Perspectives The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has firmly placed disability in a human rights perspective. In the context of the Convention, disability refers to activity limitations and participation restrictions that result from the interaction of an impairment of body function or structure with environmental factors. The Convention addresses the rights ...

Emergency medical care is not a luxury for rich countries or rich individuals in poor countries. This paper makes the point that emergency care can make an important contribution to reducing avoidable death and disability in low- and middle-income countries. But emergency care needs to be planned well and supported at all levels--at the national, provincial and community levels--and take into a...

introduction: nowadays, researches are used in various disciplines of science as a powerful means of evaluating the latest scientific achievements. the most important source in medical studies, however, seems to be patients' documents in hospitals' archives. the basic aim of this study was to determine the importance and the application of medical records in doing researches from the viewpoint ...

distance learning is expanding and replacing the traditional academic medical settings. managing trauma patients seems to be a prerequisite skill for medical students. this study has been done to evaluate the efficiency of distance learning on performing the initial assessment and management in trauma patients, compared with the traditional learning among senior medical students. one hundred an...

nowadays, many researches in the field of medicine are conducting all around the world and medical journalism is a way to share the results. in fact, dissemination of the related manuscripts can prevent the repetitive research or may even lead to conducting a better survey. therefore high quality medical journals are considered as up-to-date resources for further investigations. medical journal...

the police are competent and always present contact persons who have direct knowledge and experience and act as role models in the area of road traffic. one of the focuses of police work is to increase tolerance and consideration, especially for more vulnerable road users. the priorities of the police are geared at emphasizing how relevant and appropriate the decisions made by road traffic auth...

background organizational entrepreneurship focuses on proactive actions, which may lead to the new productions, new services and/or new processes. implementation of organizational entrepreneurship plans has many benefits including organizational cost reduction and the increase of organizational capital assets. objectives this study aimed to investigate the organizational entrepreneurship status...

The World Trade Center attack cast some physicians in roles outside their usual hospital practice. The incident required several physicians to function in the dangerous environment of the disaster. Priorities and triage strategies established by the police, emergency medical service and fire departments, while adhered to, required instantaneous modification and upgrading given the vast loss of ...

Survey of on-site treatment of patients in mountain areas of 14 countries in Europe and North America (nonresponder rate 33%) to compare emergency medical services. Around 37,535 ground rescuers and 747 helicopters are ready for evacuation of casualties and patients in mountain areas. And 1316 physicians and 50,967 paramedics take part in ground and air mountain rescue operations. In Europe, 63...