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Prompt diagnosis of ST-elevation myocardial infarction with papillary muscle rupture by point-of-care ultrasound in the emergency department [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2017 A previously healthy 61-year-old man presented to the emergency department with chest pain and dyspnoea for 6 hours. Examination revealed distress with an apical pansystolic murmur.
Koon Ho Cheung, Colin Graham Alexander
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SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2023 The incidence of bile leaks following blunt liver trauma ranges from 0.5% to 21%. Bile leaks could give rise to biliopleural fistula, which can end up causing cholethorax, where a bilious effusion is seen in the pleural cavity.
YMKA Yapa +3 more
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Reasons why patients by-pass their GP to visit a hospital Emergency Department. [PDF]
, 1999 Knowledge about what motivates patients to visit the emergency department (ED) of a hospital for minor complaints, instead of visiting their general practitioner (GP), can help to reduce unnecessary utilization of expensive services.
Oosterveld, P. +3 more
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Calenda, 2012 The aim of this conference is to take stock of the present by focusing on modern Europe and North America from roughly 1750 onwards. It welcomes historians from all sub-fields (social, medical, cultural, etc.), scholars from other disciplines such as sociology and cultural studies.
Mark Gardiner +2 more
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NHS Direct: consistency of triage outcomes [PDF]
, 2003 OBJECTIVES: To examine the consistency of triage outcomes by nurses using four types of computerised decision support software in NHS Direct. METHODS: 119 scenarios were constructed based on calls to ambulance services that had been assigned the ...
Knowles, E. +4 more
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Emergency Response Planning for Chemical Accident Hazards. Key points and conclusions for Seveso enforcement and implementation. [PDF]
, 2015 Emergency response combines with prevention and mitigation to form the risk management triad of control measures for reducing chemical accident risks. In fact, standard good practice dictates that appropriate emergency response measures are identified ...
DOHERTY Alice, WOOD Maureen
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A method for three-dimensional reconstruction of a train accident scene using photographs [PDF]
, 2016 Railway accidents that usually cause numerous property and life losses occurred in recent years all around the world. In general, resources such as financial supports and incident rescue programs are required to minimize the losses after an accident. Due
Chang, Jian +3 more
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Nurse telephone triage for same day appointments in general practice: multiple interrupted time series trial of effect on workload and costs [PDF]
, 2002 OBJECTIVE: To compare the workloads of general practitioners and nurses and costs of patient care for nurse telephone triage and standard management of requests for same day appointments in routine primary care.
Dutton, E. +6 more
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Emergency Care JournalData on patients with poisoning requiring ICU (Intensive Care Unit) & HD (High Dependency) care in Singapore is inadequate. In this study, we describe the epidemiological, clinical characteristics, implicated agents, interventions, and outcomes of ...
Abhay Kant +4 more
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Impact of NHS Direct on other services: the characteristics and origins of its nurses [PDF]
, 2002 OBJECTIVE:: To characterise the NHS Direct nurse workforce and estimate the impact of NHS Direct on the staffing of other NHS nursing specialties. METHOD: A postal survey of NHS Direct nurses in all 17 NHS Direct call centres operating in June 2000.
Morrell, C.J. +4 more
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