objectives the research question addressed by this paper is, “what are the characteristics and findings of studies on workplace violence against emergency medical services personnel”? data sources a systematic literature review was conducted using online databases (pubmed, scopus, google scholar, and magiran) with the help of experienced librarians. study selection inclusion criteria comprised ...

1Department of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland 2Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard University, Boston, MA 02114, USA 3University of Manchester and Manchester Medical Academic Health Sciences Center, Manchester M139PL, UK 4Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospital, University of Manchester, Salford M68HD, UK 5Division of Eme...

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On December 2, 2015, a terror attack in the city of San Bernardino, California killed 14 Americans and injured 22 in the deadliest attack on U.S. soil since September 11, 2001. Although emergency personnel and law enforcement officials frequently deal with multi-casualty incidents (MCIs), what occurred that day required an unprecedented response. Most of the severely injured victims were transp...

introduction: one of the common methods for scientific activity assessment is scientometrics. it has been made possible with citation databases like web of science (wos) and scopus. in this paper, we studied the scientific production rate of hamadan university of medical sciences during 11 years via scientometrics methods. methods: in a descriptive, cross-sectional study, data was collected by ...

Emergency visits are rising nationally, whereas the number of emergency departments is shrinking. However, volume has not increased uniformly at all emergency departments. It is unclear what factors account for this variability in emergency volume growth rates. The objective of this study was to test the association of hospital and population characteristics and the effect of hospital closures ...

Background London’s ‘Major Trauma Network’ was established in April 2010, and comprises four ‘Major Trauma Centres’ (MTCs) – each offering all trauma-related specialties under one roof. Healthcare for London produced an algorithmic ‘Major Trauma Decision Tree’ to help emergency healthcare professionals decide where to convey patients, in order to offer the most suitable care for their needs. Th...

Emergency department (ED) crowding is a serious problem in most tertiary hospitals in Korea. Although several intervention models have been established to alleviate ED crowding, they are limited to a single hospital-based approach. This study was conducted to determine whether the new regional intervention model could alleviate ED crowding in a regional emergency medical center. This study was ...

4 Rooyen T. Mavenyengwa 1 , Johan A. Maeland 2* , Sylvester R. Moyo 3 5 6 7 Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe 1 , 8 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, St Olav Hospital, 9 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) 2 , Department of Life and Consumer 10 Sciences, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences...