Emergency department discharge instruction for mild traumatic brain injury: Evaluation on readability, understandability, actionability and content.

Introduction: Emergency departments (EDs) routinely provide discharge instructions due to a large number of patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) being discharged home directly from ED. This study aims to evaluate the quality of available mTBI discharge instructions provided by EDs of Malaysia government hospitals.

Methods: All 132 EDs were requested for a copy of written discharge instruction given to the patients.

Knowledge and attitude towards identification of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis among emergency personnel in tertiary teaching hospital.

Introduction: An emergency department (ED) is often the first point of medical contact for sepsis patient, which plays an important role in early identification and management of high-risk septic patients. The present study was aim to evaluate emergency personnel's knowledge and attitude toward identification and management of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary teaching hospital and recruited all emergency personnel.