Work-related stress assessment in an emergency department in French Guiana.

Background: In emergency departments (EDs), the staff continually face stressful situations requiring staff to adopt various coping strategies.

Aims: The study aimed to assess work-related stress in ED during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Method: The study was a monocentric investigation based on a questionnaire survey that elicits general information and uses the Karasek model to analyse the data.

Missed injuries in pre-hospital trauma patients.

Background: During primary survey of trauma patients, missed injuries and delayed diagnosis can be a potential source of morbidity and mortality.

Objective: To assess type and frequency of missed injuries in prehospital care in trauma patients and to analyze their contributing factors and implications.

Methods:   It is a descriptive and analytic prospective study.

Management of Kounis syndrome: two case reports.

Background: Kounis syndrome corresponds to the occurrence of myocardial injury following an allergic insult. This syndrome is infrequent, and is not well known. In consequence, it is usually misdiagnosed leading to inappropriate treatment.