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Prehospital Care for Road Traffic Injury Victims.
J Emerg Trauma Shock
August 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Introduction: Prehospital capabilities are inadequately developed to meet the growing needs for emergency care in most low- and middle-income countries. This study aims to describe the prehospital care received by the road traffic injury (RTI) victims presenting to a level I Trauma Care Center in Central Kerala, India.
Methods: This was a hospital-based prospective observational study, which included consecutive victims of RTI attending the emergency department within 24-h of the event.
Identifying Improvements in Treating Extremity Musculoskeletal Injuries During Prolonged Care.
Mil Med
November 2024
Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence, JBSA Ft. Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA.
Introduction: In prolonged care scenarios, where medical evacuations are significantly delayed, the treatment and transport of casualties with extremity musculoskeletal injuries will drain combat units' human resources. Developing enhanced splinting techniques to restore casualty mobility and function can alleviate this drain. To guide this development, a panel of tactical combat and wilderness medicine experts was assembled to determine which extremity musculoskeletal injuries had the greatest impact on unit capabilities, and the materials available for splinting these injuries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChallenges and Clinical Impact of Medical Search and Rescue Efforts Following the Kahramanmaraş Earthquake.
Prehosp Disaster Med
August 2024
University of Health Sciences, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; Chair, Disaster Commission of the Turkish Emergency Medicine Association, Ankara, Turkey.
Background: This study assesses the operational challenges and clinical outcomes encountered by a university-based Emergency Medical Team (EMT) during the medical search and rescue (mSAR) response to the February 2023 earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey.
Methods: In this observational study, data were retrospectively collected from 42 individuals who received mSAR services post-earthquake. The challenges were categorized as environmental, logistical, or medical, with detailed documentation of rescue times, patient demographics, injury types, and medical interventions.
The effect of radiation synovectomy with phosphorus-32 on the pain and swelling in 31 RA patients with resistant monoarthritis of the knee.
Clin Rheumatol
September 2024
Guilan Rheumatology Research Center, Department of Rheumatology, Razi Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by symmetric polyarthritis. RA is routinely treated by various systemic drugs; on the other hand, administration of intra-articular corticosteroids or different types of synovectomies can be used in case of systemic medication's failure. Chemical, radio isotopic, and surgical synovectomies are being used as therapeutic options for chronic synovitis to improve joint function.
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