Significant acceleration of emergency response using smartphone geolocation data and a worldwide emergency call support system.

Importance: When patients are disorientated or experience language barriers, it is impossible to activate the emergency response system. In these cases, the delay for receiving appropriate help can extend to several hours.

Objectives: A worldwide emergency call support system (ECSS), including geolocation of modern smartphones (GPS, WLAN and LBS), was established referring to E911 and eCall systems.

Air Repatriation With a Medium-sized Pneumothorax Without Thoracic Tube: A Special Case of a Repatriation Accompanied by an Experienced Surgeon.

We report on the repatriation of a 28-year old female from Germany, who was involved in a serious bus accident and was transported to the nearest hospital in Oruro, Bolivia. CT scans and x-rays performed in this hospital demonstrated a complete pneumothorax right. Thorax drainage was inserted, which was removed after 5 days.

Republished: Simulation training improves ability to manage medical emergencies.

Objective: In the case of an emergency, fast and structured patient management is crucial for a patient's outcome. Every physician and graduate medical student should possess basic knowledge of emergency care and the skills to manage common emergencies. This study determines the effect of a simulation-based curriculum in emergency medicine on students' abilities to manage emergency situations.

Simulation training improves ability to manage medical emergencies.

Objective: In the case of an emergency, fast and structured patient management is crucial for a patient's outcome. Every physician and graduate medical student should possess basic knowledge of emergency care and the skills to manage common emergencies. This study determines the effect of a simulation-based curriculum in emergency medicine on students' abilities to manage emergency situations.

Telemedical assistance for in-flight emergencies on intercontinental commercial aircraft.

We have conducted a three-year prospective study of medical incidents on a commercial airline. A telemedicine service was available via an on-board satellite phone. During the study period there were 3364 medical incidents.

Increased authenticity in practical assessment using emergency case OSCE stations.

In case of an emergency, a fast and structured patient management is crucial for patient's outcome. The competencies needed should be acquired and assessed during medical education. The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is a valid and reliable assessment format to evaluate practical skills.

Human duodenal spheroids for noninvasive intracellular pH measurement and quantification of regulation mechanisms under physiological conditions.

Three-dimensional cell cultures (spheroids) of biopsies of human duodenum were used to develop a new noninvasive method for studying intercellular and intracellular mechanisms. Through examinations of intracellular pH regulation, high functional similarity to native tissue could be shown, as already evidenced morphologically. A special microperfusion chamber was developed to fix individual spheroids physically to a nylon net, via laminar perfusion flow through the chamber.