introduction since, employing new education approach is necessary for enhancing medical students` skills, so the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of role –play approach compared the traditional method about neonatal admission skills in delivery room among midwifery students. materials and methods this was an experimental study in 2013-2014 in isfahan-iran. after baseline tes...

this was a prospective cross-sectional study of consecutive transported patients by emergency medical service (ems) to a referral hospital. the goal of this study was the evaluation of emergency medical technician intermediate prediction about their transported patients disposition in emergency department of imam khomeini hospital. 2950 patients were transported to this hospital, questionnaires...

introduction: this study carried out to investigate the causes and motivations of older people residing in nursing home. methods: a qualitative description study was designed by choosing a sample of the elderly residing in a nursing home in tabriz, iran. based on purposive sampling, fifteen residents in the age range of 65-85 participated in the study. data was collected through unstructured in...

introduction: one of the most important indices of effectiveness and delivery quality of sanitary and medical services is patient satisfaction with hospital services. it is necessary that hospitals pay attention to patient's needs and ensure their satisfaction. therefore the current study was conducted with the aim of identifying the level of patient satisfaction with hospital services delivere...

intreduction hospitals as main health care prouders have always received great aftention. and in hospitals , special attention ust be paid to the admission unit and its management and organization. the unit plays important role in the evaluation of the hospital. methods and materials it is a descriptive study in which nine inpatients admission units and six outpatient admission units were exami...

conclusions the delay time from symptom onset to hospital admission was high in patients with ami. it is necessary to create emergency medical system (ems) stations in suburbs and train the public on the importance of quick contact with the ems when the symptoms of an ami are observed. results the median delay was 129 minutes (mean ± sd, 240.44 ± 295.30). overall, 32.5% of patients were admitte...

background: the admission test (at) has been carried out for many years, but there are still debates about the prognostic value of the test. therefore, we aimed to examine the value of the at in predicting the adverse outcome in neonates. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 425 pregnant women with normal vaginal delivery were studied between2009 and 2014at vali-e-asr hospital. based on the ...

introduction: several studies have evaluated the association of admission blood glucose levels and short and long term mortality after myocardial infarction and have had different results. the aim of this study was evaluation of association between admission blood glucose levels and in-hospital and one year mortality in non-diabetic patients with ami. methods: in this study, demographic, clinic...

background: air pollution is one of the most important factors threatening the health of citizens. it increases the prevalence of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases as well as emergency admissions to hospitals in the polluted metropolitan cities. the present study was conducted using air quality (airq) model and aimed to investigate the effects of air pollution on the number of emergency c...

introduction: the information recorded in medical sheets can help us facilitate the treatment process, recognize the quality of performance of the medical staff, plan health care programs and make accurate and appropriate decisions. this study intends to compare the quality of recording information in admission and summary sheets of three hospitals in isfahan in the first six months of 1381. ma...