Resident Physicians' Knowledge of Emergency Medical Services: A Comparison Between Emergency Medicine and Non-Emergency Medicine Resident Physicians.

Background and objective Emergency medical services (EMS) are often assumed to only involve bringing patients to physicians for treatment in the emergency department. However, EMS staff are also responsible for responding to physicians in the primary care setting when medical emergencies arise. While emergency medicine (EM) residents are exposed to EMS as part of their curriculum, little is known about the knowledge of other resident physicians who may interact with EMS.

Multifilament Collagen Fiber Bundles with Tendon-like Structure and Mechanical Performance.

Collagen multifilament bundles comprised of thousands of monofilaments are prepared by multipin contact drawing of an entangled polymer solution consisting of collagen and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). The multifilament bundles are hydrated in graded concentrations of PEO and phosphate buffered saline (PBS) to promote assembly of collagen fibrils within each monofilament while preserving the structure of the multifilament bundle. Multiscale structural characterization reveals that the hydrated multifilament bundle contains properly folded collagen molecules packed in collagen fibrils containing microfibrils, staggered by exactly one-sixth of the microfibril D-band spacing to produce a periodicity of 11 nm.

Fathers' psychological responses to pediatric cancer-induced financial distress.

Background: To describe how pediatric cancer-induced financial distress and perceptions of their social role affected fathers' psychological responses to this distress, and quality of life (QOL) for them and their families.

Procedure: We analyzed father-only responses from a larger cross-sectional survey study about the impact of pediatric cancer-induced financial distress on parents. Our analytic sample was n = 87 fathers who participated in the larger study.