Background:Surgical site infection (SSI) is the third most common nosocomial infection, associ­ated with higher morbidity and mortality rates as well increased cost prolonged hospital stay for patients. Lidocaine, in addition to being a readily available accessible local anesthetic, has shown antimicrobial fungicidal activity. Objectives: Assessing outcome of using 2% lidocaine irrigation preve...

BACKGROUND Emergency medicine (EM) is a growing specialty in Colombia with five residency programs in the country. EM leadership is interested in incorporating point-of-care (POC) ultrasound into a standardized national EM residency curriculum. This study is a nationwide survey of Colombian EM residents designed to explore the current state of POC ultrasound use within EM residencies and examin...

background : burn wounds are one of the health problems in modern societies that are associated with irreparable harms and many side problems for patients and their families. infection due to burn wounds is the main cause of death in such patients. one of the methods to prevent infection of burn wounds is topical antibiotic ointments. this study aimed to investigate and identify effective ointm...

BACKGROUND Tétanos Quick Stick® (TQS) is a test for tetanus immunity screening for wounded patients in emergency departments (EDs), but represents additional costs compared with a medical interview on vaccination history. The study objective was to assess the effectiveness and cost of the TQS in French EDs. METHODS We performed a model-based analysis that simulates screening of tetanus immuni...

I f one were to judge solely from popular TV shows, the nation’s emergency care system is in fine shape. Its doctors, nurses, and ambulance personnel are dedicated and competent professionals who save lives with their expertise and state-of-the-art equipment and can always be trusted to come through in a crunch. And, indeed, there is a great deal of truth to this picture: Our emergency and trau...

OBJECTIVE The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has published simple guidelines for the first aid management of ill or injured children. We determined knowledge of these first aid practices in parents. METHODS Design-Descriptive survey. PARTICIPANTS A convenience sample of adult parents presenting to the emergency department. SURVEY INSTRUMENT Standardized collection of demographics wa...

o bjective: to explain an important  aspect of violence, the spatiotemporal pattern of trauma in victims of violence visited in emergency room of rajaei hospital, shiraz, iran m e thods: this cross-sectional prospective study comprised 109 randomly selected victims of violence visited in emergency room of rajaei hospital, a tertiary referral hospital affiliated to shiraz university of medical s...

OBJECTIVE End-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) monitoring has numerous clinical applications in the emergency setting. This study was designed to explore the current availability and utilization patterns for continuous ETCO2 monitoring in pediatric emergency departments. METHODS A Web-based survey was distributed to directors of all accredited pediatric emergency medicine fellowship programs in t...