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The nurse’s work environment in a hospital emergency service

Rev Rene, 2017
Objective: to analyze the characteristics of the nurse’s work environment in a hospital emergency service. Methods: a mixed method study with a concurrent triangulation strategy using data from a descriptiveexploratory study, with 19 nurses, and a Grounded Theory study with three sample groups totaling 21 participants.
Santos, José Luís Guedes dos, Menegon, Fernando Henrique Antunes, De Pin, Shara Bianca, Erdmann, Alacoque Lorenzini, Oliveira, Roberta Juliane Tono de, Costa, Inácio Alberto Pereira   +5 more
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Findings regarding non-sexual penile fracture in a referral emergency hospital [PDF]

International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2021
Purpose: To describe penile fracture (PF) findings with non-sexual etiology in a referral emergency hospital, with emphasis on demographic data, clinical and intraoperative findings and long-term outcomes.
Rodrigo Barros, Alex Schul, Andre G. Cavalcanti, Luciano Alves Favorito, Leandro Koifman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

If the machine says "Normal" on the ECG, can I put the patient in the waiting room?: a study on the reliability of ECG software classification

Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background: Electrocardiograms (ECGs) are one of the most basic and fundamental screening tools used in the emergency department (ED). Previous studies have shown machine diagnosis of ECG to be unreliable, the ECG machine does provide a simpler ...
Afnan S. Sharourou, Omar T. Idrees, Ahmed L. AlManzalawi, Amro M. Tayeb, Thamer A. AlGhamdi, Anas Fouad Hamam   +5 more
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Evaluation of hand injury management at the emergency department - are we getting better? [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022
Background/Aim. Hand injuries are one of the most common injuries seen in emergency departments. Inadequate treatment can lead to prolonged healing, complications, significant morbidity, and serious disability.
Nikolić Jelena, Marinković Marija, Leković Dragana, Đozić Isidora   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interventions in overcrowding of emergency departments: an overview of systematic reviews

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2020
OBJECTIVE To present an overview of systematic reviews on throughput interventions to solve the overcrowding of emergency departments. METHODS Electronic searches for reviews published between 2007 and 2018 were made on PubMed, Cochrane Library ...
Roberto José Bittencourt, Angelo de Medeiros Stevanato, Carolina Thomé N. M. Bragança, Leila Bernarda Donato Gottems, Gisele O’Dwyer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Decreased utilization of mental health emergency service during the COVID-19 pandemic

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 2020
During the rapid rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, a reduction of the numbers of patients presenting to emergency departments has been observed. We present an early study from a German psychiatric hospital to assess the dynamics of mental health emergency ...
C. Hoyer, A. Ebert, K. Szabo, M. Plattén, A. Meyer-Lindenberg, L. Kranaster   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The effect of rural hospital closures on emergency medical service response and transport times.

Health Services Research, 2020
OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of rural hospital closures on EMS response time (minutes between dispatch notifying unit and arriving at scene); transport time (minutes between unit leaving the scene and arriving at destination); and total activation ...
Katherine E. M. Miller, Hailey J James, G. M. Holmes, C. V. Van Houtven   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Limited need for hospital resources among patients brought to hospital by the emergency medical services

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background In Sweden, the majority of patients who are transported to hospital by the emergency medical services (EMS) are relatively old and the majority suffer from comorbidity. About half these patients are admitted to a hospital ward and will stay in
Carl Magnusson, Helena Ryge, Filip Scott, Johan Herlitz, Christer Axelsson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of Pre-Hospital Emergency Care and its Associated Factors in Traumatic Patients in North of Iran [PDF]

Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma, 2018
Objective: To determine the status of pre-hospital emergency care and its associated factors in traumatic patients.Methods: In across-sectional study, 577 traumatic patients who were transferred to Poursina hospital by EMS (Emergency Medical Services ...
Mina Mohseni, Tahereh Khaleghdoust Mohammadi, Zahra Mohtasham-Amiri, Ehsan Kazemnejad, Morteza Rahbar Taramsari, Leila Kouchakinejad-Eramsadati   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics of Recurrent Visit of Emergency Department by Pediatric Patients [PDF]

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2014
Purpose Visit to the emergency department of the pediatric patients has increased steadily every year. The number of pediatric patients visiting the emergency department has increased steadily each year.
Jung Youn Kim, Sung Hyuk Choi, Young Hoon Yoon, Young Duck Cho, Sung-jun Park   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source