The Epidemiology of Prehospital Ambulance Crashes: A National Experience Across Saudi Red Crescent Authority.

Introduction Road traffic injuries (RTIs) have a significant impact on the healthcare system as well as the global economy. RTIs involving ambulance crashes not only cause delays in patient transfers but also endanger ambulance occupants and other road users. Due to the rising numbers of RTIs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the country's primary provider of prehospital services the Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) has established a new Trauma Epidemiology Center (TEC) following the KSA 2030 vision.

Do crashes happen more frequently at sunset in Ramadan than the rest of the year?

Objectives: Because the epidemiology of road traffic injuries (RTIs) can differ in time due to differences in traffic dynamics or behaviors, this paper aims to examine whether RTIs are more likely to occur at sunset in Ramadan than in other months in KSA.

Methods: A nationwide cross-sectional study of all RTIs recorded in the Saudi Red Crescent Authority database. Cases were those who sought emergency care following any RTI in 2021.

Epidemiology of Traffic Injuries before, during and 1 Year after the COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions: National Findings from the Saudi Red Crescent Authority.

Background: Road traffic injuries are a leading cause of death in Saudi Arabia. Studies have examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on traffic injuries treated in healthcare institutions, but its impact on patients seeking emergency medical transport for traffic injuries remains unclear.

Objective: This study aimed to determine changes in traffic injuries' distribution and outcomes among patients seeking emergency medical transport before, during, and after the COVID-19 restrictions were imposed in Saudi Arabia.

Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Saudi Red Crescent Experience Throughout COVID-19 Era.

Purpose: The quality of resuscitation for out hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) during the COVID-19 era could be affected. We aim to describe prehospital healthcare providers' resuscitative efforts for OHCA cases and their definitive outcomes.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study included all OHCA cases between April and June 2021 across all regions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

Muslim female gender preference in delaying the medical care at emergency department in Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia.

Background: Hospitals are responsible for considering patients religious beliefs and spiritual ideas as part of their rights in emergency department (ED), where the urgent seek of medical intervention usually needed, these rights can be sometimes violated. This study is designed to take female Muslim patients view and their consideration when it comes to receiving health care from the same physician's gender or sex.

Materials And Methods: This research is a cross-sectional study, which was conducted at three hospitals in Saudi Arabia, Qassim region.

Assessment of readiness of academic emergency departments in the central region of Saudi Arabia to receive a sick child.

Objective: We sought to assess the readiness of general emergency departments (EDs) in academic hospitals in the central region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to manage pediatric patients using an international tool: The American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Emergency Nurses Association guidelines, which include facilities, personnel, safety, and other components.

Methods: We assessed eligible centers during multiple visits from January 2016 to May 2016 in which we inspected the EDs and conducted interviews with their respective leadership in which we independently recorded our observations. We meet afterward to reach a consensus.

Emphysematous Pyelonephritis in Renal Allograft - a case report.

Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a rare disease with devastating outcomes in healthy adults. It may affect renal allografts resulting in higher mortality rate, graft loss and permanent dialysis. Presentation is highly variable and non-specific requiring higher degree of suspension.