OBJECTIVES To determine if there were differences in practice or intubation mishap rate between anaesthetists and accident and emergency physicians performing rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia (RSI) in the prehospital setting. METHODS All patients who underwent RSI by a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) doctor from 1 May 1997 to 30 April 1999 were studied by retrospective anal...

OBJECTIVE To test the interexaminer reliability of abdominal examinations performed by pediatric emergency medicine physicians and surgeons in an emergency department. METHODS A prospective cross-sectional study in which 3 different types of physicians (pediatric emergency department residents, pediatric emergency department attending physicians, and pediatric surgeons in training) independen...

Introduction: Emergency medicine is an area in which correct decisions often need to be made fast, thus requiring a well-prepared medical team. There is little information regarding the profile of physicians working at emergency departments in Brazil. Objective: To describe general characteristics of training and motivation of physicians working in the emergency departments of medium and larg...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence of emergency cases reporting to Primary Health Care centers (PHC), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and to explore the barriers facing PHC physicians when dealing with such emergency cases. METHODS A cross-sectional analytic study, where all physicians working in the PHC of the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Jeddah; were invited to participate (n=247). The study period ...

During a three-day period in June 2004, 3 individuals died after being restrained by police in Florida, Minnesota, and California. All had exhibited bizarre behavior necessitating police intervention. All arrests involved struggle and subsequent restraint, including one situation where the individual was struggling with neighbors prior to police and EMS arrival. All arrests eventually required ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) Longitudinal Study of Emergency Physicians (LSEP) was initiated to describe the development of a new medical specialty through the continuing study of the lives of representative emergency physicians. The study is designed to gather data periodically over many years to come. The primary purpose of this article is to provide a basel...

Aim: To identify the causes of violence in emergency department and suggest ways to reduce experienced.
 Material Method: The population this cross-sectional survey study consisted all medicine physicians who participated symposium on frequent emergencies held Cyprus May 6, 2022. a total 20 items comprising 16 multiple-choice four fill-in-the-blank questions related demographic characteris...

BACKGROUND The shortage of physicians is reported in the small cities in Japan, but the mal-distribution of physicians and emergency medical facilities has not been fully investigated. METHODS Survey of Medical Institutions, 2005, Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists, 2004, and 2005 Population Census of Japan were used. The relationships between city population and the numbers of me...

BACKGROUND Multisource feedback (MSF) is an evaluation tool whereby surveys assessing physicians are administered among medical peers and colleagues. Such evaluations provide physicians with non-biased valuations of both their strengths and their weaknesses, offering an opportunity for improvement in their work. Studies have shown that MSF is particularly effective for emergency care physicians...