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  • Open Access
7 Citations
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15 Pages

Background: There has been an alarming increase in discrimination and violence towards Asians during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic amid reports that the virus was first detected in China. In an incident involving a COVID-19-related physical ass...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,039 Views
18 Pages

Workplace Violence in Asian Emergency Medical Services: A Pilot Study

  • Pei-Yu Wang,
  • Pin-Hui Fang,
  • Chen-Long Wu,
  • Hsiang-Chin Hsu and
  • Chih-Hao Lin

Workplace violence among Asian emergency medical services (EMS) has rarely been examined. A cross-sectional, mainly descriptive study using a standardized, paper-based, self-reported questionnaire survey was conducted between August and October 2018...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,677 Views
18 Pages

The COVID-19 outbreak caused global disruptions in all aspects of life. Social distancing regulations were enforced in an attempt to halt virus spread. Universities across the country closed for in-person instruction and activities, transitioning to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,050 Views
21 Pages

Asian American University Students’ Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

  • Jacqueline Hwang,
  • Yi Ding,
  • Cixin Wang,
  • Eric Chen,
  • Ying Wu and
  • Xiaoyan Hu

3 January 2024

In addition to the unprecedented challenges and stressors that university students faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, Asian American students experienced specific hardships due to COVID-19-associated xenophobic attitudes, harassment, and assault aga...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,393 Views
15 Pages

Clinical Predictors of 3- and 6-Month Outcome for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Patients with a Negative Head CT Scan in the Emergency Department: A TRACK-TBI Pilot Study

  • Debbie Y. Madhok,
  • John K. Yue,
  • Xiaoying Sun,
  • Catherine G. Suen,
  • Nathan A. Coss,
  • Sonia Jain,
  • Geoffrey T. Manley and
  • the TRACK-TBI Investigators

A considerable subset of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) patients fail to return to baseline functional status at or beyond 3 months postinjury. Identifying at-risk patients for poor outcome in the emergency department (ED) may improve surveillanc...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,206 Views
15 Pages

Torture victims live with complex health conditions. It is essential for the rehabilitation of torture survivors that their traumas are recognized at an early stage. The aim of this study was to investigate (i) the prevalence of reported torture expo...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
564 Views
8 Pages

Incidence and Characterization of Facial Lacerations in Emergency Departments in the United States

  • Heather Peluso,
  • Kevin Vega,
  • Sthefano Araya,
  • Lindsay Talemal,
  • Civanni Moss,
  • Jake Siegel and
  • Adam Walchak

Study Design: This is a retrospective study using the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample. Objective: Facial laceration repairs are one of the most common procedures performed in the emergency department (ED). The goal of this study was to describ...