Any junior doctor navigating the early stages of training will recognise the need to develop the ability to crystallise the essence of a clinical case with a few succinct questions and directed examination, enabling subsequent investigations and treatments to be well directed. Whilst the acquisition of this experience requires hard yards on the shop floor, this book makes an excellent companion...

Hospital medicine is the fastest growing specialty in the United States. An interesting aspect of the rapid expansion of hospital medicine is the expansion of the field beyond the United States. Although the health care systems, regulations, and cultural norms in these nations differ, there are striking similarities in the profession's development. We performed a literature review to better und...

Objective: Emergency departments and hospital emergency departments are important due to their critical role in providing urgent medical care to patients in dire need of medical interventions. Checking bottlenecks in new conditions and planning to reduce bed occupancy and hospitalization is needed. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the patient’s chief complain...

Karen Poor is Clinical Nurse Specialist at Emergency Department, Regions Hospital. For correspondence, write: Karen Poor, RN, MN, CEN, CCNS, 11102 F, Emergency Department, Regions Hospital, 640 Jackson Street, St. Paul, MN 55101; E-mail: [email protected] J Emerg Nurs 2007;33:550-2. Available online 1 October 2007. 0099-1767/$32.00 Copyright n 2007 by the Emergency Nurses Associat...

BACKGROUND Paramedic and emergency personnel may encounter directly many events that threat their own wellbeing during their daily work. This study was conducted to examine the prevalence rate of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among two groups of paramedic and emergency personnel in south-east Iran. METHODS The study employed a descriptive design and was conducted in four hospital emer...

Hospital plans often vary when it comes to the specific functional roles that are included in emergency and incident management positions. Bioterrorism coordinators and emergency managers for 31 hospitals in a seven-county region outside of a major metropolitan area, with urban, suburban, and rural demographics were surveyed to determine which specific functional roles were considered "essentia...