Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2019
Building a research-ready database of rural emergency presentations: The RAHDaR pilot study.
A small amount of data from rural emergency facilities is collated with large urban datasets, but there are no dedicated rural emergency datasets. ⋯ The RAHDaR dataset includes high-risk presentations managed entirely at low resource sites and, as further sites are added, will tackle the biases that can misrepresent the performance of small rural hospitals.
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2019
Caring for older patients in the emergency department: Health professionals' perspectives from Australia - The Safe Elderly Emergency Discharge project.
To explore health professionals' perspectives about caring for community-dwelling older patients in the ED. ⋯ The growing number of older patients presents numerous challenges for emergency health professionals and necessitates a tailored approach to care. Understanding health professionals' perspectives about caring for older patients can inform strategies that may improve the quality of care. Creating older person-friendly areas, improving transitional care and providing staff with specific education would foster an environment that promotes person-centred care, safety, independence and functional wellbeing.
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2019
ACEM involvement in a successful African emergency medicine programme.
In the past 5 years Botswana graduated its first home-grown doctors and emergency medicine specialists for the country. The postgraduate emergency medicine specialist training arrangement between Botswana and South Africa was challenging in development, implementation and maintenance. Numerous varied supports from ACEM and its International Emergency Medicine Network were integral to these successes. This article encourages further investment of ACEM grants and scholarships in Africa by describing how ACEM supported significant advances in Botswana emergency medicine.
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2019
Exploring factors that influence adult presentation to an emergency department in regional Queensland: A linked, cross-sectional, patient perspective study.
Explore factors that influence presentation at a regional hospital ED and identify opportunities to reduce attendance, particularly for adults with chronic conditions. ⋯ Despite being connected to a general practice, people focussed their health-seeking behaviour on the ED in the immediate period prior to presentation. Patients reported a limited awareness of alternative health services and opportunities exist to potentially reduce ED attendance, particularly for young and middle-aged adults with chronic conditions.