Catheterized chicken for training on ultrasound-guided vascular access: A simple, cost-effective, and effective model.

Ultrasound-guided vascular access is a medical procedure that is becoming increasingly common in daily practice and is recommended to avoid iatrogenic complications. One of the procedures with a high-risk rate of complications is the vascular puncture. However, training on this technique can be challenging due to the limited availability of simulation models.

Man-O-War simulator: a Low-cost manikin for training on chest tube management.

Simulation-based medical education is becoming a cornerstone in health education. Simulators are commonly expensive and not available in developing countries. We propose a very low-cost simulator that any educator can realize.

Post-traumatic symptoms in patients with acute coronary syndrome: Maybe an outcome predictor after the ED visit!

Objectives: We aimed to assess the patients' experience of threat during management of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the Emergency Department (ED) and to analyze the impact of this acute stress on day-30 outcomes.

Study Design: This is a prospective study.

Methods: We included patients with ACS in the ED.

Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 symptomatic reinfection in four healthcare professionals from the same hospital despite the presence of antibodies.

Objectives: Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, cases of reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 have been reported, raising additional public health concerns. SARS-CoV-2 reinfection was assessed in healthcare workers (HCWs) in Tunisia because they are at the greatest exposure to infection by different variants.

Methods: We conducted whole-genome sequencing of the viral RNA from clinical specimens collected during the initial infection and the suspected reinfection from 4 HCWs, who were working at the Habib Bourguiba University Hospital (Sfax, Tunisia) and retested positive for SARS-CoV-2 through reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) after recovery from a first infection.

Frailty screening of Tunisian older adults: feasibility and usefulness in the Emergency Department.

Introduction: Frail older adults are at an increased risk for adverse outcomes after an Emergency Department (ED) visit. Several tools exist for the screening of frailty among these patients. However, no tool has been validated in Tunisia.

[An exceptional cause of peritonitis: ileal perforation due to a foreign body during reduction of an inguinal hernia].

Secondary peritonitis is frequently reported in the literature. It is due to multiple causes. We report an exceptional cause of ileal perforation due to a foreign body during reduction of an inguinal hernia.

Update on the Epidemiology of Scorpion Envenomation in the South of Tunisia.

Introduction: Scorpion envenomation is still a frequent occurance in tropical and subtropical regions. In Tunisia, multiple studies on scorpion envenoming have contributed to an improved understanding of cardiac dysfunction and factors predictive of poor prognosis. These previous studies have contributed to the current standardized management of envenomed patients.