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  1. Paramedic trainees in developing countries face complex and chaotic clinical environments that demand effective leadership, communication, and teamwork. Providers must rely on non-technical skills (NTS) to man...

    Authors: Aditya Mantha, Nathaniel L. Coggins, Aditya Mahadevan, Rebecca N. Strehlow, Matthew C. Strehlow and S.V. Mahadevan
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2016 9:9
    Content type: Educational advances in emergency medicine Published on:

  2. We designed this study to expand the usage of ultrasound to detect early occurrence of hypovolemia. We explore the potential use of inferior vena cava (IVC) and abdominal aorta (AA) diameter index (IVC:AA) mea...

    Authors: Nik Hisamuddin NA Rahman, Rashidi Ahmad, Meera Mohaideen Kareem and Mohammad Iqhbal Mohammed
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2016 9:8
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  3. Inpatient hyperglycaemia and diabetes mellitus (DM) are common and are associated with an increased risk of complications and mortality. The severity of hyperglycaemia determines the rate of complications in p...

    Authors: Fernando Gomez-Peralta, Cristina Abreu, Leonor Andreu-Urioste, Ana Cristina Antolí, Carmen Rico-Fontsaré, David Martín-Fernández, Rosa Resina-Rufes, Juan Jesús Pérez-García, Ángela Negrete-Muñoz, Daniel Muñoz-Álvarez and Guillermo E. Umpierrez
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2016 9:7
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  4. Trauma is a major public health concern. Worldwide, injuries resulted in 4.8 million deaths in 2013, an increase of 11 % since 1990. The majority of deaths from trauma in low-and middle-income countries occur ...

    Authors: Cátia Luciana Abdulfattáhe Taibo, Troy D. Moon, Orvalho A. Joaquim, Carlos R. Machado, Amina Merchant, Kelly McQueen, Mohsin Sidat and Elena Folgosa
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2016 9:6
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  5. The specialty of emergency medicine is in its infancy state in the long history of the Indian health sciences education system. Little analytical published data is available at the moment in India regarding th...

    Authors: Sushant Chhabra, Asit Misra, Sumiyah Shah and Tamorish Kole
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2016 9:5
    Content type: Educational advances in emergency medicine Published on:

  6. The most common complaint of patients attending the emergency department (ED) is pain, caused by different diseases. Yet the treatment of pain at the ED is suboptimal, and oligoanalgesia remains common. The ob...

    Authors: Geesje Van Woerden, Crispijn L. Van Den Brand, Cornelis F. Den Hartog, Floris J. Idenburg, Diana C. Grootendorst and M. Christien Van Der Linden
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2016 9:4
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  7. Acutely ill patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) constantly require at least one fast and reliable peripheral intravenous (PIV) access. In many conditions (morbid obesity, underweight state, chro...

    Authors: Giancarlo Scoppettuolo, Mauro Pittiruti, Sara Pitoni, Laura Dolcetti, Alessandro Emoli, Alessandro Mitidieri, Ivano Migliorini and Maria Giuseppina Annetta
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2016 9:3
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  8. Multisource feedback (MSF) is an evaluation tool whereby surveys assessing physicians are administered among medical peers and colleagues. Such evaluations provide physicians with non-biased valuations of both...

    Authors: Ahmed Al Ansari, Ahmed Al Meer, Mooza Althawadi, Deyari Henari and Khalid Al Khalifa
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2016 9:2
    Content type: Educational advances in emergency medicine Published on:

  9. The Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale is a valid triage system. The system was translated and implemented in the Japanese emergency departments (EDs) from 2012. This system was named the Japanese Triage and Acu...

    Authors: Hiraku Funakoshi, Takashi Shiga, Yosuke Homma, Yoshiyuki Nakashima, Jin Takahashi, Hiroshi Kamura and Masatomi Ikusaka
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2016 9:1
    Content type: Research Published on:

  10. This study investigates clinicians’ views of clinician-patient and clinician-clinician communication, including key factors that prevent clinicians from achieving successful communication in a large, high-pres...

    Authors: Jack K.H. Pun, Christian M. I. M. Matthiessen, Kristen A. Murray and Diana Slade
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:48
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  11. In 2003, we published a study on the Israeli workforce in emergency medicine (EM). We repeated the study in 2012 to assess changes in the workforce that have occurred in the interval decade.

    Authors: Michael J. Drescher, Zev Wimpfheimer, Aziz Darawsha, Ryan Sullivan, Aviva Goral and Limor Aharonson-Daniel
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:47
    Content type: State of International Emergency medicine Published on:

  12. To influence self-referral, it is crucial to know a patient’s motives to directly visit the emergency department (ED). The goal of this study is to examine motives for self-referral to the ED and compare these...

    Authors: Nicole Kraaijvanger, Douwe Rijpsma, Henk van Leeuwen and Michael Edwards
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:46
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  13. Global health electives (GHEs) have become a standard offering in many residency programs. Residency electives should aid residents in achieving outcomes in the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educa...

    Authors: Alison Schroth Hayward, Gabrielle A. Jacquet, Tracy Sanson, Hani Mowafi and Bhakti Hansoti
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:45
    Content type: Review Published on:

  14. This study demonstrated a method to train medical students at Hanoi Medical School in airway management from Omaha, Nebraska, using tele-mentoring techniques. Correct placement of the endotracheal tube was doc...

    Authors: Wesley G. Zeger, Chad E. Branecki, Thang T. Nguyen, Todd Hall, Ben Boedeker, David Boedeker and Michael C. Wadman
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:44
    Content type: Notes from the field Published on:

  15. A sudden onset of chest pain, which often reflects a life-threatening disease, requires prompt diagnosis in the emergency department.

    Authors: Tomoyuki Tobushi, Kazuya Hosokawa, Keita Matsumoto and Toshiaki Kadokami
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:43
    Content type: Clinical Image Published on:

  30. Russia’s national healthcare system is undergoing significant changes. Those changes which affect healthcare financing are particularly vital. As has often been the case in other nations, the emergency care fi...

    Authors: Anthony Rodigin
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:42
    Content type: State of International Emergency Medicine Published on:

  31. Ventilation monitoring practice for intubated pediatric patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) during interfacility transport (IFT) has not been well documented. We describe the difference of practi...

    Authors: Gregory Hansen and Jeff K. Vallance
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:41
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  32. It is very common to examine reliability of triage scales using (weighted) kappa statistics. The point is that weighted kappa has grossly underestimated disagreements by one category and put more emphasis on e...

    Authors: Amir Mirhaghi
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:40
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  33. As global emergency care grows, practical and effective performance measures are needed to ensure high quality care. Our objective was to systematically catalog and classify metrics that have been used to meas...

    Authors: Emily L. Aaronson, Regan H. Marsh, Moytrayee Guha, Jeremiah D. Schuur and Shada A. Rouhani
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:39
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  34. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of the Emergency Department (ED) as a place for obesity education and to evaluate its impact on patient’s lifestyle modification.

    Authors: Jordana J. Haber, Sukshant Atti, Linda M. Gerber and Muhammad Waseem
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:38
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  35.  The objective of this paper is to evaluate the response times and outcome of patients in two groups of patients attended by permanently (PS) and temporarily stationed ambulances (TS) (fluid deployment).

    Authors: Mahmoudreza Peyravi, Soheila Khodakarim, Per Örtenwall and Amir Khorram-Manesh
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:37
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  36. Purulent pericarditis (PP) continues to result in a very serious prognosis and high mortality. The most serious complication of pericarditis is constriction. Intrapericardial administration of fibrinolytic age...

    Authors: Małgorzata Dybowska, Barbara Kazanecka, Paweł Kuca, Janusz Burakowski, Cezary Czajka, Franciszek Grzegorczyk, Renata Gralec and Witold Tomkowski
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:36
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  37. The City of Jeddah is the major and largest city in the Western Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Covering a total area of 748 km2. The Saudi Red Crescent Organization (SRC) makes up the major bulk ...

    Authors: A F Hamam, M H Bagis, K AlJohani and A H Tashkandi
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:35
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  38. Medical students have been deployed in victim care of several disasters throughout history. They are corner stones in first-line care in recent pandemic planning. Furthermore, every physician and senior medica...

    Authors: Luc J. M. Mortelmans, Stef J. M. Bouman, Menno I. Gaakeer, Greet Dieltiens, Kurt Anseeuw and Marc B. Sabbe
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:34
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  39. Seat belt use has been associated with decreased life-threatening thoracic injuries. However, there has been an increase in soft-tissue injuries such as breast trauma.

    Authors: Bryan Madden, Mayura Phadtare, Zeina Ayoub and Ralphe Bou Chebl
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:33
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  40. Unplanned re-attendance at the Emergency Department (ED) is often monitored as a quality indicator of the care accorded to patients during their index ED visit. High bed occupancy rate (BOR) has been considere...

    Authors: Yan Sun, Bee Hoon Heng, Seow Yian Tay and Kelvin Brian Tan
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:32
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  41. Several studies have addressed psychological problems after terror attacks, especially among victims. Fewer have addressed possible health consequences among rescue workers involved with terror attacks. This s...

    Authors: Astrid Gjerland, May Janne Botha Pedersen, Øivind Ekeberg and Laila Skogstad
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:31
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  42. Emergency departments (EDs) are a critical, yet heterogeneous, part of international emergency care. The National ED Inventories (NEDI) survey has been used in multiple countries as a standardized method to be...

    Authors: Yury Bustos, Jenny Castro, Leana S. Wen, Ashley F. Sullivan, Dinah K. Chen and Carlos A. Camargo Jr.
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:30
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  43. The Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) is an integral part of the Canadian emergency medicine triaging system. There is growing interest and implementation of CTAS worldwide. However,...

    Authors: Mustafa Alquraini, Emad Awad and Ra’ed Hijazi
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:29
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  44. This study aims to remodel the Broselow Pediatric Emergency Tape for the Indian pediatric population. The Broselow tape overestimates the heights of the Indian pediatric population and remits inaccurate predic...

    Authors: Farhad Asskaryar and Ravi Shankar
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:28
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  45. Eponymous extremity fractures are commonly encountered in the emergency setting. Correct eponym usage allows rapid, succinct communication of complex injuries. We will review both common and less frequently en...

    Authors: Philip Kin-Wai Wong, Tarek N. Hanna, Waqas Shuaib, Stephen M. Sanders and Faisal Khosa
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:27
    Content type: Review Published on:

  46. Recognizing the diverse presentation of neurological conditions that emergency physicians encounter can be challenging, and management of these patients often requires consultation with a neurologist. Accurate...

    Authors: Christopher K Hansen, Jonathan Fisher, Nina R Joyce and Jonathan A Edlow
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:26
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  47. Eponymous extremity fractures are commonly encountered in the emergency setting. Correct eponym usage allows rapid, succinct communication of complex injuries. We review both common and less frequently encount...

    Authors: Philip Kin-Wai Wong, Tarek N Hanna, Waqas Shuaib, Stephen M Sanders and Faisal Khosa
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:25
    Content type: Review Published on:

  48. Emergency medicine is an emerging specialty in Sub-Saharan Africa, and most hospitals do not have a fully functional emergency department (ED). We describe the mortality rates of the Muhimbili National Hospita...

    Authors: Hendry R. Sawe, Juma A. Mfinanga, Victor Mwafongo, Teri A. Reynolds and Michael S. Runyon
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:24
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  49. Increasingly, medical students and practicing clinicians are showing interest in traveling to low-income settings to conduct research and engage in clinical rotations. While global health activities have the p...

    Authors: Sarah D Rominski, Jamila Yakubu, Rockefeller A Oteng, Matt Peterson, Nadia Tagoe and Sue Anne Bell
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:23
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  50. Mnazi Mmoja Hospital is a tertiary hospital in Zanzibar serving a population of 1.2 million. The emergency department was overcrowded and understaffed and the hospital management initiated a quality improvemen...

    Authors: Oyvind Thomassen, Clifford Mann, Juma Salum Mbwana and Guttorm Brattebo
    Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 8:22
    Content type: Original Research Published on:
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