CBRNE - Chemical Warfare Mass Casualty Management
Specific Procedures for a Chemical Weapon Response Introduction This article is for managers who prepare hospital operational plans, for...
Initial Evaluation and Management of CNS Injury
The Problem Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a major health problem with serious socio-economic consequences. Although its incidence...
Graves Disease
Practice Essentials Graves disease, named after Robert J. Graves, MD, [1] circa 1830s, is an autoimmune disease characterized by...
DISSASTER PLANNING
A disaster is an unplanned event in which the needs of the affected community outweigh the available resources. A disaster occurs...
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Hepatic Encephalopathy is one of the most common urgencies realted with cirrhosis. This is a review of its apporach.
Sodium Nitrate toxicity
CLINICAL CASE A phone call is recieved from a high school in the ambulance coordination center, the caller tels the coordinator that one...
Major Trauma Management Guideline in a 2- A level Hospital Emergency Service Approaching and trea
BACKGROUND There are different ways to classify hospitals, the most commonly accepted is 1st level or local hospitals, a 1st level trauma...
Ventilator Management
Introduction to Ventilator Management Intubation, with subsequent mechanical ventilation, is a common life-saving intervention in the...
Parasites - Scabies
Human scabies is caused by an infestation of the skin by the human itch mite (Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis). The microscopic scabies...
PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCLUSIVE DISEASE
Sumary Claudication, which is defined as reproducible ischemic muscle pain, is one of the most common manifestations of peripheral...
