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Challenge Patient Dispatching in Mass Casualty Incidents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Efficient management of mass casualty incidents is complex, since regular emergency medical services struc-tures have to be switched to a temporary “disaster mode” involving additional operational and tactical struc-tures.
Adler, Christine   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Gathering dust : A galaxy-wide study of dust emission from cloud complexes in NGC 300 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
© 2018 ESO. Reproduced with permission from Astronomy & Astrophysics. Content in the UH Research Archive is made available for personal research, educational, and non-commercial purposes only.
Anderson   +82 more
core   +3 more sources

Hand Hygiene Knowledge and Practices among Domestic Hajj Pilgrims: Implications for Future Mass Gatherings Amidst COVID-19

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
This study examined Hajj pilgrims’ knowledge and reported practice of hand hygiene. In Hajj 2019, a cross-sectional survey was undertaken in Mina, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, of domestic Saudi pilgrims aged ≥18 years by using a self-administered Arabic ...
Hashim Mahdi   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conceptualizing the impact of special events on community health service levels: an operational analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Mass gatherings (MG) impact their host and surrounding communities and with inadequate planning, may impair baseline emergency health services. Mass gatherings do not occur in a vacuum; they have both consumptive and disruptive effects that extend beyond

core   +1 more source

Mass Gatherings

open access: yes, 2013
A mass gathering is “any occasion, either organized or spontaneous, that attracts sufficient numbers of people to strain the planning and response resources of the community, city, or nation hosting the event.”(2) Often the existing infrastructure (e.g., public health, health care, or emergency services) is inadequate for the disproportionate sudden ...
Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Steffen, Robert
openaire   +1 more source

Pre-participation Cardiovascular Evaluation for the Arbaeen Walking Ceremony, A Practical Guidance

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Cardiovascular Academy
As an important mass gathering event, the Arbaeen walking ceremony has a high risk of cardiovascular events. Walkers with backpacks walk many kilometers in hot and air-polluted weather.
Maryam Hajian, Shahram Mohaghegh
doaj   +1 more source

Indonesian Hajj Cohorts and Mortality in Saudi Arabia from 2004 to 2011

open access: yesJournal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019
The Hajj is an annual pilgrimage that 1–2 million Muslims undertake in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), which is the largest mass gathering event in the world, as the world’s most populous Muslim nation, Indonesia holds the largest visa quota for the ...
Masdalina Pane   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemic intelligence during mass gatherings

open access: yesWeekly releases (1997–2007), 2006
Public health is an important aspect of the planning for mass gatherings which include major sport events (e.g.
R, Kaiser, D, Coulombier
openaire   +2 more sources

In situ molecular organization and heterogeneity of the Legionella Dot/Icm T4SS

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We present a nearly complete in situ model of the Legionella Dot/Icm type IV secretion system, revealing its central secretion channel and identifying new components. Using cryo‐electron tomography with AI‐based modeling, our work highlights the structure, variability, and mechanism of this complex nanomachine, advancing understanding of bacterial ...
Przemysław Dutka   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Case Report: A rare case of acute small bowel obstruction from a paraduodenal Treitz hernia: navigating diagnostic and surgical challenges

open access: yesFrontiers in Surgery
BackgroundInternal hernias are a rare but critical cause of small bowel obstruction, with paraduodenal hernias being the most common subtype. They pose a significant diagnostic challenge due to non-specific symptoms and can lead to catastrophic outcomes ...
Khaled Bajaeifer   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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