Background: Emergency medical services (EMS) are essential in providing timely medical attention and transportation to people in need during times of crisis. Effective EMS operations are crucial for delivering prompt and effective healthcare. However...
Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness (ICU-AW) is a common and severe complication in critically ill patients, characterized by profound and often prolonged muscle weakness. The complexity of its diagnosis and management requires a multidimensional a...
Emergency medicine (EM) demands continuous adaptation and refinement of training methodologies to equip healthcare professionals with the expertise to effectively manage complex and time-sensitive patient presentations. Artificial intelligence (AI),...
Procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) in the emergency department (ED) presents a crucial aspect of emergency medicine, enabling the execution of painful or distressing procedures with minimal patient discomfort. This narrative review delineates th...
Emergency Departments (ED) play a vital role within the health system, representing the ‘front door’ to hospitals, the first point of hospital contact for patients who are undifferentiated and may be critically ill. They also serve as a s...
Burnout represents a concern for all healthcare providers, particularly emergency medical care specialists for whom burnout outcomes have been well documented. What remains unknown is the effect of burnout on redeployed medical specialists during the...
Injury is an important cause of mortality and morbidity. First aid is the immediate assistance provided to a suddenly injured or sick person until professional help arrives or that person has recovered. Many lives would be saved if proper first aid w...
Bell’s Palsy poses a significant challenge in emergency care settings due to its sudden onset and potential long-term consequences. This review paper explores the current evidence and perspectives on the use of acupuncture as a complementary ap...
This review compares the efficacy of video laryngoscopy (VL) with that of direct laryngoscopy (DL) in adult patients with difficult airways who require emergency intubation. Intubation and laryngoscopy are critical in emergency settings, and VL has e...
Large Language Models (LLMs) are becoming increasingly adopted in various industries worldwide. In particular, there is emerging research assessing the reliability of LLMs, such as ChatGPT, in performing triaging decisions in emergent settings. A uni...
In recent years, the integration of informatics in emergency medicine has led to significant improvements in clinical decision-making, patient management, and overall healthcare delivery. This literature review explores the most recent trends and app...
Prehospital care, and especially emergency medical services (EMSs), are facing an increasing demand, while experiencing financial pressure. Strategies aimed at improving prehospital care management emphasize the efficient utilization of resources, bu...
Emergency department physicians uncommonly associate myopericarditis with bacterial infection and, even more rarely, encounter myopericarditis caused by meningococcal infection. This case report describes a 38-year-old man who presented with chest pa...
Injury is the leading cause of death and disability amongst those between 0 and 16 years of age. Routinely associated with a social gradient of health, childhood injury is reportedly higher in rural and regional areas. A retrospective cross-sectional...
Background: Safe inter-hospital transport of critically ill patients is a complex procedure where nurses are integral to maintaining patient safety. A structured checklist is pivotal to ensuring the transfer process mitigates potential complications....
Background: Femoral shaft fractures are very common in the pediatric population; however, information is scarce. Methods: A total of 189 pediatric patient records were reviewed to identify the characteristics of diaphyseal fractures, including origin...
Pneumothoraces are a common and potentially severe condition in the emergency setting. Various pathophysiological mechanisms (spontaneous and traumatic) could be involved, consequently defining the diagnostic–therapeutic pathway. Understanding...
Background: Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) involves physical symptoms that cannot entirely be explained by an organic medical cause, accompanied by persistent thoughts, feelings and behaviours relating to one’s health. SSD is common yet underdi...
Background/Objectives: This study aimed to explore the feasibility of predicting short stays among urgent admissions to an acute hospital in Singapore. With an increase in the average length of stay (LOS) in hospitals in recent years, accurately pred...
Background: Overcrowding in emergency services (ESs) is an escalating issue in many countries worldwide, and it is also evident in the paediatric context. Specifically, in paediatric emergency departments (PEDs) in Europe, there has been a noticeable...
Background/Objectives: During the early phase of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, people were advised to stay at home and the American College of Surgeons suggested the nonoperative management (NOM) of uncomplicated appendicitis. We...
Introduction: Chest pain is one of the most common and high-risk presentations in the emergency department (ED), necessitating timely and accurate evaluation to prevent adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA)...
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) remains a clinical challenge, particularly in cases with normal computed tomography (CT) findings but persistent or evolving symptoms. Conventional diagnostic approaches relying solely on clinical criteria and neuro...
Background/Objectives: A 2-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) with vomiting and abdominal discomfort following ingestion of multiple magnets from a sibling’s bracelet. This case highlights the risks associated with magnet...
Severe burns are among the most traumatic injuries, characterized by tissue damage, systemic inflammation, significant fluid shifts, and a high risk of complications such as infections, organ failure, anemia, malnutrition, and psychological trauma. T...
Self-awareness among nurses involved in inter-hospital transport is crucial, as recognizing their limitations helps them improve their skills and make better use of tools that support inter-hospital transport, ultimately resulting in more efficient c...
Post-COVID-19, significant triage modifications were made in emergency hospital medical care. Previous scoping reviews investigated triage changes during COVID-19. This scoping review uniquely considers post-pandemic effects. It searches the paramete...
Current research is mostly focused on the impact of fertilizers on human health when they are ingested through food; the main form of this is chronic damage. Intoxication through oral ingestion of fertilizer is an extremely rare situation. We report...
Background: We report a case of an adult patient with newly diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) secondary to pneumocystis and cytomegalovir...
Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis (MVT) is a rare but often lethal form of ischemia. The diagnosis may be difficult for the clinician due to its mild symptoms with a great discrepancy between the pain suffered by the patients and the clinical observation....
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) implemented in the U.S. aimed to improve healthcare access by expanding insurance coverage. To study the impact of ACA on Emergency Departments (Eds), we conducted a multi-center observational retrospective study of ED v...
Orthopedic emergencies due to fractures are one of the main reasons for surgical intervention. The distal radius is a structure prone to fractures, particularly in young people. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the success rate of met...
Emergency medical teams (EMTs) often face complex tasks during humanitarian medical interventions. These are often accompanied by complex challenges. One such example is medical documentation and the consequent processing of secure data. The gathered...
Inter-hospital transfers remain a significant part of emergency care service missions, even though efforts have been made to change this. We examined the use of prehospital emergency care units in inter-hospital patient transfers in one wellbeing ser...
The global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic severely restricted in-person international events and clinical exposure opportunities for medical students. As a result, fostering global collaborations and providing hands-on experiences for...
Background: The recent earthquakes that occurred in Southern Turkey on the 6th of February 2023, were the most devastating earthquakes that have occurred in Turkey in the modern era. Teams of rescuers from 19 EU states quickly responded and carried o...
Background/Objectives: Among the factors contributing to medical errors and misdiagnosis, patient handoffs play a significant role. The negative impact of handoffs includes miscommunications, omissions, and information loss. Patient handoffs are inhe...
The ability to provide ambulatory and mobile surgery services in rural and austere environments has seen tremendous growth in recent decades due to innovations in surgical techniques and equipment. These advances have been implemented in both civilia...
Background/Objectives: The objective of this review is to map nurses’ responsibilities in addressing individuals who are victims of violence, specifically in the preservation of forensic evidence in both intra- and extra-hospital contexts. The...
Background: In the crucible of disasters, civic engagement emerges as a dynamic force that channels individual strength and collective willpower toward the common good. Although it has been recognized as a necessary precondition for community resilie...
Background: Concussion education for athletes can improve long-term outcomes in injury prevention. As a contact sport, Quadball has seen tremendous growth in its player population over the past decade. However, there is a paucity of understanding of...
Background: Spontaneous rupture of the liver capsule secondary to the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma is a rare complication with high mortality. Case Description: This article presents the case of a 73-year-old male with no prior HCC diagnos...
Objective: Sudden Death (SD) is a high-mortality emergency event that typically occurs within one hour of symptom onset. Accurate risk prediction is essential for optimizing post-resuscitation care. This study aims to enhance the survival rate of pat...
Introduction: Sedative and antipsychotic (SAP) agents are amongst the most common overdoses seen clinically, with few available antidotes. The proposed “lipid shuttle” mechanism of action for intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) could augment...
Background: Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is a frequent emergency department (ED) presentation with rare but life-threatening causes, including arterio-enteric fistulas (AEF), which account for less than 1% of GIB cases. Ilio-enteric fistulas are e...
Objectives: Stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide, requiring timely intervention with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) or endovascular thrombectomy (EVT). This study evaluates real-world stroke management in a regional stroke unit, focusing...
Background/Objectives: This study examines trends in appendectomy utilization in US emergency departments (EDs) from 2012 to 2021 using National Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) data. The objective is to explore appendectomy frequency, appendicitis...
Background: Musculoskeletal (MSK) discomfort is a significant occupational hazard for eye care professionals, including ophthalmologists, who report high rates of MSK discomfort. This systematic review investigated the impact of various interventions...
Background: “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR) status has been implicated as an independent risk factor for mortality in patients admitted to the ICU. The implications of DNR status in older, critically ill patients for whom these conversations a...
Background: ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a life-threatening emergency. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is the preferred reperfusion strategy, provided it is performed promptly (within 120 min of the ECG-based diagno...
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