In order to care for an ill or injured child, it is crucial that every emergency department (ED) has a minimum set of personnel and resources because the majority of children are brought to the geographically nearest ED. In addition to adequate preparation for basic pediatric emergency care, a comprehensive, specialized healthcare system should be in place for a critically-ill or injured victim...

background and objectives: violence toward healthcare workers has emerged as an important health problem. this type of violence has the potential to severely influence healthcare workers, patients, and the community. this study aimed to explore the prevalence of violence in emergency departments, and to identify associated risk fac­tors using a sample of emergency department healthcare workers ...

BACKGROUND Ageing population trends create a strong imperative for healthcare systems to develop models of care that reduce dependence on hospital services. People living in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) currently have high rates of presentation to emergency departments. The care provided in these environments may not optimally satisfy the needs of frail older persons from RACFs. O...

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introduction: currently, volunteer forces are among the main members of the healthcare service body, particularly in the treatment sector, and play a key role in healthcare and treatment services. since efficient human resources are the greatest and most important assets of all organizations, the organization constantly works to train, retain, and get maximum benefit of these valuable assets. t...

Authors Eric Witt, Emergency Department, Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield Claire Goodman, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK Ashis Banerjee, Emergency Department, Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield Tricia Scott, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK Sarah Amador, Centre for Research ...

We provide recommendations for stocking of antidotes used in emergency departments (EDs). An expert panel representing diverse perspectives (clinical pharmacology, medical toxicology, critical care medicine, hematology/oncology, hospital pharmacy, emergency medicine, emergency medical services, pediatric emergency medicine, pediatric critical care medicine, poison centers, hospital administrati...

Although the growth of urgent care centres in the past 5 years has been phenomenal (180 urgent care centres in 1980; in excess of 3000 urgent care centres in 1985), they have been in existence since the early 1970s. Astute physicians, many of them involved in emergency medicine, saw that a significant percentage of the patient population utilizing hospital-based emergency departments consisted ...

Purpose: The elderly care pathway from the public health emergency unit to the university hospital and back home needs rationalising. Another purpose is to utilise the information of the electronic patient record system in care coordination. Theory: The processed knowledge from the electronic patient record system enables the geriatric professionals to deal with the information of the elderly c...

1 “Carol Davila”University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania 2 Department of Plastic Surgery and Reconstruction Microsurgery, Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania 3 Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania 4 Department of General Surgery, Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania Corresponding author: Tiberiu P...