Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
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Most cultures believe in ghosts and for the Chinese, the seventh lunar month-the ghost month-causes particular concern. 'The gates of hell' are open for the first 14 days of the month which allows the restless ghosts of people who were hungry when they died to haunt the living. In this study, it was hypothesised that if the notion that ghosts are out to harm the living could affect the Chinese, this may be reflected in death statistics. ⋯ To protect their family, the Chinese women postpone death until after the hungry ghosts have been fed and hopefully banished forever.
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The cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) registry has been documented for medical records and investigational purposes. Although the accuracy of the CPR registry is generally adequate, it is difficult to precisely describe CPR in emergency situations. ⋯ The accuracy of the CPR registry was improved by the use of CCTV. These results indicate that more detailed CPR investigations could be performed with the addition of CCTV-based information to the CPR registry.
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A short-cut review was carried out to establish whether the traditional three-sided dressing is better than a one-way chest seal at preventing the respiratory complications from penetrating chest trauma. Only one animal study, two guidelines and two case reports provided published evidence relevant to the question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of these papers are tabulated. The clinical bottom line is that there is very little evidence, but that the one-way seals may have practical advantages, particularly in the out-of-hospital setting.