Search Tag: emergency medicine

ICU Management

Emergency-medicine-risk-of-injury-increases-with-longer-shifts

2015 15 Sep

Long work shifts are known to increase fatigue and impact on decision making. Now a study published in Occupational & Environmental Medicine has shown a 60% increase in injury and illness risk among emergency services (EMS) clinicians when shifts are 16-24 hours long. In this observational study the researchers analysed three years of shift schedules...Read more

ICU Management

Innovative-anti-burnout-programme

2015 28 Aug

Stanford Hospital has implemented an innovative "time-banking" programme intended to prevent burnout amongst its emergency room physicians. Its Department of Emergency Medicine now provides physicians with meals, housecleaning and an array of other services — babysitting, elder care, movie tickets, handyman services, speech training and more...Read more

Executive Health Management

Eusem-9th-european-congress-on-emergency-medicine

2015 11 Oct

Welcome to the European Society for Emergency Medicine EuSEM is a forum for European emergency physicians and non-physicians involved in emergency care in hospital emergency departments and in the pre-hospital environment committed to: The highest quality of emergency care for all patients The delivery of such care by specialists trained in...Read more

Executive Health Management

Er-clinicians-benefit-from-mental-rehearsal-of-trauma-scenarios

2015 16 Apr

The fast-paced environment of trauma resuscitation demands that team members understand their responsibilities before patients enter the hospital, and continuously communicate with each other while delivering care. A study of mental mapping on trauma teams shows the benefits of rehearsing possible scenarios in order to minimise stress and ensure that...Read more

ICU Management

36th-international-symposium-on-intensive-care-and-emergency-medicine-isicem-2016

2016 15 Mar

The International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is organised by the Departments of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine of Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, in association with the Belgian Society of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (SIZ). The meeting is held every year in March. Started in 1980,...Read more

IMAGING Management

Point-of-care-ultrasound-potential-and-limitations

2015 16 Feb

Ultrasound was not widely used outside  the radiology suite or echocardiography laboratory 20 years ago. More recently, ultrasound has become common in emergency departments (EDs), perioperative care units, acute care floors in the hospital and in clinics. It is routinely used by physicians and advanced practice providers with variable training for...Read more

ICU Management

Avoiding-disasters

2013 15 Aug

A Tool for Estimating the Needs of Healthcare Resorces at Sporting and Other Public Events Co-authors Amir Khorram-Manesh, MD, PhD Annika H.E. Hedelin, RN Per Örtenwall, MD, PhD Sporting events have the potential to turn into major incidents. Thus, as part of the planning for such events, there should be an estimation of the needs for medical...Read more