INTRODUCTION This is the final article in a series describing the Otorhinolaryngology (ORL) Emergencies Boot Camp. Previous articles covered curriculum design and basic to more advanced emergency skills. This article describes how the course culminates in two learning stations addressing more complicated patient scenarios that also require judgment, communication, and teamwork in addition to te...

Received: November 11, 2014 Accepted for publication: December 22, 2014 From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Imaging, Department of Radiology Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Min-Po Ho Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital 21 Section 2, Nanya South Road, Banchiao District, ...

We report a case of a grade V bladder injury complicating an open-book pelvic fracture following a road traffic accident. The bladder neck injury was primarily repaired in the emergency setting of a poor-resourced area with successful outcome. The dangers of urinary extravasation are still to be considered of importance and we advocate and encourage immediate/emergency open intervention althoug...

Received: November 5, 20 0 Accepted for publication: November 5, 20 0 From the Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Wen-Jone Chen Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital 7 Chungshan South Road Taipei 0002, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tel: (0...

Received: June 5, 2009 Accepted for publication: August 27, 2009 From the Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Department of Emergency Cardinal Tien Hospital, Fu-Jen Catholic University School of Medicine Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Jung-Mou Yang Department of Emergency, Cardinal Tien Hospital 362 Chungcheng Road, Hsintien City, Taipei County 23 37, Taiwan (R.O.C...

From the Department of Emergency Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Received: November 4, 2014 Accepted: May 21, 2015 Address reprint request and correspondence to: I-Ting Tsai, Department of Emergency Medicine, E-Da Hospital, No. 1, Yida Road, Jiaosu Village, Yanchao District, Kaohsiung City 82445, Taiwan. Tel: +886-7-6150011 ext. 3166, Fax: +886-7-6150915, E-mail: ...

1 Assistant Professor, Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 2 Nursing Research Committee, Sina Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 3 General Practitioner, Emergency Medicine Research Team, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 4 Nursing Research Committee, Tabriz Children's Hospital, Tabriz University of...

Introduction: The improvement of technology has increased noise levels in hospital Wards to higher than international standard levels (35-45 dB). Higher noise levels than the maximum level result in patient’s instability and dissatisfaction. Moreover, it will have serious negative effects on the staff’s health and the quality of their services. The purpose of this survey is to analyze the leve...

The movement of large numbers of people is important in many situations, such as the evacuation of buildings, stadiums and public transport stations. Numerous incidents have been reported in the literature in which overcrowding has resulted in injuries and death during emergency situations. Modelling and empirical study of crowd safety under emergency conditions is imperative to assist planners...

Natural disasters and emergencies create the need for communication between and among the affected populace and emergency responders as well as other parties such as governmental agencies and aid organizations. Such communications include the dissemination of key information such as evacuation orders and locations of emergency shelters. In particular, the coordination of efforts between respond...