Effectiveness of a training program for emergency nurses on pelvic binder application and patient care: A single-group pretest-posttest study.

Aim: Pelvic binder application is one of the life-saving interventions used in pelvic trauma. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a pelvic binder training program on the knowledge, skills, attitudes and competence levels of emergency department nurses.

Methods: The study was conducted with 35 emergency department nurses using a one-group pretest-posttest design.

Medical Response to the February 6, 2023, Earthquakes in Hatay: Challenges Faced in the Deadliest Disaster in the History of Türkiye.

Objective: The Kahramanmaraş earthquakes struck the north-eastern part of Türkiye and Syria on February 6, 2023. It is well known that timely coordination and provision of emergency medical care in the field is particularly important to save lives after earthquakes. This study aimed to identify the challenges faced by medical responders on the ground.

Developing and Validating a New Model to Predict In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Objective: To derive and validate a regression model that can successfully and robustly predict in-hospital mortality of patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) after admission to the Department of Emergency Medicine (ED) with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Study Design: Cohort study.

Place And Duration Of The Study: ED of University of Health Sciences, Sancaktepe Training and Research Hospital, that worked as a PCI centre between January and March 2022.

Strategies for Strengthening the Resilience of Public Health Systems for Pandemics, Disasters, and Other Emergencies.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify and prioritize strategies for strengthening public health system resilience for pandemics, disasters, and other emergencies using a scorecard approach.

Methods: The United Nations Public Health System Resilience Scorecard (Scorecard) was applied across 5 workshops in Slovenia, Turkey, and the United States of America. The workshops focused on participants reviewing and discussing 23 questions/indicators.

Reliability of smartphone measurements of peripheral oxygen saturation and heart rate in hypotensive patients measurement of vital signs with smartphones.

Objective: With the increasing use of wearable technologies (smartphones and smartwatches), it has become possible to measure vital signs outside healthcare institutions without the need for an additional medical device. With the advancement in technologies, the accuracy of vital signs measured by smartphones and smartwatches has also increased. In this study, the accuracy of smart devices in the measurement of heart rate and saturation, which are two vital signs that are difficult to detect in conditions such as hypotension were investigated.

Predictors of mortality in patients less than 50 years old with coronavirus disease 2019: a multicenter experience in Istanbul.

Objective: The objectives of this study were to identify predictors of mortality in young adult patients with coronavirus disease 2019 and to assess the link between blood type and mortality in those patients.

Methods: This multicenter retrospective study, which was conducted in seven training and research hospitals in Istanbul, involved young adults who aged ≥18 and <50 years and hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019.

Results: Among 1,120 patients, confusion at admission (p<0.

Does determination of drug level in intoxicated patients offer an advantage in diagnosis, treatment, and reducing complications?

Objective: To investigate the effect of determining the drug type and level on emergency management in patients presenting with intoxication, and to identify the factors behind associated mortality.

Methods: The retrospective, observational, cross-sectional and single centre study was conducted at a large tertiary care teaching hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, between September and November 2016 using the hospital's toxicology registry. Data was extracted for patients who had presented to the emergency department from January 1, 2011, to February 28, 2013, and were found to have toxic doses of single active ingredients in the plasma.

Comparison of the Effects of Metoclopramide and Ondansetron on Emergency Service Observation Times in Acute Gastroenteritis-Related Nausea and Vomiting Cases.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to compare the effect of metoclopramide and ondansetron treatments on the emergency department observation time in acute gastroenteritis-related nausea and vomiting (NV).

Methods: The study was conducted retrospectively on 297 patients diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis in a training and research hospital's emergency service observation unit within 6 months. Patients with gastroenteritis who were diagnosed with NV were divided into two groups according to the treatment they received in the observation unit.

Escalator-related injuries in one of the deepest subway stations in Europe.

Background: Escalator-related injuries (ERI) have emerged as a new injury type due to the frequent use of escalators in Metro stations.

Objectives: Investigate ERI in the stations on the Marmaray metro line.

Design: Retrospective, observational study.

Reliability of smartphone measurements of vital parameters: A prospective study using a reference method.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the accuracy of HR and SaO data obtained using a smartphone compared with the measurements of a vital signs monitor (VSM) and an arterial blood gas (ABG) device, respectively.

Material And Methods: In this single-center prospective study, the HR and SaO measurements were performed using the built-in sensor and light source of a Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone and compared to the results of VSM and ABG device. The Bland-Altman analysis was used to evaluate and visualize the agreement between the methods.

Healthcare Service Access and Utilization among Syrian Refugees in Turkey.

Unlabelled: Background Aim: Many Syrian civil war refugees are housed in carefully designed camps, however 60% of all refugees in host countries reside outside of specifically designated camps. Turkey hosts the largest number of refugees displaced in the civil war of Syria. In the present study, we aimed to illustrate healthcare services provided to Syrian refugees in Turkey.

An unusual complication of posterior packing in epistaxis.

Endonasal or transnasal procedures are sometimes necessary in patients with head trauma. Before these procedures, the integrity of the skull base must be considered to avoid penetration of the cranial vault. A 54-year-old man was taken to a district hospital following a car accident.

Diagnostic Accuracy of InitiaI Chest X-Rays in Thorax Trauma.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy, sensitivity and specificity of chest x-ray as a diagnostic imaging tool in management of thorax traumas.

Study Design: Descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, between December 2014 and December 2015.

CPR-related thoracic injuries: comparison of CPR guidelines between 2010 and 2015.

Background/aim: This study aimed to evaluate traumatic thorax complications in post-CPR patients and to investigate whether or not there has been a decrease in these complications since the adoption of current chest compression recommendations. Materials and methods: Post-CPR patients with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) were admitted between January 2014 and January 2016 were analyzed retrospectively. Patients admitted to the ED in 2014 were resuscitated according to 2010 AHA CPR guidelines, while those admitted to the ED in 2015 were resuscitated according to current ERC CPR guidelines.

Health results of a coup attempt: evaluation of all patients admitted to hospitals in Istanbul due to injuries sustained during the July 15, 2016 coup attempt.

Background: A coup attempt against the government took place in Turkey on July 15, 2016. This attempt caused serious injuries and deaths in the country. In this study, the data of patients referred to all hospitals in Istanbul during the attempt were evaluated, and differences between natural disasters, other terrorist actions, and coup attempts were analyzed.

Asymmetric dimethylarginine contributes to airway nitric oxide deficiency in patients with COPD.

Introduction: Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and nitric oxide (NO) show their mechanism of action reciprocally, the balance between these molecules contributes to the tight regulation of airways tone and function.

Objectives: The aim of this study to determine the serum levels of ADMA and NO in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and establish whether their level vary in relation to forced expiratory volume in 1s (FEV ), to assess their role in pathophysiology of COPD.

Materials And Methods: This study consisted of 58 patients with COPD and 30 healthy subjects.

Neuropsychiatric side effects due to a transdermal fentanyl patch: hallucinations.

Opioid analgesics are used commonly in end-stage cancer patients for pain treatment. Central nervous system adverse effects are rare. A73-year-old female patient was admitted to the emergency department for auditory and visual hallucinations.