Hospitals in low crime areas, believed to be far removed from gang activity, might suddenly be involved in a gang shooting situation for which their staffs are ill-prepared, as the author relates. He describes the need to have a policy in place in advance of a gang victim arriving at your ED to avoid situations where staff and patients are put in danger. The article presents the highlights of a...

Introduction: Documentation of intake and output is written or electronically generated information about client’s all the fluid that goes into eliminated from patient’s body. Fluid balance monitoring documentation a challenging area in nursing practice, since patients’ management plan for surgery, renal, cardiac, acute gastrointestinal disease depends on nurse’s documentation, it hence medical...

Aim: Measles, rubella, mumps and chickenpox are the childhood diseases retain their importance in our country as well all over world. Healthcare workers have high probability of transmission due to occupational risk; however by taking necessary protective measures, risk can be reduced. Determining seropositivity rates healthcare workers; it was aimed compare vaccination before after screening.&...

Background: Internationally, patient safety is increasingly seen as a priority area, and improving patient safety highly depends on achieving a culture that supports and encourages health care staffs to report their errors or near misses without fear of punishment. In Ethiopia, however, patient safety culture is a relatively new focus, and little is known regarding the current status of patient...

"The Supporting Program for Obstetric Care Underserved Areas (SPOU)" provides financial aids to rural community (or district) hospitals to reopen prenatal care and delivery services for regions without obstetrics and gynecology clinics or hospitals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the early stage effect of the SPOU program. The proportion of the number of birth through SPOU was calcul...

Transfer of patients in medical emergency situations is one of the most important missions of emergency medical service (EMS) staffs. So this study was performed to explore affecting factors in EMS staffs' decision during transporting of patients in medical situations to medical facilities. The participants in this qualitative study consisted of 18 EMS staffs working in prehospital care facilit...