background hospital readmission places a high burden on both health care systems and patients. most readmissions are thought to be related to the quality of the health care system. objectives the aim of this study was to examine the causes and rates of early readmission in emergency department in a tehran hospital. patients and methods a cross-sectional investigation was performed to study read...

Paediatric Emergency Medicine Department, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and BRC Imperial NIHR, Imperial College, London, UK Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK Department of Anaesthesia, Paediatric Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Auf der Bult Children’s Hospital, Hannover, Germany Paediatric Intensive Care Department, Hospit...

introduction: emergency department is the most important part of a hospital and it seems that 24-hour presence of emergency medicine specialist can be effective in improving the performance of this ward. therefore, the present study was performed with the aim of studying the effect of 24-hour presence of emergency medicine specialists in the emergency department of shahid bahonar hospital, kerm...

Surprisingly, the way in which pre-hospital emergency care is delivered varies greatly internationally. Two contrasting models can be identified: one physician-led, the other with direct or indirect medical supervision. The development of pre-hospital care in Ireland has been convoluted and stunted. However, in less than a decade, the Irish emergency medical services have evolved significantly....

conclusions in this study, trauma intervention increased satisfaction in patients admitted to the emergency department. therefore, managers and personnel of hospitals and healthcare training centers are urged to implement trauma intervention in their hospitals or healthcare training centers. results the mean score for total satisfaction after trauma intervention in the experimental group (45.6 ...

introduction: based on the existing studies, measuring serum level of immunoglobulin for making decisions regarding prescription of tetanus prophylaxis seems logical and cost effective. therefore, the present study was done with the aim of evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of tetanus quick stick (tqs) in comparison with elisa method in this regard. methods: the present diagnostic accuracy stud...

background: interprofessional teamwork is considered as the key to improve the quality of patient management in critical settings such as trauma emergency departments, but it is not fully conceptualized in these areas to guide practice. the aim of this article is to explore interprofessional teamwork and its improvement strategies in trauma emergency departments. materials and methods: particip...