emergency careEmergency care is important to me for lots of reasons, but for one in particular: it's important to patients. We know that A&E services--and by implication all the components that make up the whole emergency care system--are among patients' top concerns. Within A&E I ...
The intent is to guide personnel to provide patient care in line with best practice. The aim of this study is to describe adherence to such guidelines among prehospital emergency nurses (PENs) when caring for patients with chest pain. Objective:To describe guideline adherence among PENs when ...
In the first six months of this new triage system, 4,186 patients were referred from the ED; this represented 19% of total ambulatory patients who presented to the triage area. Of the 4,186 patients refused care, 84% were referred to off-site nonuniversity clinics, and 15% were referred...
Background During the last stage of life, palliative care patients often experience episodes of respiratory distress, bleeding, pain or seizures. In such situations, caregivers may call emergency medical services leading to unwanted hospital admissions. The study aims to show the influence of our pall...
To evaluate the quality of the care transition for patients with chronic non-communicable diseases discharged from the emergency department to home.A cross-sectional observational and epidemiological study conducted at an emergency department in the South of Brazil with 117 patients and 81 caregivers. ...
To investigate whether patients came directly to the emergency department (ED) or whether they had taken any other actions or activities within the healthcare system before attending the ED. An additional aim was to increase our understanding of the potential determinants between patients' ED-seeking...
Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Critical Illness-Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency (CIRCI) in Critically Ill Patients (Part I): Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) 2017. Crit Care Med. 2017 Sep 21. [QxMD MEDLINE Link...
We conducted a survey of managed care plan (MCP) patients who presented to the emergency department (ED) but were denied insurance authorization during a 3-month period. Patients were identified by triage or registration records, contacted by telephone after their visit, and surveyed regarding their...
Rural emergency care 360°: mobilising healthcare professionals, decision-makers, patients and citizens to improve rural emergency care in the province of Quebec, Canada1: Chaire de recherche en médecine d'urgence Université Laval CISSS ... R Fleet,G Dupuis,JP Fortin,... - 《International Jou...
D Initial oxygen therapy; initial choice of equipment for patients who do not have critical illness Initial oxygen therapy in critical illness is covered in the next section. D1: For acutely breathless patients not at risk of hypercapnic respiratory failure who have saturations below 85%, treatmen...