Articles: emergency-services.
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This article reviews the need for empathy, and what happens in its absence in an acute hospital setting, using the example of a homeless man in an emergency department. Three simple but meaningful changes that all healthcare practitioners can make are recommended to promote empathy.
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ACEM has endorsed the proposal for an Aboriginal Voice to Parliament in Australia as a means of delivering its objectives to provide culturally safe care in EDs and to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Unfortunately the Voice proposal has become a politically conentious issue. ⋯ This article argues that the claims in the ACEM statement are speculative rather than based on facts. In addition, by taking a position on this complex and controversial political matter ACEM is operating beyond its remit and risks distracting attention from its core mission.
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Oct 2023
Poisoning among Children Visiting the Paediatric Emergency Department in a Tertiary Care Centre.
Poisoning occurs when substances are ingested, inhaled, or absorbed through skin contact in quantities that are harmful to the body. Knowledge of the pattern and prevalence of paediatric poisoning will help us quantify the burden of poisoning. The aim of the study was to find out the prevalence of poisoning among children visiting the Paediatric Emergency Department in a tertiary care centre. ⋯ children; Nepal; poisoning.
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Pediatric emergency care · Oct 2023
Observational StudyChildren and Restraints Study in Emergency Ambulance Transport: An Observational Study and Analysis of Current Pediatric Ambulance Transport Practices.
The aims of this study were to identify the pediatric transport methods used by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel in our area and to highlight the need for federal standards to unify prehospital transport of children. ⋯ Our findings confirmed that most pediatric patients transported by EMS are not appropriately secured and are at increased injury in a crash and potentially during normal vehicle operation. Opportunity exists for regulators, industry, and leaders in EMS and pediatrics to develop fiscally and operationally prudent techniques and devices to improve the safety of children in ambulances.