EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia
SCIE-ISI SCOPUS (2004-2025)
1742-6731
1742-6723
Anh Quốc
Cơ quản chủ quản: WILEY , Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Lĩnh vực:
Emergency MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)
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Emergency department impact following the introduction of an electric scooter sharing service
Tập 32 Số 3 - Trang 409-415 - 2020
AbstractObjectiveWe aimed to describe the impact on the single ED serving
Dunedin, New Zealand, following the introduction of an electric‐scooter
(e‐scooter) sharing service.MethodsA retrospective cohort study comparing the
number of vehicle related injuries during identical 6‐week periods in 2018 and
2019 was performed. A descriptive analysis of the subset of e‐scooter related
presentations was u...
Optimal management of mental health patients in Australian emergency departments: Barriers and solutions
Tập 23 Số 6 - Trang 677-688 - 2011
AbstractObjectives: The study aimed to describe: (i) the perceived barriers
faced by emergency clinicians in the assessment and management of patients
presenting with a mental health complaint to Australian hospital EDs; and (ii)
perceived strategies to optimize care of the mentally unwell in the ED.Methods:
Semistructured interviews with open and closed question formats were used to
explore the b...
Clinical and ethical challenges for emergency departments during communicable disease outbreaks: Can lessons from Ebola Virus Disease be applied to the COVID ‐19 pandemic?
Tập 32 Số 3 - Trang 520-524 - 2020
AbstractEDs fulfil a frontline function during public health emergencies (PHEs)
and will play a pivotal role during the COVID‐19 pandemic. This perspective
article draws on qualitative data from a longitudinal, ethnographic study of an
Australian tertiary ED to illustrate the clinical and ethical challenges faced
by EDs during PHEs. Interview data collected during the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease
PHE ...
Introduction of an extended care paramedic model in N ew Z ealand
Tập 24 Số 6 - Trang 652-656 - 2012
AbstractObjectivesThe first extended care paramedic (ECP) model of care in New
Zealand was introduced in the Kapiti region, north of Wellington in 2009. The
ECP model aimed to increase the proportion of patients presenting to the
ambulance service who could be treated in the community. This study evaluated
the first 1000 patients seen by ECPs.MethodsThe first 1000 presentations
attended by ECPs we...
Presentations of stroke and acute myocardial infarction in the first 28 days following the introduction of State of Emergency restrictions for COVID ‐19
Tập 32 Số 6 - Trang 1040-1045 - 2020
SOE measures to achieve physical distancing and restrict community contact were
not associated with significant changes in time to ED presentation after acute
stroke and AMI. Time to initial investigation and life‐saving interventions were
also unchanged in the first 28 days. Public health messaging encouraging
patients with acute illness or injury to seek medical assessment should be
continued.
Finger thoracostomy in patients with chest trauma performed by paramedics on a helicopter emergency medical service
Tập 32 Số 4 - Trang 650-656 - 2020
AbstractObjectiveTo determine the frequency of finger thoracostomy performed by
intensive care flight paramedics after the introduction of a training programme
in this procedure and complications of the procedure that were diagnosed after
hospital arrival.MethodsThis was a retrospective cohort study of adult and
paediatric trauma patients undergoing finger thoracostomy performed by
paramedics on a...
Predictors and in‐hospital mortality associated with prolonged emergency department length of stay in New South Wales tertiary hospitals from 2017 to 2018
Tập 32 Số 4 - Trang 611-617 - 2020
AbstractObjectiveTo determine specific patient, clinical and service factors
associated with increased ED length of stay and investigate whether prolonged ED
length of stay, as measured by emergency treatment performance (ETP)
non‐compliance, is an independent predictor of all cause 30‐day mortality for
patients presenting to, and admitted from ED.MethodsThis was a retrospective
analysis of linked...
Self‐reported preparedness of N ew Z ealand acute care providers to mass emergencies before the C anterbury E arthquakes: A national survey
Tập 27 Số 1 - Trang 55-61 - 2015
AbstractIntroductionDisasters occur more frequently. Acute care providers are
the first to respond to mass emergencies from the healthcare sector. The
preparedness of acute care providers in New Zealand to respond to mass
emergencies has not been previously studied.ObjectiveTo assess the self‐reported
training and experience of New Zealand acute care providers to respond to mass
emergencies and th...
Thoracostomy in children with severe trauma: An overview of the paediatric experience in Victoria, Australia
Tập 32 Số 1 - Trang 117-126 - 2020
AbstractObjectiveThoracic trauma is a leading cause of paediatric trauma deaths.
Traumatic cardiac arrest, tension pneumothorax and massive haemothorax are
life‐threatening conditions requiring emergency and definitive pleural
decompression. In adults, thoracostomy is increasingly preferred over needle
thoracocentesis for emergency pleural decompression. The present study reports
on the early expe...
Sutured wounds: Factors associated with patient‐rated cosmetic scores
Tập 18 Số 3 - Trang 259-267 - 2006
AbstractObjective: To determine the association between wound characteristics,
wound management in the ED and patient‐rated cosmetic appearance of sutured
wounds. Our hypothesis was that practitioner seniority would most strongly
predict outcome.Methods: Prospective recruitment of patients with lacerations
sutured at the primary ED visit was performed. Data collected included patient
demographic...