However, both of these studies have not a...

Medical emergencies that occur in co~~~merc i a l jet aircraft create unique and challenging situations. Providing medical c x e with limited resources, space, support personnel, and equipment creates a suboptimal environment for those physicians who voks~nteer to provide care. Furthermore, some pl~ysicians may "a reluctant to voltenleer to assist in such emergencies gsven the current litigious...

during the past years, special emphasis was put on medical preparedness in the event of radiological or nuclear emergencies. novin medical radiation institute (nmri) encouraged and supported the national authorities to enhance their cooperation in improving medical response to radiation accident. nmri in cooperation with international atomic energy agency (iaea) and atomic energy organization o...

The pre-hospital management of acute medical emergencies can be difficult. Critically ill patients must be evaluated quickly and accurately to ensure that immediately life-threatening problems are identified and treated. Figure 1 and Box 2 provide a structured method for rapid assessment in the pre-hospital phase. Although the majority of medically unwell patients will not require an aggressive...

Patients with neurological malignancies are subject to developing a unique set of complications that require emergent evaluation and treatment. With the increasing incidence of cancer in the general population and improved survival, these emergencies will be more frequently encountered. Physicians must be able to recognize these conditions and institute appropriate therapy after a focused initi...

330 www.thelancet.com Vol 385 January 24, 2015 and collaborating on research initiatives. This kind of initiative avoids the wasteful duplication of eff ort, and should be reproduced for other medical humanitarian emergencies. The Ebola response shows the need for new global mechanisms to be established that can rapidly mobilise all experts who can bring relevant local contextual, medical, epid...

Background Junior doctors are often first on scene in the emergency department. It is therefore crucial that they are capable of performing life-saving interventions (LSI’s). Pediatricians and anesthesiologists handle pediatric emergencies. However, depending on hospital location, local structure, and resources junior doctors can be compelled to perform these LSI’s. Many junior doctors will not...

A review of the literature on medical emergencies in the dental office and the evaluation of several emergency kits, including commercially available kits as well as those that have been individually prepared for use in university dental school clinics, revealed an adult orientation that renders these emergency kits inadequate for treatment of medical emergencies in a pediatric dental patient. ...