Aim: Trauma-related renal infarction is a rare condition. In this report, we describe a 49-year-old male case of renal infarction due to a fall from height-induced traumatic renal artery occlusion with a surviving kidney thanks to an extra-renal artery. Emergency medicine specialists should consider the possibility of trauma-related renal infarction, as renal failure may develop in patients wit...

Dr. Afshari’s editorial gives insight on human nature (1). Collaborative willingness usually occurs when different sides perceive personal benefit, or when institutions mandate collaboration. This is not unique between higher and lower income countries; many working in global emergency medicine (EM) observe this within wealthier countries. It exists among collaborators in low resource settings....

Internal medicine physicians were once known as the " physician's physician. " These clinicians were consultants or specialists to the general practitioners of society. As medicine matured, their practices changed significantly. Now internists are one of the leading primary care specialties, while remaining specialists in their own right. When the specialty of emergency medicine (EM) was born, ...

BACKGROUND In educational hospitals, in addition to providing care, emergency medicine department plays an important role in providing education and increasing the quality of care and education. This study was an endeavor to evaluate the performance of emergency medicine department in different areas such as education, service provision and interaction with other departments. METHODS This was...

INTRODUCTION Emergency medicine is a new academic discipline, as well as a recent independent clinical specialization with the specific principles of practice, education and research. It is also a very important segment of the overall health care and health system. Emergency medicine as a distinct specialty was introduced in the U.S. in 1970. Ten years later and relatively quickly emergency med...