Overseas Air Medical Repatriation of National Soccer Players Infected With Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Contacted Staff From Austria to South Korea.

Korea rarely has a system to transport patients from abroad. However, single-patient transfers are steadily being performed, and there was an experience of transferring a large number of personnel regardless of whether they were confirmed or not due to coronavirus disease 2019. Recently, a national soccer game was held abroad, and a total of 8 players and staff were infected.

Efficacy of Cartoons as a Distraction Technique for Children Undergoing Suture of Facial Lacerations in the Emergency Department.

Purpose: To show the efficacy of cartoon as a distraction technique in suturing a child patient in the emergency room.

Methods: We studied children aged 2 to 8 years who had sustained a facial laceration 3 cm or less that required suturing from September 2015 to November 2016. We used local anesthesia and attempted to place the sutures without sedation while showing the children cartoons instead.

Considerations for physicians using ketamine for sedation of children in emergency departments.

Objective: Ketamine use in emergency departments (EDs) for procedural sedation and analgesia is becoming increasingly common. However, few studies have examined patient factors related to adverse events associated with ketamine. This study investigated factors for consideration when using ketamine to sedate pediatric ED patients.

Neurologic outcome of comatose survivors after hanging: a retrospective multicenter study.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify the neurologic outcome of hanging patients and prognostic factors.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively investigated comatose hanging patients who arrived at the emergency departments (EDs) of twelve academic tertiary care centers during a period of seven years (2006-2012). Patients were analyzed separately according to whether out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) occurred or not.

Identifying the optimal hand placement site for chest compression by measuring hand width and sternal length in young adults.

Objective: There are no specific guidelines regarding the exact hand placement location for effective chest compressions. This study was designed to identify the optimal hand placement site over the chest during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Methods: The sternal length (SL) of young Korean adults was measured as the distance from the suprasternal notch (SN) to the lower end of the sternum.

The effectiveness of hypertonic saline and pentoxifylline (HTS-PTX) resuscitation in haemorrhagic shock and sepsis tissue injury: comparison with LR, HES, and LR-PTX treatments.

Purpose: To compare lung and liver injury and laboratory results in haemorrhagic shock and sepsis models treated with combinations of lactated Ringer's solution (LR), 7.5% hypertonic saline (HTS), hydroxyethyl starch (HES), and pentoxifylline (PTX).

Methods: Male Sprague-Dawley rats (200-290 g) were assigned randomly to one of four treatment groups (n=16 per group): (1) LR; (2) HES; (3) LR-PTX; and (4) HTS-PTX.