Skill retention following simulation learning in acute coronary syndrome versus cardiac arrest.

Background: The acquisition skills in pathologies involving life prognosis is often problematic for young family medicine (MF). Simulation learning seems to be the technique of choice. Few studies have studied the maintenance of skills acquired in simulation.

Base Excess usefulness for prediction of immediate mortality in severe trauma patients admitted to the Emergency department.

Background: Trauma is a leading cause of death in young people and hemorrhagic shock is a leading mechanism of this mortality. Hypoperfusion can be difficult to diagnose clinically, especially in younger patients. Arterial Base Excess (BE) has been used as an early indicator of hypoperfusion.

Predictors of repeat emergency department visits among patients aged over 65 years.

Background: The objective of our study was to evaluate the predictors of repeat visits at Emergency Department (ED) in patients aged ≥ 65 years.

Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted over a month. Inclusion:  patients (age> = 65 year) seen in the ED and leaving the same day.