Publications by authors named "Robert Katzer"
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- Stingray envenomation is a common marine injury, but there have been no prospective studies on the outcomes of these injuries prior to this research.
- The study aimed to observe and analyze human stingray injuries over four years, focusing on natural history, complications, and medical treatment among individuals who did not seek immediate medical care.
- Out of 393 participants, most injuries were to the feet, with a high rate of pain resolution within a month, showing that most victims recover without antibiotics, while a small percentage may experience ongoing pain.
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- The game is designed for medical students, interns, and residents to engage with virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic through gamification using both computers and mobile phones.
- Students worked in teams to answer board-style questions via text messages, aiming to improve their preparedness for the Emergency Medicine Inservice Exam and Written Board Examination.
- Feedback from participants was overwhelmingly positive, with high ratings for session effectiveness, relevance, and engagement.
Objective: Hypothermia secondary to environmental exposure is a serious condition. Active external warming measures to treat it may prove challenging in the prehospital setting. We conducted an experimental study to measure the ability of commercially available heating elements to warm intravenous (IV) fluids during infusion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: In Japan, the helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) system was initiated in 2001 and introduced to Miyazaki Prefecture in 2012. Mountainous areas occupy 88% of Miyazaki's land area, and HEMS flights can be subject to the effects of weather. Therefore, ensuring safety in changing weather conditions is a necessity for HEMS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Given the nationwide increase in emergency department (ED) visits it is of paramount importance for hospitals to find efficient ways to manage patient flow. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a significant difference in success rates, length of stay (LOS), and other demographic factors in two cohorts of patients admitted directly to an ED observation unit (EDOU) under an abdominal pain protocol by a physician in triage (bypassing the main ED) versus those admitted via the traditional pathway (evaluated and treated in the main ED prior to EDOU admission).
Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of patients admitted to a protocol-driven EDOU with a diagnosis of abdominal pain in a single university hospital center ED.
Introduction: In-flight medical emergencies on commercial aircraft are common in both domestic and international flights. We hypothesized that fourth-year medical students feel inadequately prepared to lend assistance during in-flight medical emergencies. This multicenter study of two U.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Emergency medical services (EMS) was recently approved as a subspecialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties, highlighting the core content of knowledge that encompasses prehospital emergency patient care. This study aimed to describe the current state of EMS education at emergency medicine (EM) residency programs in the United States.
Methods: The authors distributed an online survey containing multiple-choice and free-response questions pertaining to resident EMS education to the directors of EM residency programs in the United States between July 21 and September 10, 2010.
Objectives: The objective was to validate a previously derived prediction rule for hospital admission using routinely collected out-of-hospital information.
Methods: The authors performed a multicenter retrospective cohort study of 1,500 randomly selected, adult patients transported to six separate emergency departments (EDs; three community and three academic hospitals in three separate health systems) by a city-run emergency medical services (EMS) system over a 1-year period. Patients younger than 18 years or who bypassed the ED to be evaluated by trauma, obstetric, or psychiatric teams were excluded.