[BREAKING NEW GROUND: THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN THE SAMSON ASSUTA ASHDOD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - FROM VISION TO REALITY].

In 2017 the Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital opened its doors to the public. The opening of a new public hospital presented a unique opportunity to create a fully integrated emergency department, staffed exclusively by emergency medicine physicians, based on the Anglo-American model; the first of its kind in Israel. In this article we describe the model: its establishment, the challenges it presented, the solutions implemented and the interim outcomes.

Correction to: Atypical presentation of hemorrhagic shock in pregnancy: a case highlighting the developing field of emergency medicine in Israel.

The original article [1] contained a misspelling in first author, Baruch Berzon's name which has since been corrected.

Atypical presentation of hemorrhagic shock in pregnancy: a case highlighting the developing field of emergency medicine in Israel.

Background: Occult hemorrhagic shock secondary to uterine rupture represents a true obstetric emergency and can result in significant morbidity and mortality for both the patient and the fetus. Multiparity and prior cesarean sections are known risk factors. Typically, these patients present late in gestation, often secondary to the physiologic stresses on the uterus related to contractions.