Modern Infrastructure Protection Systems (IPSs) tend to be geographically distributed as well as Internet based. Geographic distribution has the goal of increasing fault tolerance as well survivability (e.g. against attacks of various kinds). Usage of a public communication infrastructure like Internet has the goal of decreasing costs as well as easying system deployment. During an emergency, c...

OBJECTIVE Recent changes in the NHS have seen nurses take on roles that are traditionally filled by doctors, leading to the development of emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs). In addition to this, increasing interest has focused on telemedicine (literally, medicine at a distance) as a way of supporting remote emergency departments and minor injuries units from larger centres. The vast majority...

Virtual environments are increasingly used for emergency training, but tend to focus mainly on teaching prescribed emergency procedures. However, social psychology literature highlights several factors that can bias individual response to an emergency in the real world, and would be worth considering in virtual training systems. In this paper, we focus on withdrawal of help due to racial discri...

as an international legal instrument, the international health regulations (ihr) is internationally binding in 196 countries, especially in all the member states of the world health organization (who). the ihr aims to prevent, protect against, control, and respond to the international spread of disease and aims to cut out unnecessary interruptions to traffic and trade. to meet ihr requirements,...

This paper examines the gender politics of Cesarean sections (C-sections) in Taiwan, the country with the third highest Cesarean rates (C-rates) in the world. Public discourses attribute the high C-rates to the demands of women. According to my fieldwork, the Taiwanese medical system itself is responsible for high C-rates. Taiwanese hospitals enforce a significant amount of medical intervention...

Abstract Aim NELA recommends rapid request, conduct and reporting of CT to reduce the delay in time theatre thus ultimately improving patient outcomes. Our aim was identify delays with regards scanning reporting. Methods Local Laparotomy Pathway standard that scans be performed within one hour being requested reported performed. data electronic records were reviewed over a 3 month period (Janua...

In recent years Hungarian healthcare including outpatient and inpatient medical institutions the Emergency Medical Services providing emergency care have undergone numerous IT improvements. addition to patient health documentation, electronic digital technology provides a telemedicine opportunity for at-the-scene care, helping supporting diagnosis path- related decisions. The National are invol...