Publications by authors named "Steve Farish"
Article Synopsis
- The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a notable rise in mental health issues among final-year secondary school students, disrupting their social and educational milestones as they transition to higher education.
- A study analyzed application data from before and during the pandemic to assess the increase in requests for mental health-related special consideration, revealing a 38% rise in applications during the pandemic.
- Findings highlighted that the most significant increases were in regions affected by lockdowns and natural disasters, particularly among Year 12 students and those with other special needs, emphasizing the need for a robust mental health support system in higher education.
Objective: We developed and implemented clinical practice guideline (CPG) using computerized tomography (CT) as the initial imaging method in the emergency department management of scaphoid fractures. We hypothesized that this CPG would decrease unnecessary immobilization and lead to earlier return to work.
Methods: This observational study evaluated implementation of our CPG, which incorporated early wrist CT in patients with "clinical scaphoid fracture": a mechanism of injury consistent with scaphoid fracture, anatomical snuff box tenderness, and normal initial plain x-rays.