Learning from terrorist mass casualty incidents: a global survey.

Background: Reports published directly after terrorist mass casualty incidents frequently fail to capture difficulties that may have been encountered. An anonymised consensus-based platform may enable discussion and collaboration on the challenges faced. Our aim was to identify where to focus improvement for future responses.

High Oxygen Modified Atmosphere Packaging Negatively Influences Consumer Acceptability Traits of Pork.

Current trends in meat packaging have seen a shift from conventional overwrap to vacuum packing (VAC) and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). The aim of this experiment was to investigate the effects of high oxygen MAP (HiOxMAP) of pork loins compared with vacuum packed (VAC) on eating quality and colour, after storage in simulated illuminated retail display conditions. Pork loins ( = 40) were cut and stored under two packaging methods (HiOxMAP, 80% O, 20% CO; VAC) for up to 14 days, with samples taken at various times for measurements.

Frailty and hospital outcomes within a low socioeconomic population.

Background: Clinical frailty scales (CFS) predict hospital-related outcomes. Frailty is more common in areas of higher socioeconomic disadvantage, but no studies exclusively report on the impact of CFS on hospital-related outcomes in areas of known socioeconomic disadvantage.

Aims: To evaluate the association of the CFS with hospital-related outcomes.

Utilising capacity in a rural hospital to support older people requiring hospital care: Kilcoy Connect.

Problem: The increasing specialisation of medical care in larger centres is contributing to the declining use of rural hospitals that are close to larger centres, risking bed closures or even facility closure.

Design: An allied health-led model of care supported by telehealth geriatrician services was developed and implemented in eight beds in a rural hospital to manage older patients needing geriatric evaluation and management.

Setting: The project was set in Kilcoy Hospital, a small facility north of Caboolture in Queensland, Australia.

Complexity and health functionality of plant cell wall fibers from fruits and vegetables.

The prevalence of lifestyle-related diseases is increasing in developing countries with the causes for death starting to follow the same pattern in the developed world. Lifestyle factors including inadequate dietary intake of fruits and vegetables and over consumption of nutrient-poor processed foods, are considered to be major causal risk factors associated with increased susceptibility to developing certain diseases (Alldrick, 1998 ; Kiani, 2007 ). Recent epidemiological evidence confirms a strong association between dietary fiber and reduced all-cause mortality risk, as well as a risk reduction for a number of non-communicable diseases (Chuang et al.