Emergency Medicine
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Annals of Emergency Medicine Journal Club. Journal club: clinical prediction rules.

30 Oct 2009 WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ON THIS TOPIC: Previous out-of-hospital studies indicate that selective spinal immobilization may miss patients with cervical injury. WHAT QUESTION THIS STUDY ADDRESSED: Can paramedics apply the Canadian C-Spine Rule in alert, ... Read more...

Simulation-based mastery learning reduces complications during central venous catheter insertion in a medical intensive care unit.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of a simulation-based mastery learning model on central venous catheter insertion skill and the prevalence of procedure-related complications in a medical intensive care unit over a 1-yr period. DESIGN: ... Read more...

International resuscitation research, exception from informed consent, and the European Union Directive 2001/20/EC.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: United States regulations allow a narrow exception from informed consent for a subset of resuscitation research. Such an exception is also allowed under the Declaration of Helsinki. In 2001, a European Union (EU) Directive was passed, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Emergency Medicine'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Emergency traumatologists in trauma care. 30 Oct 2009
• Night shift. 30 Oct 2009
• Point of the ploughshare. 30 Oct 2009
• Annals of Emergency Medicine Journal Club. Journal club: clinical prediction rules. 30 Oct 2009
• Simulation-based mastery learning reduces complications during central venous catheter insertion in a medical intensive care unit. 29 Sep 2009
• Two decades of simulation-based training: have we made progress? 29 Sep 2009
• Emergency medicine across the globe: improving scientific writing. 29 Sep 2009
• International resuscitation research, exception from informed consent, and the European Union Directive 2001/20/EC. 29 Sep 2009
• Consent in emergency and resuscitation research. 29 Sep 2009
• For whom the bell commission tolls: unintended effects of limiting residents' hours. 29 Sep 2009
• Considerations for emergency physicians in pre-retirement years. 29 Sep 2009
• Abstracts of the College of Emergency Medicine Autumn Conference. London, United Kingdom. September 16-18, 2009. 29 Sep 2009
• Joint policy statement--guidelines for care of children in the emergency department. 19 Sep 2009
• Identification of children at very low risk of clinically-important brain injuries after head trauma: a prospective cohort study. 12 Sep 2009
• Time to declare E&M codes dead. 30 Aug 2009
• Emergency traumatologists as partners in trauma care. 30 Aug 2009
• An assessment of emergency medicine residents' ability to perform in a multitasking environment. 30 Aug 2009
• The Rusch ViewMax vs Macintosh laryngoscopy in human cadavers: impoved vocal cord visualization? 30 Aug 2009
• The worsening of ED on-call coverage in California: 6-year trend. 30 Aug 2009
• The future of trauma surgery. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Emergency Medicine'

Definition: The branch of medicine concerned with the evaluation and initial treatment of urgent and emergent medical problems, such as those caused by accidents, trauma, sudden illness, poisoning, or disasters. Emergency medical care can be provided at the hospital or at sites outside the medical facility.

Descriptor UI: D004635

Alternative terms: Emergency Medicine; Medicine, Emergency;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.403.776.200;

History Note: 77

Technical Notes: specialty; differentiate from EMERGENCIES, the patient; DF: EMERGENCY MED