Children requiring emergency care have unique and special needs. This is especially so for those with serious and life-threatening emergencies. There are a variety of components of the emergency care system that provide emergency care to children that are not limited to children. With regard to hospitals, most children are brought to community hospital emergency departments (EDs) by virtue of t...

I am highly honoured to describe the monumental North American legacy of Frank Pantridge. Most emphatically Frank became a great life-changer for many in Europe and the Americas. I thank Alun Evans for this opportunity to focus upon our extraordinary Pantridge endowment. Forty-three years ago one could not stand erect in a North American ambulance. Hearses, limousines and estate wagons transpor...

background and objectives: outsourcing healthcare and the associated services has proven as an effective strategy for enhancing hospital performance and improving quality of services. despite, the concept is relatively new in iran, calling for studies investigating different aspects of the issue and its potential benefits. thus, this study was conducted to explore the impact of outsourcing mana...

background and objectives: angiography remains as the gold standard for the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases (cvd). the aim of this study was to assess the quality of angiography services in shahid madani hospital, tabriz, iran.   methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 in shahid madani hospital. a sample of 203 cvd patients who had received angiography services was surveyed....

INTRODUCTION Stroke is the third leading cause of death in Minnesota. One strategy to reduce the burden of stroke is to implement systems-level improvements in the prehospital and acute care settings. Two surveys conducted in 2006 obtained information about current practices and capacities of emergency medical services and emergency departments in Minnesota. METHODS In 2006, the Minnesota Dep...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Measuring and analyzing of provided services times in Emergency Department is the way to improves quality of hospital services. The present study was conducted with aim measuring and analyzing patients waiting time indicators in Emergency Department in a general hospital in Iran. MATERIAL & METHODS This cross-sectional, observational study was conducted during April to Septe...

In response to difficulties meeting the demand for hospital services ("access block") at Royal Melbourne Hospital, a major metropolitan tertiary referral hospital, an audit of patient needs revealed a shortage of aged-care beds and a need for post-acute care. A multidisciplinary Care Coordination Team (CCT) was formed at the end of July 2000 to ensure that emergency department patients were pro...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the emergency applications made pre-hospital health services by schools and dormitories. Material Methods: This a retrospective, descriptive cross-sectional record review study. research data were collected retrospectively reviewing records students who applied Gümüşhane Provincial Ambulance Service Chief Physician from kindergartens, elementary schools, mid...

Investigating the Relationship between Moral Distress and Coping in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Services Technicians of East Azerbaijan Province 2021