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Emergency department physiotherapists: consideration of perceived barriers and facilitators to help optimise their role in the Australian emergency department

open access: yesInternational Journal of Emergency Medicine
Questions What are the current barriers and facilitators to the role of ED physiotherapists? How do ED physiotherapists believe their role may be optimised within the context of the ED?
Tina Vickery, Lindsey Brett, Taryn Jones
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Survey of Publications and the H-index in Academic Emergency Medicine Professors

open access: yesWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014
Introduction: The number of publications and how often these have been cited play a role in academic promotion. Bibliometrics that attempt to quantify the relative impact of scholarly work have been proposed.
Matthew Babineau   +3 more
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NON-URGENT VISITS TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND COMPARISON OF URGENCY EVALUATION BETWEEN PATIENTS AND DOCTORS

open access: yesPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2017
Objective: To assess the proportion of non urgent patients presenting to the emergency department and to compare urgency evaluation between patients and doctors. Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study.
Nadia Iftikhar   +11 more
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Epidemiology of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) in the Emergency Department

open access: yesWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014
Introduction: Consensus guidelines recommend sepsis screening for adults with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), but the epidemiology of SIRS among adult emergency department (ED) patients is poorly understood.
Timothy Horeczko   +2 more
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Implementing emergency department-based HIV testing in a low-resource setting: The value of a structured feasibility assessment tool

open access: yesSouthern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2018
Introduction: HIV is a worldwide health problem with continuing high rates of new infections in many parts of the world. This lack of progress in decreasing overall incidence rates has sparked innovative HIV testing strategies, including expansion of ...
Madeleine Whalen   +6 more
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Skin Infections and Antibiotic Stewardship: Analysis of Emergency Department Prescribing Practices, 2007-2010

open access: yesWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014
Introduction: National guidelines suggest that most skin abscesses do not require antibiotics, and that cellulitis antibiotics should target streptococci, not community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA).
Daniel J. Pallin   +2 more
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Demographics and scope of Australian emergency department physiotherapists

open access: yesInternational Journal of Emergency Medicine
Questions To provide workforce data on the status of Australian Emergency Department (ED) physiotherapy practice, including physiotherapist demographic data, staffing levels and funding sources.
Tina Vickery, Lindsey Brett, Taryn Jones
doaj   +1 more source

Emergency Contraception: a survey of Hospital Emergency Departments Staffs

open access: yesEmergency Care Journal, 2011
The World Health Organization defines emergency contraception (EC) as a means to prevent unwanted pregnancy. In countries where EC is dispensed behind the counter, emergency departments are a preferred point of care for its prescription and dispensing ...
Marco Bo   +4 more
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Value of Mandatory Screening Studies in Emergency Department Patients Cleared for Psychiatric Admission

open access: yesWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2012
Introduction: Laboratory and radiographic studies are often required by psychiatric services priorto admitting emergency patients who are otherwise deemed medically stable.
William R. Mower   +5 more
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Pain – the fifth vital sign

open access: yesSwiss Medical Weekly, 2020
Michael Christ
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