Introduction Pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia (PHEA) is a high-risk activity. Recent guidelines suggest that providers consider using pre-procedure checklists [1]. We applied the principles of checklist development and design to our PHEA practice, developed a pre-anaesthetic checklist and introduced it to our service. Methods An expert group of physicians and paramedics within our service con...

OBJECTIVES Validated assessment tools are required to support competency-based education. We aimed to assess the reliability and validity of the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Competency Assessment Tool for Pediatric Colonoscopy (GiECATKIDS), an instrument developed by 41 North American experts using Delphi methodology. METHODS GiECATKIDS consists of a 7-item global rating scale (GRS) and an 18-i...

I develop a novel diagnostic procedure to estimate the associations between measurement errors of expected returns proxies and …rm characteristics. Application to GLS, a popular implementation of the implied cost of capital ("ICC"), yields the …rst direct empirical evidence that ICC measurement errors i) are persistent, ii) can be associated with …rms’risk or growth characteristics, and therefo...

Surgical reconstruction of fractured extremities is a complex procedure that orthopaedic residents must master during training. Currently, training is based on an apprenticeship model, which while beneficial, is not uniform and does not provide any means to assess skills competency. Surgical simulation can help address shortcomings in the training model by providing residents opportunities to (...

My paper discusses system consequence, which is a central idea in the project to lift the theory of information flow to the general level of universal logic and the theory of institutions. At the same time, it uses ideas from information flow to extend the theory of institutions. ICCS 2009, 26–31 July 2009 System Consequence Table of

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy is a widely performed procedure that is generally considered to be safe. The first performed bronchoscopy was done by Gustav Killian in 1897; however, the development of flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy was accomplished by Ikeda in 1964(1). Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy is a key diagnostic and therapeutic procedure(2). It is estimated that more than 500,000 of these p...

OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to evaluate the overall quality of case reports concerning acupuncture treatment in Korea. METHODS We selected a representative Korean journal and retrieved eligible case reports on acupuncture treatment published from 2009 to 2015. We assessed the quality of reporting based on CAse REport (CARE) and STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials o...