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Emergency Department Thoracotomy
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1989The best candidates for a community hospital emergency room thoracotomy are those victims who have decompensated following small-caliber gunshot wounds or stab wounds to the chest or abdomen who initially had signs of life in transport to the hospital or in the Emergency Department.
J, Wasserberger +3 more
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Emergency department thoracotomy
Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1982The charts of 33 consecutive patients undergoing emergency department thoracotomies between July 1, 1979 and June 30, 1980 were reviewed. Thoracotomies were performed in victims of both blunt and penetrating trauma who had suffered cardiopulmonary arrest and were refractory to the usual methods of resuscitation. Overall survival was 12.1% (4/33). There
T C, Flynn, R E, Ward, P W, Miller
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The American Journal of Surgery, 1990
This study reviews 186 deaths resulting from trauma in a 2-year period in the Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans Accident Room in order to evaluate problems in prehospital and hospital resuscitative care. All subjects underwent autopsy, and only six were found to have injuries compatible with survival.
G L, Webb +3 more
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This study reviews 186 deaths resulting from trauma in a 2-year period in the Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans Accident Room in order to evaluate problems in prehospital and hospital resuscitative care. All subjects underwent autopsy, and only six were found to have injuries compatible with survival.
G L, Webb +3 more
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Emergency Department Tracheostomy
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1988Emergency Department tracheostomy is performed in the rare instances of extensive laryngeal trauma in the adult and emergent airway access in the infant. This article reviews indications, anatomy, technique, and complications of this challenging life-saving procedure.
J J, Piotrowski, E E, Moore
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Pediatric emergency departments
Pediatric Emergency Care, 1986Pediatric emergency departments were surveyed by mail to determine the following patient and physician characteristics: census, triage classification, and staffing characteristics. The average number of patient visits per department per year was 44,615 (SD +/- 15,650).
J D, Losek, C, Walsh-Kelly, P W, Glaeser
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Emergency department thoracotomy
Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1981Emergency thoracotomy has become a mainstay in the resuscitation of patients with major thoracic injuries. It also is occasionally useful in several other life-threatening conditions. The specific indications for emergency thoracotomy are reviewed, and expeditious thoracotomy in the emergency department, when necessary, is advocated.
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Emergency Medicine Journal, 2012
BackgroundEmergency department (ED) crowding is a significant international problem. There is increasing overseas research into this field. In the UK, the focus has been on waiting times in EDs, and on the government's 4 h standard, rather than on crowding itself.AimsTo examine the causes and effects of ED crowding, along with solutions.
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BackgroundEmergency department (ED) crowding is a significant international problem. There is increasing overseas research into this field. In the UK, the focus has been on waiting times in EDs, and on the government's 4 h standard, rather than on crowding itself.AimsTo examine the causes and effects of ED crowding, along with solutions.
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The Geriatric Emergency Department
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2014This article presents an overview of the complex needs of older patients presenting to the emergency department for care. Discussion points for hospital communities considering emergency services to accommodate the aging population are highlighted. The essential components of a geriatric emergency department, including transition of care strategies ...
Mark, Rosenberg, Lynne, Rosenberg
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Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1998
[Salomon B: Emergency department fugue. Ann Emerg Med March 1998;31:412-413].
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[Salomon B: Emergency department fugue. Ann Emerg Med March 1998;31:412-413].
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2018
Abstract This chapter explores the emergency department, including trauma, head injury, neck injury, falls and collapse, acutely painful limb emergency, acute limb pain, chronic limb pain, limb swelling, joint pain, neck lumps, ENT, groin lumps, burns and burns emergency, anaphylaxis in adults, hypotension emergency, hypotension, shock ...
Tim Raine +6 more
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Abstract This chapter explores the emergency department, including trauma, head injury, neck injury, falls and collapse, acutely painful limb emergency, acute limb pain, chronic limb pain, limb swelling, joint pain, neck lumps, ENT, groin lumps, burns and burns emergency, anaphylaxis in adults, hypotension emergency, hypotension, shock ...
Tim Raine +6 more
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